Individual Details
Cunningham Read
(1790 - 30 Aug 1834)
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Cunningham Read/Reid was born about 1790 in [Hanover County] Virginia. He died on 30 August 1834 in Butler County, Kentucky. He may have gone to Kentucky from Virginia with his father, Moses A. Read, about 1800, when he was ten years old. Cunningham Read was a farmer. He married first Mrs. Margaret "Peggy" Ewing], in 1814, in probably Butler County, Kentucky. She was born in Virginia or Tennessee [?], the daughter of William Ewing and Florence Porter. She died on 17 September 1842 in Butler County, Kentucky. They may have had five children. She died on 17 September 1824. He married second on 1 January1829 (or 1824) in Logan or Butler County, Kentucky, Eliza Moile [Mollie?] McReynolds, the daughter of Alexander A. McReynolds and Sarah Talbot. She was born on 21 August 1803 in Logan County, Kentucky and died on 13 May 1873 in probably Logan County. They may have had three children.
The children of Cunningham Read and Margaret Ewing:
1 . William Washington Read was born in Butler County Kentucky on April 24, 1819 in Butler County, Kentucky. After the death of his father, who died in 1834, when William Washington Read was about 1, he remained with his mother and supported the family until he was eighteen years of age. Then for one year he was overseer on a plantation, after followed the river trade, flat-boating and rafting for three years, until 1840, when he married, on 14 May 1840, his cousin, Servary/Saranah/Savannah Ewing of Butler County. William Washington Read was also a tanner. According to Kentucky History:
After the marriage, Mr. Read removed to Todd County where he learned the tanner's trade, which he has followed in connection with farming up to the present time. In December, 1857, he bought 500 acres of land on Mud River, in Butler County, where he now resides. His farm is one of the best in his section. 100 acres of it being well fenced and in fine state of cultivation and improved with good, comfortable dwelling, large barn, also a tanyard and shoe maker's shop, and an orchard of 150 fruit trees. Mr. Read gives most of his attention to raising of grain. He had few advantages for school education but has acquired a fair business education, through his own efforts. He is practical, and manages his business with tact and success. He is a Master Mason in Rochestor Lodge #270, also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and favors the temperance cause by example as well as precept He is a Republican and during the Rebellion was a strong Union man. Mr. Read is a public spirited citizen and does much for the improvement of the county around him. (Glenda Dodson notes: "Warner Reid's research states that WW operated the ferry at this place for years and that it was known for years as Read's Hill.
According to Kentucky: A History of the State. 3rd. ed, 1886, William Washington Read supported the Union as did many of his neighbors. He died not earlier than 1885 in Todd County, Kentucky.
William Washington Read and Servary Ewing had five children:
1. Mary B. Read was born about 1844 and died not later than 1885.
2. Sarah "Sally" A. Read was about about 1847 and died not later than 1885.
3. Minerva I. Manerva J., was born about 1849. She married on 14 October 1868 in Butler County, Kentucky, Harvey W. Woods. They moved to Coffey County, Kansas. Of the five, she survived in 1885.)
4. John C. Read was born about 1852.
5. Who was the fifth child?]
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Cunningham Read/Reid was born about 1790 in [Hanover County] Virginia. He died on 30 August 1834 in Butler County, Kentucky. He may have gone to Kentucky from Virginia with his father, Moses A. Read, about 1800, when he was ten years old. Cunningham Read was a farmer. He married first Mrs. Margaret "Peggy" Ewing], in 1814, in probably Butler County, Kentucky. She was born in Virginia or Tennessee [?], the daughter of William Ewing and Florence Porter. She died on 17 September 1842 in Butler County, Kentucky. They may have had five children. She died on 17 September 1824. He married second on 1 January1829 (or 1824) in Logan or Butler County, Kentucky, Eliza Moile [Mollie?] McReynolds, the daughter of Alexander A. McReynolds and Sarah Talbot. She was born on 21 August 1803 in Logan County, Kentucky and died on 13 May 1873 in probably Logan County. They may have had three children.
The children of Cunningham Read and Margaret Ewing:
1 . William Washington Read was born in Butler County Kentucky on April 24, 1819 in Butler County, Kentucky. After the death of his father, who died in 1834, when William Washington Read was about 1, he remained with his mother and supported the family until he was eighteen years of age. Then for one year he was overseer on a plantation, after followed the river trade, flat-boating and rafting for three years, until 1840, when he married, on 14 May 1840, his cousin, Servary/Saranah/Savannah Ewing of Butler County. William Washington Read was also a tanner. According to Kentucky History:
After the marriage, Mr. Read removed to Todd County where he learned the tanner's trade, which he has followed in connection with farming up to the present time. In December, 1857, he bought 500 acres of land on Mud River, in Butler County, where he now resides. His farm is one of the best in his section. 100 acres of it being well fenced and in fine state of cultivation and improved with good, comfortable dwelling, large barn, also a tanyard and shoe maker's shop, and an orchard of 150 fruit trees. Mr. Read gives most of his attention to raising of grain. He had few advantages for school education but has acquired a fair business education, through his own efforts. He is practical, and manages his business with tact and success. He is a Master Mason in Rochestor Lodge #270, also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and favors the temperance cause by example as well as precept He is a Republican and during the Rebellion was a strong Union man. Mr. Read is a public spirited citizen and does much for the improvement of the county around him. (Glenda Dodson notes: "Warner Reid's research states that WW operated the ferry at this place for years and that it was known for years as Read's Hill.
According to Kentucky: A History of the State. 3rd. ed, 1886, William Washington Read supported the Union as did many of his neighbors. He died not earlier than 1885 in Todd County, Kentucky.
William Washington Read and Servary Ewing had five children:
1. Mary B. Read was born about 1844 and died not later than 1885.
2. Sarah "Sally" A. Read was about about 1847 and died not later than 1885.
3. Minerva I. Manerva J., was born about 1849. She married on 14 October 1868 in Butler County, Kentucky, Harvey W. Woods. They moved to Coffey County, Kansas. Of the five, she survived in 1885.)
4. John C. Read was born about 1852.
5. Who was the fifth child?]
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http://lenapedelawarehistory.net/mirror/read_family.htm
Cunningham Read/Reid was born about 1790 in [Hanover County] Virginia. He died on 30 August 1834 in Butler County, Kentucky. He may have gone to Kentucky from Virginia with his father, Moses A. Read, about 1800, when he was ten years old. Cunningham Read was a farmer. He married first Mrs. Margaret "Peggy" Ewing], in 1814, in probably Butler County, Kentucky. She was born in Virginia or Tennessee [?], the daughter of William Ewing and Florence Porter. She died on 17 September 1842 in Butler County, Kentucky. They may have had five children. She died on 17 September 1824. He married second on 1 January1829 (or 1824) in Logan or Butler County, Kentucky, Eliza Moile [Mollie?] McReynolds, the daughter of Alexander A. McReynolds and Sarah Talbot. She was born on 21 August 1803 in Logan County, Kentucky and died on 13 May 1873 in probably Logan County. They may have had three children.
The children of Cunningham Read and Margaret Ewing:
1 . William Washington Read was born in Butler County Kentucky on April 24, 1819 in Butler County, Kentucky. After the death of his father, who died in 1834, when William Washington Read was about 1, he remained with his mother and supported the family until he was eighteen years of age. Then for one year he was overseer on a plantation, after followed the river trade, flat-boating and rafting for three years, until 1840, when he married, on 14 May 1840, his cousin, Servary/Saranah/Savannah Ewing of Butler County. William Washington Read was also a tanner. According to Kentucky History:
After the marriage, Mr. Read removed to Todd County where he learned the tanner's trade, which he has followed in connection with farming up to the present time. In December, 1857, he bought 500 acres of land on Mud River, in Butler County, where he now resides. His farm is one of the best in his section. 100 acres of it being well fenced and in fine state of cultivation and improved with good, comfortable dwelling, large barn, also a tanyard and shoe maker's shop, and an orchard of 150 fruit trees. Mr. Read gives most of his attention to raising of grain. He had few advantages for school education but has acquired a fair business education, through his own efforts. He is practical, and manages his business with tact and success. He is a Master Mason in Rochestor Lodge #270, also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and favors the temperance cause by example as well as precept He is a Republican and during the Rebellion was a strong Union man. Mr. Read is a public spirited citizen and does much for the improvement of the county around him. (Glenda Dodson notes: "Warner Reid's research states that WW operated the ferry at this place for years and that it was known for years as Read's Hill.
According to Kentucky: A History of the State. 3rd. ed, 1886, William Washington Read supported the Union as did many of his neighbors. He died not earlier than 1885 in Todd County, Kentucky.
William Washington Read and Servary Ewing had five children:
1. Mary B. Read was born about 1844 and died not later than 1885.
2. Sarah "Sally" A. Read was about about 1847 and died not later than 1885.
3. Minerva I. Manerva J., was born about 1849. She married on 14 October 1868 in Butler County, Kentucky, Harvey W. Woods. They moved to Coffey County, Kansas. Of the five, she survived in 1885.)
4. John C. Read was born about 1852.
5. Who was the fifth child?]
Cunningham Read/Reid was born about 1790 in [Hanover County] Virginia. He died on 30 August 1834 in Butler County, Kentucky. He may have gone to Kentucky from Virginia with his father, Moses A. Read, about 1800, when he was ten years old. Cunningham Read was a farmer. He married first Mrs. Margaret "Peggy" Ewing], in 1814, in probably Butler County, Kentucky. She was born in Virginia or Tennessee [?], the daughter of William Ewing and Florence Porter. She died on 17 September 1842 in Butler County, Kentucky. They may have had five children. She died on 17 September 1824. He married second on 1 January1829 (or 1824) in Logan or Butler County, Kentucky, Eliza Moile [Mollie?] McReynolds, the daughter of Alexander A. McReynolds and Sarah Talbot. She was born on 21 August 1803 in Logan County, Kentucky and died on 13 May 1873 in probably Logan County. They may have had three children.
The children of Cunningham Read and Margaret Ewing:
1 . William Washington Read was born in Butler County Kentucky on April 24, 1819 in Butler County, Kentucky. After the death of his father, who died in 1834, when William Washington Read was about 1, he remained with his mother and supported the family until he was eighteen years of age. Then for one year he was overseer on a plantation, after followed the river trade, flat-boating and rafting for three years, until 1840, when he married, on 14 May 1840, his cousin, Servary/Saranah/Savannah Ewing of Butler County. William Washington Read was also a tanner. According to Kentucky History:
After the marriage, Mr. Read removed to Todd County where he learned the tanner's trade, which he has followed in connection with farming up to the present time. In December, 1857, he bought 500 acres of land on Mud River, in Butler County, where he now resides. His farm is one of the best in his section. 100 acres of it being well fenced and in fine state of cultivation and improved with good, comfortable dwelling, large barn, also a tanyard and shoe maker's shop, and an orchard of 150 fruit trees. Mr. Read gives most of his attention to raising of grain. He had few advantages for school education but has acquired a fair business education, through his own efforts. He is practical, and manages his business with tact and success. He is a Master Mason in Rochestor Lodge #270, also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and favors the temperance cause by example as well as precept He is a Republican and during the Rebellion was a strong Union man. Mr. Read is a public spirited citizen and does much for the improvement of the county around him. (Glenda Dodson notes: "Warner Reid's research states that WW operated the ferry at this place for years and that it was known for years as Read's Hill.
According to Kentucky: A History of the State. 3rd. ed, 1886, William Washington Read supported the Union as did many of his neighbors. He died not earlier than 1885 in Todd County, Kentucky.
William Washington Read and Servary Ewing had five children:
1. Mary B. Read was born about 1844 and died not later than 1885.
2. Sarah "Sally" A. Read was about about 1847 and died not later than 1885.
3. Minerva I. Manerva J., was born about 1849. She married on 14 October 1868 in Butler County, Kentucky, Harvey W. Woods. They moved to Coffey County, Kansas. Of the five, she survived in 1885.)
4. John C. Read was born about 1852.
5. Who was the fifth child?]
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http://lenapedelawarehistory.net/mirror/read_family.htm
Cunningham Read/Reid was born about 1790 in [Hanover County] Virginia. He died on 30 August 1834 in Butler County, Kentucky. He may have gone to Kentucky from Virginia with his father, Moses A. Read, about 1800, when he was ten years old. Cunningham Read was a farmer. He married first Mrs. Margaret "Peggy" Ewing], in 1814, in probably Butler County, Kentucky. She was born in Virginia or Tennessee [?], the daughter of William Ewing and Florence Porter. She died on 17 September 1842 in Butler County, Kentucky. They may have had five children. She died on 17 September 1824. He married second on 1 January1829 (or 1824) in Logan or Butler County, Kentucky, Eliza Moile [Mollie?] McReynolds, the daughter of Alexander A. McReynolds and Sarah Talbot. She was born on 21 August 1803 in Logan County, Kentucky and died on 13 May 1873 in probably Logan County. They may have had three children.
The children of Cunningham Read and Margaret Ewing:
1 . William Washington Read was born in Butler County Kentucky on April 24, 1819 in Butler County, Kentucky. After the death of his father, who died in 1834, when William Washington Read was about 1, he remained with his mother and supported the family until he was eighteen years of age. Then for one year he was overseer on a plantation, after followed the river trade, flat-boating and rafting for three years, until 1840, when he married, on 14 May 1840, his cousin, Servary/Saranah/Savannah Ewing of Butler County. William Washington Read was also a tanner. According to Kentucky History:
After the marriage, Mr. Read removed to Todd County where he learned the tanner's trade, which he has followed in connection with farming up to the present time. In December, 1857, he bought 500 acres of land on Mud River, in Butler County, where he now resides. His farm is one of the best in his section. 100 acres of it being well fenced and in fine state of cultivation and improved with good, comfortable dwelling, large barn, also a tanyard and shoe maker's shop, and an orchard of 150 fruit trees. Mr. Read gives most of his attention to raising of grain. He had few advantages for school education but has acquired a fair business education, through his own efforts. He is practical, and manages his business with tact and success. He is a Master Mason in Rochestor Lodge #270, also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and favors the temperance cause by example as well as precept He is a Republican and during the Rebellion was a strong Union man. Mr. Read is a public spirited citizen and does much for the improvement of the county around him. (Glenda Dodson notes: "Warner Reid's research states that WW operated the ferry at this place for years and that it was known for years as Read's Hill.
According to Kentucky: A History of the State. 3rd. ed, 1886, William Washington Read supported the Union as did many of his neighbors. He died not earlier than 1885 in Todd County, Kentucky.
William Washington Read and Servary Ewing had five children:
1. Mary B. Read was born about 1844 and died not later than 1885.
2. Sarah "Sally" A. Read was about about 1847 and died not later than 1885.
3. Minerva I. Manerva J., was born about 1849. She married on 14 October 1868 in Butler County, Kentucky, Harvey W. Woods. They moved to Coffey County, Kansas. Of the five, she survived in 1885.)
4. John C. Read was born about 1852.
5. Who was the fifth child?]
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http://lenapedelawarehistory.net/mirror/read_family.htm
Cunningham Read/Reid was born about 1790 in [Hanover County] Virginia. He died on 30 August 1834 in Butler County, Kentucky. He may have gone to Kentucky from Virginia with his father, Moses A. Read, about 1800, when he was ten years old. Cunningham Read was a farmer. He married first Mrs. Margaret "Peggy" Ewing], in 1814, in probably Butler County, Kentucky. She was born in Virginia or Tennessee [?], the daughter of William Ewing and Florence Porter. She died on 17 September 1842 in Butler County, Kentucky. They may have had five children. She died on 17 September 1824. He married second on 1 January1829 (or 1824) in Logan or Butler County, Kentucky, Eliza Moile [Mollie?] McReynolds, the daughter of Alexander A. McReynolds and Sarah Talbot. She was born on 21 August 1803 in Logan County, Kentucky and died on 13 May 1873 in probably Logan County. They may have had three children.
The children of Cunningham Read and Margaret Ewing:
1 . William Washington Read was born in Butler County Kentucky on April 24, 1819 in Butler County, Kentucky. After the death of his father, who died in 1834, when William Washington Read was about 1, he remained with his mother and supported the family until he was eighteen years of age. Then for one year he was overseer on a plantation, after followed the river trade, flat-boating and rafting for three years, until 1840, when he married, on 14 May 1840, his cousin, Servary/Saranah/Savannah Ewing of Butler County. William Washington Read was also a tanner. According to Kentucky History:
After the marriage, Mr. Read removed to Todd County where he learned the tanner's trade, which he has followed in connection with farming up to the present time. In December, 1857, he bought 500 acres of land on Mud River, in Butler County, where he now resides. His farm is one of the best in his section. 100 acres of it being well fenced and in fine state of cultivation and improved with good, comfortable dwelling, large barn, also a tanyard and shoe maker's shop, and an orchard of 150 fruit trees. Mr. Read gives most of his attention to raising of grain. He had few advantages for school education but has acquired a fair business education, through his own efforts. He is practical, and manages his business with tact and success. He is a Master Mason in Rochestor Lodge #270, also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and favors the temperance cause by example as well as precept He is a Republican and during the Rebellion was a strong Union man. Mr. Read is a public spirited citizen and does much for the improvement of the county around him. (Glenda Dodson notes: "Warner Reid's research states that WW operated the ferry at this place for years and that it was known for years as Read's Hill.
According to Kentucky: A History of the State. 3rd. ed, 1886, William Washington Read supported the Union as did many of his neighbors. He died not earlier than 1885 in Todd County, Kentucky.
William Washington Read and Servary Ewing had five children:
1. Mary B. Read was born about 1844 and died not later than 1885.
2. Sarah "Sally" A. Read was about about 1847 and died not later than 1885.
3. Minerva I. Manerva J., was born about 1849. She married on 14 October 1868 in Butler County, Kentucky, Harvey W. Woods. They moved to Coffey County, Kansas. Of the five, she survived in 1885.)
4. John C. Read was born about 1852.
5. Who was the fifth child?]
Events
| Birth | 1790 | Hanover County Virginia | |||
| Marriage | 1814 | Butler, Kentucky, United States - Margaret Ewing | |||
| Marriage | 1814 | Butler, Kentucky, United States - Margaret Ewing | |||
| Marriage | 21 Jan 1828 | Logan, Kentucky, United States - Eliza Moile McReynolds |  | ||
| Marriage | 21 Jan 1828 | Logan, Kentucky, United States - Eliza Moile McReynolds | | ||
| Residence | 1830 | Butler, Kentucky, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1830 | Butler, Kentucky, United States | | ||
| Death | 30 Aug 1834 | Butler County, Kentucky, United States | |||
| Death | 30 Aug 1834 | Butler County, Kentucky, United States | |||
| Burial | ? |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Ewing (1783 - 1824) |
| Child | Martha Cunningham Reid (1815 - 1896) |
| Child | William Washington Read (1819 - 1885) |
| Spouse | Eliza Moile McReynolds (1803 - 1873) |
| Child | Joseph Shepard Read (1829 - 1904) |
| Child | Rachel Ann Hunter Read (1831 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Talbot Read (1831 - 1909) |
| Father | Moses Alexander Read (1745 - 1815) |
| Mother | Mary Rachel Porter (1769 - 1834) |
| Sibling | James Read (1785 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Nathaniel "Nat Nattie" Read (1787 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Read (1788 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Susannah "Susan" Read (1789 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Read (1789 - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Read (1790 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Nancy Ann Reid (1792 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Read (1797 - 1847) |
| Sibling | Anna Read (1801 - ) |
Endnotes
1. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBX-99Z : accessed 24 August 2018), Cunningham Read and Eliza M Mcreynolds, 21 Jan 1828; citing , Logan, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 364,550..
2. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBX-99Z : accessed 24 August 2018), Cunningham Read and Eliza M Mcreynolds, 21 Jan 1828; citing , Logan, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 364,550..
3. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBX-99Z : accessed 24 August 2018), Cunningham Read and Eliza M Mcreynolds, 21 Jan 1828; citing , Logan, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 364,550..
4. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), 1830; Census Place: Butler, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 34; Page: 95; Family History Library Film: 0007813.
5. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010)., 1830; Census Place: Butler, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 34; Page: 95; Family History Library Film: 0007813.
6. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010)., 1830; Census Place: Butler, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 34; Page: 95; Family History Library Film: 0007813.