Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

N.S. READ, M.D., Chandlerville, was born in Ashtabula 
County, O., July 25, 1820, to Ira and Mary (Smith) Read; 
he, born in Tyringham, Mass., Feb. 25, 1790; he was a 
farmer; emigrated to Ohio about 1815, and died Oct. 21, 
1861; she was born in Tyringham, Mass., July 23, 1790, and 
died April 21, 1869; was the mother of six children, four 
boys and two girls, N.S. being the third. Of the six 
children, five are now living. In 1841, our subject began 
the study of medicine, with his brother, A.N. Read, of 
Norwalk, O. In 1842 entered the medical college at 
Cleveland, O., and graduated in 1844. His first practice of 
his profession was in Ashtabula County, O. In 1846 he 
removed to Geauga County, O., where he remained until 1852, 
when he removed to Illinois and settled in Chandlerville, 
his present residence, where he has since remained. Oct. 1, 
1844, in Geauga County, O., he married Miss Lydia C. 
Canfield, a native of Geauga County, born Jan. 11, 1826. 
She is the daughter of Orin and Anna (Beard) Canfield. Mr. 
and Mrs. Read are the parents of five children, two of whom 
are now living: Ira, and Lucy, wife of John Morse, of 
Chandlerville. He is an active member of the A.F. & A.M., 
and of the Chapter. Self and family are members of the 
Congregational Church, and he has acted as superintendent 
of the Sunday school for twenty-nine consecutive years. 
Politically, he is a Republican. Is a member of the Morgan 
County Medical Society, the Illinois State Society, and the 
American Medical Association.

Read Smith Canfield Beard Morse
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Ashtabula-OH MA Geauga-OH