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Rea, John

soldier, congressman, was born in 1755 in Pennsylvania. He served during the revolutionary war; was several times a member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives, and was five times elected as a democrat to congress, serving from 1803 till 1815, except in 1811-13. He died Feb. 6, 1829, in Chambersburg, Pa.

Read, Abner

naval officer, was born April 5, 1821, in Urbana, Ohio. He served with distinction in the civil war and attained the rank of commodore. He died July 12, 1863, in Baton Rouge, La.

Read, Almon H

state legislator, state senator, was born June 12, 1790, in Shelburne, Vt. He was frequently elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature; and also to the senate. In 1840 he was appointed treasurer of the state; and in 1841 was elected to fill a vacancy in the national house of representatives; and re-elected to the succeeding congress. He died June 3, 1844, in Montrose, Pa.

Read, Collinson

lawyer, author, was born in 1751, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He was appointed deputy register of wills for the county, and afterward practiced law in Philadelphia. He published a Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania; Abridgment of the Laws of Pennsylvania; American Pleader's Assistant; and Precedents in the Office of a Justice of the Peace.

He died March 1, 1815, in Reading, Pa.

Read, Daniel

educator, college president, was born June 24, 1805, in Marietta, Ohio. In 1856 he became professor of mental and moral philosophy in Wisconsin university, and in 1863 entered on the presidency of Missouri State university, Columbia, which office he filled until 1876.

He died Oct. 3, 1878, in Keokuk, Iowa.

Read, George Campbell

naval officer, was born about 1787, in Ireland.

He was promoted commander in 1816, and captain in 1825; took charge of the East India squadron in 1840, and of the squadron on the coast of Africa in 1846.

He died Aug. 22, 1862, in Philadelphia.

Read, Jacob

lawyer, jurist, gressman, state senator, was born 1752, in South Carolina. He was a delegate from South Carolina to the continental congress from 1783 to 1786; and was elected a senator in congress from that state for the term from 1795 to 1802. In 1801 he was appointed judge of the United States district court of South Carolina. He died July 17, 1816, in Charleston, S. C.

Read, Jane Maria

author, was born in 1853, in Massachusetts. She is poet of Colebrook Springs, Mass., who has published Between the Centuries, and Other Poems.

Read, John

lawyer, was born about 1673 in Mendon, Mass. He was an active member of the provincial house of representatives, and of the council during Governor William Shirley's administration. He contributed greatly to the reform of legal phraseology, being the first to reduce the antiquated forms and redundant phrases of deeds of conveyance to simpler and clearer language. He died Feb. 7, 1749, in Boston, Mass.

Read, John Meredith

lawyer, diplomat, author, was born Feb. 21, 1837, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lawyer of Albany, N. Y., who was minister to Greece in 1873-79, and subsequently filled other important diplomatic positions. He was the author of An Historical Inquiry Concerning Hendrick Hudson. He died in 1896.

Read, Lazarus H

lawyer, jurist.

In 1853 he was appointed judge of the United States court for the territory of Utah.

Read, Matthew Canfield

lawyer, lecturer, was born Aug. 21, 1823, in Williamsfield, Ohio. During the war he was United States sanitary commissioner; has been collector of revenue; a member of the Ohio geological corps; and lecturer on biology and practical geology.