History of the Reed family in Europe and America

290 ELIAS READ,
1829, died Aug. 30, 1831. His wife died May 30, 1831.
Married Emily Marsh, Oct. 15, 1832. Children, — James
M., born Nov. 19, 1833, graduated at Unity College in
1853, and resides in New-York City, an associate editor
of the " Courier and Enquirer ; " William J., born Oct. 10,
1840, died Dec. 4, 1841 ; Ogdon B., born Sept. 16, 1843 ;
Edward M., July 15, 1846. He resides, and practises law,
at Winooska Falls in Vermont.
7. Rensselaer, son of Nathaniel of Cambridge, Yt. Chil-
dren, — Charles Rensselaer, born in Fairfield, Aug. 6, 1810 ;
Silas H. ; Maria, who married Warren Root of Burlington ;
Hannah, married Lanson Read of Columbus, O.
8. Charles R., son of Rensselaer, born at Fairfield, Vt.,
Aug. 6, 1810 ; married Sally Smith of Fairfield, March 6,
1831. Children, — Rensselaer Smith, born July 8, 1832;
Sarah Sophia, Jan. 1, 1836 ; Ephraim S., May 1, 1839 ;
Charles Joab, Feb. 27, 1843 ; Julius Herbert, Nov. 7, 1845.
9. Rensselaer S., son of Rensselaer, born July 8, 1832 ;
married Henrietta Warren, July 4, 1856. Child, — Cora
Adella, born Aug. 1, 1857.
Hon. Nathan Read was born at Western (now Warren), in the
county of Worcester, Mass., July 2, 1759. He was the son of Ma-
jor Reuben Read, who was born at Sudbury, Mass., Nov. 2, 1730,
and who held the rank of major in a regiment of minute-men, in the
Revolutionary War, raised under the command of Major-Gen. Ward.
After the capture of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga, Major Read was
detailed by Gen. Heath, who then had the command of the eastern
division of the army, to take the charge of the Hessian and British
troops, then prisoners of war at Cambridge ; and who soon after
removed them to Rutland, in the county of Worcester. He (Reu-
ben) was the son of Capt. Nathaniel Read, who was one of the early
settlers of Warren ; took up a large tract of land there ; and who,
under his good management, and taste for agricultural life, soon ren-
dered his farm very productive and valuable. In early life he
learned the carpenter's trade, and always kept on hand a good set