Henry English Read

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Henry English Read (born December 25, 1824 in LaRue County , Kentucky , † November 9, 1868 in Elizabethtown , Kentucky) was a Confederate politician . In November 1861 he was elected to the First Confederate Congress for the Third Constituency of Kentucky , where he took up his post on February 18, 1862. He ran successfully for the second Confederate Congress and was then active there until 1865. Read died about three years after the end of the Civil War by suicide . His body was interred in Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Hardin County . With his wife Lottie C. "Lott" (1834-1903) he had three children together: William D. (1855-1883), Mary D. (1859-1859) and Thomas Doran (1861-1862).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Confederate States almanac and repository of useful knowledge: for the year 1863. Gale Cengage Learning, ISBN 978-1-43280493-0 , p. 33
  2. ↑ Lottie C. "Lott" Read in the database of Find a Grave (English)
  3. ↑ William D. Read in the database of Find a Grave (English)
  4. ↑ Mary D. Read in the database of Find a Grave (English)
  5. ↑ Thomas Doran Read in the Find a Grave database (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Read, Henry English
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Read, HE
BRIEF DESCRIPTION confederate politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH LaRue County , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1868
Place of death Elizabethtown , Kentucky