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Source:
History
of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Combination atlas map of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio
Strasburg, Ohio: Gordon Print.,
1875
359 pgs. L. H. Everts
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HON. J. B. READ
was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Apr. 1, 1811.
He worked on a farm till he was sixteen years of age.
For some five years subsequent he was engaged in a
paper-mill. He then learned the stone-mason's trade,
and in 1834 came to Ohio, and settled in New Philadelphia,
where, for quite a number of years, he was engaged at his
trade, teaching school in the winter season for some seven
years.
In the spring of 1837, he was married to Miss
Rebecca Hammell, of Tuscarawas County. His family
comprises of ten children: Hannah E., Sarah Jane,
Mary E., Ann, John D., Ida, Francis M., Patrick Henry,
Andrew Jackson, and John Buchanan.
In 1845, Mr. Read was elected Justice of the
Peace, and, after holding the office for nearly three years,
resigned it, and went to California, where he remained about
three years. He then returned to Tuscarawas County,
and purchased some of land, to which he has since added at
times, and is now West. In the fall of 1866, Mr.
Read was elected to a seat in the House of
Representatives of he Ohio Legislature, which position he
filled fo four years.
Upon the organization of the Citizens' National Bank of
New Philadelphia, he was made a Director in the same name,
which position he still retains. HE ranks among the
leading citizens of Tuscarawas County.
Source: Combination Atlas Map of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio
by L. H. Everts & Co. – Philadelphia
– 1875 ~ Page 21 |
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