Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 3 Jul 2005

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GEORGE W. READ (deceased) was born in North Carolina Aug. 31, 1819; was a son of Jesse and Nancy L. (Townsend) Read, natives of Maryland. The grandparents were Isaac and Abigail Read, natives of England, who emigrated to America in an early day, and, it is believed, died in Virginia. Jesse and Nancy Read moved to North Carolina, where they resided a few years; then became residents of Virginia till about 1827, when they emigrated to Ohio, making the entire journey in carts, and located in Warren County, near Waynesville, and lived two years; thence located near Springboro, where he died Sept. 10, 1849, aged 66 years; his wife died May 10, 1875, aged 88 years. Mr. Read was a hatter by trade, which business he followed in his native State, and, for several years, in this county; then he gave his attention to farming, which he followed the balance of his life. George W. was about 6 or 8 years of age when his father and family came to Warren County and here grew to manhood; was married, Sept. 27, 1840, to Margaret, daughter of Trustus and Margaret Robinson, he a native of Canada and she of Ohio, He became an early settler of Warren County and was married near Ridgeville; he died near Green Plains, Ohio, about 1821. They had three children; one only now survives - Margaret, who was born near Green Plains Aug. 22, 1818. Mrs. Robinson married for her second husband Benoni Bousman, by whom she had five children; two now survive - Joseph and John. Mr. Bousman and family subsequently moved to Henry Co., Ind., where his wife died in 1869. Mr. Read and wife had nine children; eight now survive - Jesse, born Feb. 13, 1843; Nancy Mary, Jan. 16, 1845, now Mrs. Frye; Benjamin, April 8, 1847; Cynthia