Display Patriot - P-276173 - Alexander READ/REED

Alexander READ/REED

SAR Patriot #: P-276173

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State of Service: MD      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A094172

Birth: 09 May 1752 / Cecil / MD
Death: 11 Sep 1826 Lawrence Twp / Clearfield / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Signed Oath of Allegiance
  2. Private: CAPT Richard Smith' Company of Flying Camp, MD

Additional References:
  1. Archives of MD, Vol 12, pg 352
  2. DAR Magazicne, Volume 62, September 1928, pg 562

Spouse: Jemima Alexander
Children: Alexander; Rachel; Sarah/Sally; John Ross; Thomas;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1964-09-17 PA Unassigned Fremont Jones McKenrick (91928)   
1975-04-15 PA Unassigned Steven E Baker (108680) Alexander   
1977-09-29 FL Unassigned Athol Thomas McCullough (113300) Alexander   
1985-07-12 PA 229812 Robert McKenrick Snyder (125927) Alexander   
2000-07-03 PA 6988 Ralph Henry Kocher (154138) Alexander   
2000-07-03 PA 6989 Ralph Henry Kocher Jr (154139) Alexander   
2000-08-23 PA 7244 Brian Michael Kocher (154381) Alexander   
2004-02-17 OR 18510 Philip Stanley Chambers (162077) Rachel   
2005-10-31 NM 24059 Rodney Paul Chambers (165962) Rachel   
2015-04-17 PA 63303 Matthew Robert Macesich (194305) Alexander   
2017-03-10 NY 73577 Terrance Lee Chatfield (201672) Sarah/Sally   
2020-10-02 PA 94093 Dustin James Barnett (217083) Sarah   
2021-06-25 NC 97491 Michael Joseph Scott (219581) Alexander   
2022-01-14 OH 100177 John Bartholomew Pecorak Wakefield (221363) Alexander   
2022-01-14 PA 100273 Arnold Eugene Thompson Sr. (221376) Sarah   
2023-01-13 TX 105024 Kirk R. Chambers Jr. (224961) Alexander   
Burial:
Owens Cemetery (C-0371725)
Location:
Clearfield / Clearfield / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
45722
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
21325001
Marker Type:
obelisk
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Image # 1, provided with permission from Marcia Swisher Musser, Find-A-Grave member # 46802113
  • Image # 2, provided with permission from Diane, Find-A-Grave member # 46928514


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Adam Michael Puhak

Alexander Read was born 9 May 1752 at Cecil County, Maryland, a son of John Alexander Reed of Ireland and Eleanor Ross.

In 1776, Alexander married Jemima Alexander, whose family were also settlers of Cecil County Maryland.  Together they had five children: Rachel, John, Alexander Jr., Sarah and Thomas.

During the Revolutionary War, Alexander served as a Private in Captain Richard Smith’s Flying Camp.

Around 1794, Alexander and his family moved west to Centre County, Pennsylvania, and then to Clearfield County in 1802.  He became the assessor of Chinclecamousche Township and was tasked by the Centre County Commissioners to account for and assign value, for taxation purposes, of all persons, property and businesses of Centre County.  

The area in which Alexander and his family settled became known as “Reedsboro” due to the large number of Reed families living in the area.  In 1813, Alexander’s home became a local post office, until it was closed in 1819.

Alexander Read died 11 September 1826 at Clearfield County, Pennsylvaia.  He was buried at Owen’s Cemetery at Clearfield.

 


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