Copyright 4 September 2000, Esther Doyle Read
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READ FAMILY CONNECTIONS
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Read, Aaron died Jan 19, 1861 aged 74 years, 10 months & 26 days. Aaron Read was the eleventh child and seventh son of Joseph Read and Sarah Sutton. He married twice, first to Mary Fortune or Fortner and second to Margaret Ann "Peggy" Cooke. Margaret is buried with Aaron, her stone is to the left of his in the cemetery. There is no stone for Aaron's first wife Mary. Two other individuals are buried in this grouping. The first is Sarah Ann Read Coursen, Aaron's second child by his first wife Mary. The other is Margaret Eliza Read. She was the daughter of Aaron and Margaret's only son Samuel Cooke Read. The graves are in a line directly near the Pitt Wildrick plot along the front (or eastern) fence of the cemetery. The graves are in order from left to right: Sarah Read Coursen, Margaret Cooke Read, Aaron Read, Margaret Eliza Read (transcription 6-25-83; photo 3-27-2003).
Cooke, Margaret Ann. Margaret wife of Aaron Read died May 11, 1853 aged 72 years & [illegible].
Coursen, Sarah Ann. In Memory of Sarah Ann wife of William H. Coursen daughter of Aaron & Mary Read who departed this life October 31st 1833 in the 23rd year of her age. Sarah Ann Read was born 3 February 1810. She married William Hampton Coursen, the son of the son of Daniel Coursen and Elsy (Elsie) Kerr. Sarah died nine days after giving birth to the couple's only child, Aaron Reed Coursen. After her death, Daniel moved west with his son, mother and brother Jacob Coursen. They settled near Espyville in Crawford County, Pennsylvania and are buried in the Espyville cemetery (transcription, 6-25-83; photo 3-27-2003; see also Espyville cemetery).
Read, Margaret E. wife of Jonah H. Read died May 26, 1861 aged 24 years. Margaret Eliza Read was the eldest of the three daughters of Samuel Cooke Read and Mary Ann Wolverton. She was Aaron and Peggy (Cooke) Read's granddaughter. Margaret Eliza married her second cousin Jonah Howell Read on 15 January 1862. Jonah was the son of Richard Read and Rebecca Howell and a grandson of Isaac Read, Sr. and Mary Shackleton. Isaac Read, Sr. and Aaron Read were brothers. Margaret Eliza Read died less than a month after the birth of her only child, Richard "Alvin" Read. Jonah was remarried in 1866 to Christianna Youmans. They traveled west and settled in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kansas. Jonah eventually made it to Adams County Colorado, where he died in the early 1930s. Alvin Read became a Methodist minister and died in Ohio in the 1950s (transcription, 6-25-83).
Read, Abraham, see David Read.
Read, Abraham, see Isaac S. Read.
Read, Andrew Jackson, see David Read.
Read, Ann, see Mark W. Davis.
Read, Azuba, see John Allen.
Read, David. The photograph is an overview of the graves of the family of David Read. From left to right they are Charlotte Snyder Read (David's daughter-in-law, her son Abraham Read is to her left and is not visibile in the photograph); David J. Read;, see Isaac S. Read) Ann Read (David's wife); David Read; Abraham Read (David's and Ann's son); David B. Read (David's and Ann's son); and a weathered stone which may be that of Andrew Jackson Read (David's and Anna's son). David's mother's stone (Sarah Sutton Read) is visible behind the weathered stone . There are two small stonew between the weathered stone and that of Sarah Sutton Read which mark the graves of Isaac and Elizabeth Kerr, infant children of Sarah's granddaughter Phebe Read Kerr (11-24-2004).
Read, David. In Memory of David Read who departed this life April 25th 1831 aged 49 years, 8 months and 13 days. Footstone with grave is marked "D.R." Footstone is behind the stone.
Read, Abraham,
In Memory of Abm Read son of David & Anna Read who departed this life Jany 22nd 1827 aged 18 years, 10 months & 27 days. Footstone with grave is marked "A.R." Footstone is behind the stone. Abraham Read was the eldest son of David and Anna Read. He was probably named after his grandfather Abraham Middlesworth. The stone was completely scaled as of 25 September 2005 (6-25-83, photo 6-98).
Read, David B.,
In Memory of David B. Read son of David & Anna Read who was born the 30th of October 1821 and died the 10th of Sept 1823 aged one year, 10 months & 9 days. Footstone with grave is marked "D.B.R." Footstone is behind the stone. Abraham Read was the fifth son of David and Anna Read (6-25-83, photo 6-98).
Read, David J. In Memory of David J. Read son of David and Anna Read who departed this life on the 21st day of October A.D. 1835 aged 7 years and 1 day. David Jackson Read, known as "Jackson" was the sixth son and youngest of the nine children of David and Anna Read (6-25-83).
Weathered stone This stone is at the end of the line containing stones for David's family. David and Anna's fourth son Andrew Jackson Read died as a child. He was born 9 February 1816 and died 27 May 1820. According to the geneologist William M. Kern, Andrew was buried in Union Brick. This stone could mark his grave (6-25-83).
Read, David B., see David Read.
Read, David J., see David Read.
Read, Elizabeth, a.k.a. Elizabeth Ogden Read Winterstein, see Gabriel Ogden.
Read, Euphemia, see Aaron Haggerty. Maiden name is not given on stone.
Read, Hannah, see Isaac Freese. Maiden name is not given on stone.
Read, Hannah, a.k.a. Hannah Read Ogden Vaughan, see Benjamin Ogden.
Read, Hannah, a.k.a. Hannah Read Ogden Vaughan, see Daniel Vaughan.
Read, Hiram, see Samuel Read.
Read, Ira C., see Martin F. Read.
Read, Ira K., see Samuel Read.
Read, Isaac, Sr. The thumbnail is a link to an overview of the graves of Isaac Read, Sr. and his wife Mary Shackleton. Individual stones are listed below (Transcript 6-25-83; photo 9-26-05).
Read, Isaac, Sr. In Memory of Isaac Read Sr. who departed this life March 1 1838 aged 75 years [poem illegible].
Read, Mary In Memory of Mary Read wife of Isaac Read who departed this life May 19 A.D. 1835, age 73. Mary was the daughter of Richard and Mary Shackleton. She is listed in Snell's 1881 transcript for the cemetery. Our dates are in agreement (Transcript 6-25-83; photo 9-26-05).
Read, Isaac S. The photograph is an overview of the graves of the family of Isaac S. Read. Isaac was the second son of David Read and Anna Middlesworth. He was born 9 November 1810 and died 1 September 1887. From left to right they are Abraham Read (the small stone, son of Isaac and Charlotte Read) and Charlotte Snyder Read (Isaac's first wife). There is no stone for Isaac in the cemetery, although there is certainly space between Abraham and Charlotte's grave for another burial. Isaac's second wife, Mary N. Hankinson, is buried with her first husband, Ira King Wilson, in Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery in Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County. Isaac does not appear to be buried in that cemetery. It is possible that he is in an unmarked grave between Abraham and Charlotte (9-25-2005; see also overview photograph of the family of David Read).
Abraham son of Isaac S. & Charlotte Read died Aug 10 1845 aged 2 months & 11 days. This bud was only, A while on earth to stay, But like a glowing bloom,
Brighter than the day.
Charlotte wife of Isaac S. Read died June 14, 1845 aged 30 years, 7 months, 11 days. Weep not [illegible], I am [illegible], Prepare for death, And follow me. Charlotte Snyder was the first wife of Isaac S. Read. She was the mother of his only two children: Loammi Read Raub and Abraham Read. Charlotte died about eight days after Abraham was born (transcript 6-25-83; photo 9-26-05).
Reed, John died April 20 1814 aged 45 years, 2 months & 4 days. John was the fourth child and third son of Joseph Read and Sarah Sutton. Note that John's name is spelled R-e-e-d, his descendants used the R-e-a-d- form. John married Elizabeth Ogden, daughter of Gabriel Ogden and Mary Shotwell. After John's death she married William Wintersteen. Elizabeth is buried in another part of Union Brick cemetery next to her father and mother. John is buried next to his brother Joseph Read and his family. See also Gabriel Ogden and Joseph Read (transcript 6-25-83; photo 11-22-04).
Read, John died 14 August 1862 aged 70 y'rs 9 mo. & 29 d's. John was the only surviving child of James Read and Mehitable Coleman. He died without a wife or children and his estate was divided among his 66 surviving first cousins, both Read and Coleman. His stone lines on the ground next to the stone of his uncle John Read, brother of his father (transcript 6-25-83; photo 9-26-05).
Read, Jonah Howell, see Aaron Read.
Read, Joseph In Memory of Joseph Read who died April 18 1792 aged 58 years, 9 months [stone broken]. Joseph was the original Read settler in Sussex County. He first appears in the records in 174, although he was probably there earlier. He married Sarah Sutton. They were the parents of 11 children: Isaac Read, Sr., Hannah Read Ogden Vaughan, James Read, John Read, Phebe Read Kirkpatrick, Azuba Read Newman, Joseph Read, Sarah Read Manning, David Read, Samuel Read and Aaron Read (transcript 6-25-83; photo 3-27-03). Please note. Joseph's stone was almost completely gone on my last visit to Union Brick. I am in the process of having it looked at by stone cutters to have it repaired if possible. If not, I will try to purchase a replacement that includes either a photo of the original or a carving of the cherubs head. This is probably not going to happen over night. If you visit the cemetery and find the stone missing, assume that it is either being repaired or that I am saving for a replacement.
Read, Sarah In Memory of Sarah Read who died Augst the 31ft 1792, aged 49 years, 6 months, 11 days. Remember me as you Pass by, As you are now, fo once was I, As I am now, fo you muft be, Prepare for death and follow me. Sarah was the daughter of the James Sutton who purchased land in Mansfield Township, Sussex (now Warren) County in 1758. She married Joseph Read by 1761 and had 11 children by him (transcript 6-25-83; photo 6-98).
Read, Joseph. The photograph is an overview of the graves of the family of Joseph Read. The graves in the background are Joseph Read (on the left) and his wife Mary Kirkpatrick (on the right). In the foreground is the grave of their son Joseph Read and a worn gave stone which may mark the grave of one of their children. The marble stone leaning against the left side of the tree is that of Joseph's brother John Read.
Read, Joseph. In Memory of Joseph Read who departed this life November 11, 1806 aged 29 years, 10 months & 1 day. Is this the case that all must die, Will death no ages spare? Then let us all to Jesus fly, And seek our refuge there.
Read, Mary. In Memory of Mary Read who died March 11th 1821 aged 44 years & 19 days. Mary Read was the daughter of John Kirkpatrick and Lydia Lewis. Joseph Read was her first husband. After his death she married James Giles Newman, the brother of Joseph Newman, who was married to Joseph Read's sister Azuba. When Mary died she was buried under the name of Read, not Newman. James Giles Newman married Mary's sister Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, widow of Daniel Predmore. James and Elizabeth settled in Ohio (transcript 6-25-83; photo 11-24-04).
Read, Joseph. In Memory of Joseph son of Joseph and Mary Read who died Jany 1829 aged 21 years 6 months & 28 days. Joseph was the youngest known child and son of Joseph Read and Mary Kirkpatrick (transcript 6-25-83; photo 9-26-05).
Worn stone. Name and dates missing, included a poem in June 1983, which was gone by 25 September 2005: My parents do not mourn, While here on earth in vain, For in the World to come, You may see me again. Possible child of Joseph Read and Mary Kirkpatrick? Or possible child of Mary Read Kirkpatrick by her second hsband John Giles Newman? (6-25-83)
Read, Lydia, see Jonathan Martin. Maiden name is not given on the stone.
Read, Margaret Eliza, see Aaron Read.
Read, Marshall, see Samuel Read.
Read, Martin F. 17 September 1816 - 4 September 1875; Letitia T. Swisher, his wife, 18 November 1818 - 4 March 1898 (side one). Ira C. Read, 29 June 1833 - 20 December 1911; Margaret A. Loller, his wife, 25 September 1836 - 19 December 1911. Martin Fresse Read was the son of Samuel Read and Maria H. Freese. He and his wife Letitia Swisher are buried with their son, Ira C. Read and his wife Margaret Ann Loller, the daughter of John Loller and Ann Decker (transcript 6-25-83; photo 9-26-05).
Read, Richard died March 31 1867 aged 83 years, 4months & 9 days. Richard Read was the eldest child of the ten children of Isaac Read and Mary Shackleton. He married Rebecca Howell. They are buried near his parents (transcript 6-25-83; photo 9-26-05).
Read, Rebecca wife of Richard Read died June 18, 1861, aged 71 years.
Read, Samuel. The photograph is an overview of the graves of the family of Samuel Read. The graves are from left to right: Ira K. Read (son of Samuel), Samuel Read, Maria H. Read (wife of Samuel) and Marshall Read (son of Samuel). The stones of Samuel's son-in-law Mark Davis (husband of Samuel's daughter Ann) and his grandsons, Jerome and Jerome B. Davis are immediately to the right of Marshall's stone and are not visible in the photograph. Samuel and Maria's son Hiram is to the left of his brother Ira and is not in the photograph. The fenced in area immediately to the front of Samuel's family's graves is the plot of Samuel's neice Hannah Read Freese (11-22-04).
Read, Samuel. Samuel Read died Feb 20th 1855 aged 71 years, 6 months & 4 days. My night is past, my day is come, When I lay my body down, [illegible],
Thus my friends weep not for me, For then be prepared to follow me, When our Lord doeth call for thee.
Maria H. wife of Samuel Read died December 23, 1866 aged 85 years, 9 months & 14 days. Poem illegible. Maria H. (Freese) Read was the daughter of Martinus Fries and Jannetge Winterstein (transcript 6-25-83; photo 11-22-04).
Hiram son of Samuel and Mariah Read died JV 6, 1813 aged 1 year, 2 months, 28 days. Sleep sweet babe till, Christ shall bid you in. Hiram Read was the sixth child and third son of Samuel and Maria Read (transcript 6-25-83).
Ira K. In Memory of Ira K. son of Samuel and Mariah Read who died March 18th 1830, aged 4 years, 2 months & 18 days. Ira K. Read was the youngest child of the ten children of Samuel and Maria Read (transcript 6-25-83; photo 11-22-04).
Marshall son of Samuel and Mariah Read [illegible] At RestThe birth order of Marshall is uncertain. He was probably born between 1819 and 1825. Samuel and Maria Read's son Samuel D. Read was born in 1819 and their son Ira was born in 1825. No other children are known to have been born during this period (transcript 6-25-83; photo 11-22-04).
Read, Samuel C. 1816 -1869; Mary A. Read 1824 - 1874.
Samuel Cooke Read was the only son of Aaron Read and his second wife Margaret "Peggy" Cooke. He left Warren County for awhile, met and married his wife Mary Ann Wolverton in Pennsylvania, and then returned to Warren County when his mother died in 1855. The stone in the cemetery is proably a replacement stone for Samuel's original stone. Mary Ann's original stone is still in the cemetery, see link below (transcript 6-25-83; photo 11-22-04).
Read, Mary A. Our Mother Mary A. wife of Samuel C. Read died Oct. 31 1874 aged 50 yrs, 6 m & 22 days. Text Revelations, Through our [illegible], And our eyes are [illegible] now, Should we mourn [illegible] has illegible], Are we never [illegible].Return to Cemeteries
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