BIO: David R. READ, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 707 & 708.
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  DAVID R. READ, residing on his farm of 103 acres, which is situated in 
Ferguson township, Clearfield county, Pa., two and one-half miles northwest of 
Kerrmoor, was born August 7, 1837, in this township but on an adjoining farm.  
His parents were William and Jane (Ferguson) Read.
  William Read was born, reared and educated in Lawrence township, Clearfield 
county, moving into Ferguson township at the time of his marriage to Jane 
Ferguson, and he lived there until his death.  He owned 150 acres of land which 
had been cleared by his own industry.  He survived his wife many years, her 
death taking place when aged forty-three years, while he lived to be seventy-
two years.  They were members of the United Presbyterian church.  Their family 
consisted of seven sons and three daughters.
  David R. Read attended what was known as Friendship school, in Ferguson 
township, when he was a boy, and afterward went into the woods and worked at 
timbering.  After his marriage he moved to what was known as the Hockenberry 
farm, in Ferguson township, after living for a time in Greenwood township.  
Here he found a great deal of improving necessary and has done considerable 
building, putting up all the substantial structures now standing, except the 
barn.  He has carried on general farming and is numbered with the prosperous 
agriculturists of the township.
  Mr. Read was married on July 7, 1864, to Miss Clara J. Owens, who was 
affectionately known to family and friends as Sis Owens.  She was born on an 
adjoining farm, September 16, 1843, and is a daughter of Thomas and Emeline 
(Hile) Owens.  Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Read, namely:  
Emeline, who is the wife of Harrison Straw, of Goshen township; Lyman, who is 
deceased; B. W., who resides in Oregon, and married Nettie McCarty; J. Perry; 
and an infant who died.
  J. Perry Read assists his father in operating the home farm and owns a tract 
of forty-three acres adjoining it which is quite valuable.  He married Miss 
Stella Hamilton, who is a daughter of Harvey Hamilton, and they have had five 
children:  Burl, Curtis, Winnifred, Emeline and Dorothy, Curtis and Dorothy 
being now deceased.
  In politics Mr. Read and son are strong adherents of the Prohibition party.  
He has served as school director and also as overseer of the poor, in Ferguson 
township.  With his wife and son he belongs to the Grange at Kerrmoor, and 
there they also are connected with the United Presbyterian church.  They are 
all people of high standing, representative of the community's best 
citizenship.