Elisha Thornton Read
Elisha Thornton Read was born on February 5, 1807, in Smithfield, Rhode Island, to George and Abigail Read. He married Harriet Stockbridge on May 16, 1834, and they had at least three children: James, born around 1836; Harriet, born around 1840; and George, born around 1843. According to an early biographer, he worked for a stagecoach company “until such time as staging was succeeded by the railroad.” In 1847, he became a cashier at the Smithfield Union Bank, and by 1850, he owned $6,000 of real estate.
His wife died on January 11, 1857, and he married Mary B. Osborn on December 8, 1858. Their son Charles was born around 1859. By 1860, he owned $5,500 of real estate and $10,000 of personal property, and he employed at least two domestic servants. His wife died in August 1870, and he died in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on March 2, 1878.
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| (4768) | Read, Elisha Thornton | 1807-02-05 | 1878-03-02 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (13404) [writer] ~ Elisha T. Read to Edwin Metcalf, 12 August 1862
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, available from Ancestry.com; Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908); Boston (MA) Evening Transcript, 2 March 1878
