Read, Theodore – Redfield, William Charles
Read, Theodore
soldier, lawyer, was born April 11, 1836, in Athens, Ohio.
He served in various battles in General Grant's campaign, and in 1864 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers for services in the field. He lost his life in the last encounter between the armies of Generals Grant and Lee. He died April 5, 1865, in Farmville, Va.
Read, Thomas
naval officer, was born in 1740, in New Castle, Del. He was the first naval officer to obtain the rank of commodore in the American navy. He died Oct. 26, 1788, in White Hill, N. J.
Read, Thomas
clergyman, was born in March, 1746, in Chester county, Pa.
In August, 1777, he performed an important service for the American cause by drawing for General Washington a map that showed the topography of the country and a route by which he could retreat from Stanton, and avoid a conflict with the superior British force that had landed at Elk ferry, and was advancing on the American camp. He died June 14, 1823, in Wilmington, Del.
Read, Thomas B
state senator. He was a senator in congress from Mississippi from 1826 to 1827, and also during the session of 1829. He died Nov. 26, 1829, in Lexington, Ky.
Read, Thomas Buchanan
artist, poet, was born March 12, 1822, in Chester county, Pa. He was a poet and artist of Philadelphia, whose later years were spent in Florence and Rome. As a poet he is best known by the famous Sheridan's Ride; Drifting; and The Closing Scene; and it is by these poems that he will continue to be remembered. He is the author of Poems; Lays and Ballads; The Pilgrims of the Great St. Bernard, a prose romance; The New Pastoral; The House by the Sea; The Wagoner of the Alleghanies, in which occurs the fine lyric beginning, The maid who binds her warrior's sash; Sylvia; A Voyage to Iceland; A Summer Story; and Sheridan's Ride, and Other Poems. His complete poems were issued in 1882. He died May 11, 1872, in New York city.
Read, William B
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 14, 1820, in Hardin county, Ky. He was elected to the state senate of Kentucky in 1857, and again in 1861. He was elected to the legislature of Kentucky in 1867; and was elected to the forty-second and fortythird congresses as a democrat.
Reade, Edwin G
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 13, 1812, in Orange county, N. C. He was elected from North Carolina a representative in congress in 1855, serving until 1857.
Reader, Frank S
soldier, journalist, was born Nov. 17, 1842, in Coal Center, Pa. He served as a soldier during the civil war in the second regiment Virginia volunteer infantry; and in 1863 changed to the fifth regiment of the West Virginia cavalry. He was captured on June 20, 1864, and subsequently escaped. For several years he was a clergyman in the methodist church, but retired on account of ill-health. In 1874 he established the Beaver Valley News of New Brighton, Pa.; and began the daily edition in 1893. He is the author of The Life of Moody and Sankey; A History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry; and has contributed various historical sketches and other articles to the periodical press generally.
Reading, John R
physician, congressman, was born Nov. 1, 1826, in Philadelphia county, Pa. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-first congress.
Ready, Charles
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 22, 1802, in Readyville, Tenn. He was a member of the Tennessee legislature in 1835, and closely identified with the organization of the judiciary. By special commission he twice presided in the supreme court of Tennessee. He was elected a representative in congress from that state in 1853, to which position he was twice re-elected.
Ready, Samuel
philanthropist, was born March 8, 1789, in Baltimore, Md.
He obtained a charter in 1864, and, having no immediate family, left $371,000, constituting the bulk of his fortune, as an endowment for the Samuel Ready asylum. The institution, which is in the northern part of Baltimore, was opened in 1888. He died Nov. 28, 1871, in Baltimore, Md.
Reagan, John Henninger
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 8, 1818, in Sevier county, Tenn. He was appointed deputy surveyor in the republic of Texas in 1840; and in 1843 was a justice of the peace, and a militia captain. In 1846 he was probate judge and colonel of militia; and was elected a member of the legislature in 1847. He was a judge of the district court from 1852 to 1857; and in 1856 was elected a member of the thirty-fifth congress. He was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress; withdrew in February, 1861, and became postmastergeneral of the confederate government. He was elected to the forty-fourth/congress as a representative from Texas, and was re-elected to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat; and became a United States senator in 1887.
Realf, Richard
soldier, journalist, author, was born June 14, 1834, in England. He was a journalist and poet of Pittsburg who was a federal officer during the civil war. He was the author of Guesses at the Beautiful. He died Oct. 28, 1878, in Oakland, Cal.
Ream, Vinnie
sculptor, was born in 1850, in Mississippi. She has modeled characteristic busts of Horace Greeley and Senator Sherman; and her bust of Liszt and her America, or the Four Sisters, have been much talked about.
Reamy, Thaddeus Asbury
physician, surgeon, author, was born April 28, 1829, in Frederick county, Va. He received the degree of A. M. from the Ohio Wesleyan university; and the degree of LL. D. from Cornell college. He has been professor of clinical gynecology in the Medical college of Ohio, and in the medical department of the Cincinnati university. He has also been gynecologist to the Cincinnati hospital, the Good Samaritan hospital, and the Woman's hospital. He is the proprietor of a large private hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio; is a member of the leading medical bodies of Europe and America; and a well known writer on medical and surgical diseases of women.
Reavis, Isaac
lawyer, jurist, was born in Illinois. He removed to Nebraska, and was appointed from that territory an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Arizona, residing in Arizona City.
Reavis, Logan Uriah
journalist, author, was born March 26, 1831, in Sangamon Bottom, Ill. He was a St. Louis journalist, who published St. Louis, the Future Great City of the World; Life of Horace Greeley; Thoughts for the Young Men and Women of America; Life of General Harney; and Railway and River System. He died April 25, 1889, in St. Louis, Mo.
Rector, Elbridge Lee
lawyer, author, was born Nov. 16, 1847, in Seguin, Texas. He received his education at the university of Virginia; and since 1877 has been engaged in the practice of law in San Saba, Texas. He has always been a student of political economy; has contributed articles on monetary topics to the American Magazine of Civics; and is the author of a work entitled The Science of Exchange.
Rector, Henry M
governor. He was governor of Arkansas from 1860 to 1864.
Reddall, Henry Frederick
journalist, author, was born Nov. 25, 1852, in England. He has been a contributor to periodicals under the pen-name of Frederic Alldred. Since 1881 he has been associate editor of The People's Cyclopædia. He has published From the Golden Gate to the Golden Horn; Who Was He?, six historical sketches; School-Boy Days in Merrie England; Courtship, Love and Wedlock; and Fancy, Fact and Fable..
Rede, Wyllys
clergyman, author, was born March 7, 1859, in Monmouth, Ill.
He graduated from Williams college in 1882; studied at the General Theological seminary of New York; and spent a year in the post-graduate study at Oxford university. He has filled pastorates in Maine, Virginia and Maryland, and is now rector of the Emanuel church of Rockford, Ill. He is the author of The Communion of Saints; Striving for the Mastery; and other works.
Redfield, Amasa Angell
lawyer, author, was born May 19, 1837, in Clyde, Wayne county, N. Y. He is a lawyer of New York city, and the author of Handbook of United States Tax Laws; Law and Practice of Surrogates' Courts; and Reports of Surrogates' Courts of New York State, 1864-82.
Redfield, Isaac Fletcher
lawyer, jurist, author, was born April 10, 1804, in Wethersfield, Vt. He was a lawyer who was chief justice of Vermont in 1852- 60, and a resident of Boston after the latter date. He was the author of The Law of Railways; The Law of Wills; Law of Carriers and Bailments; Leading American Railway Cases; and Civil Pleading. He died March 23, 1876, in Charlestown, Mass.
Redfield, John Howard
naturalist, author, was born July 10, 1815, in Cromwell, Conn. He was appointed conservator of the herbarium of the Philadelphia academy of Natural Sciences in 1876, and he has contributed botanical papers to the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, and to the Botanical Gazette. He has also published Genealogical History of the Redfield Family in the United States.
Redfield, William Charles
meteorologist, author, was born March 26, 1789, in Middletown, Conn. He conceived the fundamental idea of his famous law of storms as early as 1821, and promulgated his theory in 1831. He was first president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was the author of On Whirlwind Storms; and other works. He died Feb. 12, 1857, in New York city.