Lake County Biographies



This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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READ, Samuel
1. Samuel Read, born 11/12/1809, Missouri; died 03/08/1883, Orland, California 
married Elizabeth Leach, born 04/01/1811, Kentucky; died 04/12/1858, Dixon,CA. 
*These families traveled back and forth between in the east, possibly on 
business or trade. In 1852 they decided on the push on west and came directly to 
California with son Joseph L. Read.
     Children (possibly more):     
2. Joseph Lilburn Read, born 07/29/1837, Scotts County, Kentucky; died 
07/23/1927, Middletown, California; married Margaret C. Davis, born June 30, 
1844, Missouri; died Feb. 11, 1923, Middletown, California.   Joseph and 
Margaret met in California and married on 10/31/1861 in Kelseyville, CA. 
They had 12 children, the following list are the only ones known to have lived 
to adulthood: 
1) Susan L Read (she is my great great grandmother) 
2) Thomas Albert 
3) Warren 
4) Ralph (believed to have no children)
 
Contributed by Mark A. Rayner