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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1803 - 1883 (79 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. |  Guilford Dudley READ was born on 9 Dec 1803 in North Carolina; died in 1883 in Tennessee. Other Events:
- _UID: 5F003423F55C42F5B4E4A85DB1214A6259EA
Notes:
Notes contributed by Linda Read Chesser:
I have carefully transcribed the Bible belonging to Guilford Dudley and Elizabeth (Wallace) Read. They were married in Davidson County TN in 1826, where all eleven of their children were born. Their oldest son, William Benjamin Read (1829-1904), served in the CSA as a cavalry soldier in Ward's 9th at the Battle of Hartsville and rode with General Morgan. He was captured in 1863, on the Ohio and imprisoned at Camps Morton (Indianapolis) and Douglass (Chicago). Released in June 1865, he came home to find his wife had died 6 months before, leaving his three sons as guardians of Guilford Read Sr. The families moved to Sumner County after the Civil War, first residing in Gallatin and then moving to land southwest of Richland Station (now Portland). Their youngest son was Opie Pope Read (1852-1939), American Novelist and Humorist, who studied at Neophogen College in Gallatin, founded The Arkansas Traveler in Little Rock and was author of 57 books and numerous short stories. He had met Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) on the Chautauqua circuit and later would travel that road himself. He wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and worked until his death for a paper in Chicago. Portland's Elmer Hinton Public Library has a portrait of Opie Read and a few of his novels on display.
The Guilford Dudley and Elizabeth (Wallace) Read Bible
(c. 1810 written on inside cover and first seven chapters of Genesis missing.)
Signature on last page: Mrs. Elizabeth Read
Transcribed by Linda Read Chesser, 3rd great-granddaughter of Guilford and Elizabeth Read, the 28 day January 2002
This is a large Bible approx. 10 by 12 inches and 3 inches thick. The center of the Bible between Testaments is now loose and tucked in. Everything was copied exactly by the transcriber, including misspellings, spelling variations, and grammatical errors.
P. 1 Parents' Record
Father
Guilford Read was born December the 9 1803
Elizabeth Read the wife of Gilford Read was born
Febuary the 8 1812
Mother
Gilford Read and Elizabeth Wallace
was married January
the 18 day 1825
P. 2 Marriages
This is my grand Children
John Wasly Read was
Born November the
27 day 1851
(Transcriber's Note: Wesley is the middle name.)
William Olever Read
was born October the
18 day 1853
(Transcriber's Note: Oliver is the middle name.)
Gilford Dudley Read
was born January
the 26 day 1856
(Transcriber's Note: There are four known Guilford Reads in this family, three with Dudley as their middle name.)
W.B. Read and Mattie An
Hunter was
Married Jan 18
1870
( Transcriber's note: This was William Benjamin's 2nd marriage. He 1st married M. Amanda Morris March 1851 Davidson Co. TN. She died December 1864.)
A total of eleven children were born to Guilford and Elizabeth Wallace Read. It was unnamed and either miscarried or stillborn. Opie Read was the 11th and last child born.
The list of children follows:
Guilford and Elizabeth Wallace Read Bible
P. 3 Births
William Benjamin
Read was born
October the 15 day
1829
James Read was born
Febuary the 12 day
1832
Cordelia An Read was
born October the 5 day
1834
Sara Elizabeth Read
was born June
the 6 day 1837
Gilford Dudley Read
was born Febuary the 18 day 1840
(Transcriber's note: This would be Jr.)
Martha Ollive Read
was born October
the 1 day 1842
Harret Adarene
Read was born January
the 12 1845
Lydia Frances Read
was born August
the 4 day 1847
James Wallace
Read was born June
The 1 day 1850
Opie Pope Read
was born December
the 22 day 1852
(Transcriber's note: This proves that "Percival" was NOT the famous novelist/humorist's middle name. "Pope" is written in his mother's own hand. The Opie Pope family had a business across the street from the Read's carriage shop in Nashville in the 1850's, hence the name. Percival was made up as were many of his stories about the family. See early Business Directories- TSA)
Guilford Dudley and Elizabeth (Wallace) Read Bible
P. 4 Deaths
James Read the son of
Gilford and Elizabeth
Read departed this
life on the 5 day
of October 1833
(Transcriber's Note: After losing this son, they named a later son James. He also died young.)
Sara Elizabeth the dauter
of Gilford and Elizabeth
Read departed this life
January the 11 1847
Lydia France (sic) the dauter
of Gilford and Elizabeth
Read departed this life
June the 20 day 1850
Jimny Wallace the son
Gilford and Elizabeth
Read depart this life
June the 3 day 1852
(Transcriber's Note: This is the 2nd James Read)
Hatty A. Read the
daughter of Gilford
and Elizabeth Read
departed this life May
the 12 day 1868
Cordelia A. Allen the
daughter of Gilford and
Elizabeth Read and
the wife of G W Allen
depart this life
September the 4
day 1869
Transcriber's note: And in another's hand, in purple pencil:
Elizabeth Read Wife
of Gilford Read Dep
arted this Life
May 4th 1891 (continued)
Guilford and Elizabeth Wallace Read Bible
P. 4 Deaths continued,
Gilford Read the
husban of Elisabthe (sic)
Read
departed this
life Decembier
the 18 day 1883
P. 5 Deaths (Transcriber's Note: On the back of the printed pictures just before the New Testament written in pencil:)
Mattie A. Read
Wife of W.B. Read
Departed this Life
July 23th 1904
W.B. Read, Husband
of Mattie A. Read Departed
this life October 1th 1904
W.O. Read departed this life
On the 26 day of Aug 1916.
Alice Wallace departed the
( )day of Feb 1916.
(Transcribers Note: There is a space left before "day".)
(End of record. Additional loose records left in the Bible will be transcribed at a later date.) L.R.C.)
Guilford married Elizabeth WALLACE on 18 Jan 1825 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born on 8 Feb 1812; died in 1891 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
| 2. | William Benjamin READ  (1.Guilford1) was born on 15 Oct 1829 in Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 1 Oct 1904. Other Events:
- _UID: 826CDBC015FB4A8DB1B0AD7B0C2E0DC0002D
Notes:
Willliam was the oldest of 11 children. He was in the Civil War as a Confederate cavalry soldier, and was one of Morgan's Raiders. He was captured on the Ohio River and was a prisoner of war at Camp Morton, near Indianapolis, and then sent on to Camp Douglass on the south side of Chicago. Amanda bore him three sons, with descendants from the two elder boys and the youngest son was alive through 1880, where further info on him cannot be found yet. Amanda died in 1864, six months before her husband was paroled by the Yankees, leaving her three sons as wards of her father-in-law. Her husband remarried five years after her death, but he had no other children. (Info from Linda Chesser of Indiana)
William married Margaret Amanda MORRIS on 20 Mar 1851 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of Corporal Isaac E. MORRIS and Celestia (Calista) Goldsberry CARNEY) was born about 1833 in Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 18 Dec 1864 in Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee; was buried in Nashville, City Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
William married Mattie Ann HUNTER on 18 Jan 1870. Mattie died on 23 Jul 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | James READ (1.Guilford1) was born on 12 Feb 1832; died on 5 Oct 1833. Other Events:
- _UID: 23DD94F40F9B4989BACB1B77096E8E6F8FF2
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| 4. |  Cordelia Ann READ (1.Guilford1) was born on 5 Oct 1834; died on 4 Sep 1869. Other Events:
- _UID: F55F8A8801C446CDA83B07AFEAEA2A754A5F
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| 5. | Sara Elizabeth READ (1.Guilford1) was born on 6 Jun 1837; died on 11 Jan 1847. Other Events:
- _UID: 40F63F2125F24CA5B7E80F8B2917BF11E709
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| 7. | Martha Olive READ (1.Guilford1) was born on 1 Oct 1842; and died. Other Events:
- _UID: 928BA339A168402F931342BCF38802A537A1
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| 9. | Lydia Frances READ (1.Guilford1) was born on 4 Aug 1847; died on 20 Jun 1850. Other Events:
- _UID: 82519FE25ABC4259BCC2451872A3B4EB9454
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| 10. | James Wallace READ (1.Guilford1) was born on 1 Jun 1850; died on 3 Jun 1852. Other Events:
- _UID: 5768233235E14DB19B8BF134FCDF5A26CE14
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| 11. | Opie Pope READ (1.Guilford1) was born on 22 Dec 1852 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee; died on 2 Nov 1939 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Other Events:
- _UID: F4B5D59F2EA646B9973C76B0EEB335A8678E
Notes:
This proves that "Percival" was NOT the famous novelist/humorist's middle name. "Pope" is written in his mother's own hand. The Opie Pope family had a business across the street from the Read's carriage shop in Nashville in the 1850's, hence the name. Percival was made up as were many of his stories about the family.
Opie Read was a novelist, humorist and journalist. Much of theesrly info here is from the Encyclopedia Britanica.
Opie married Ada L. BENHAM on 30 Jun 1880 in Texarkana, , Arkansas. Ada was born on 31 Jul 1856 in Fairfield, , Ohio; died on 24 Jul 1928 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
| 13. | William Oliver READ (2.William2, 1.Guilford1) was born on 18 Oct 1853; died on 26 Aug 1916. Other Events:
- _UID: A5F354EDDABA4E598698DBB54007279FCF96
Notes:
From Info on Web by Linda Read Chesser:
One folded, torn, and time-worn piece of paper was found inside the Guilford Dudley and Elizabeth (Wallace) Read Bible with notes written in pencil. It was copied as written by Mary Jane (Hunter) Read's hand including spelling and grammatical errors. Her husband William Oliver Read (1853-1916 Sumner Co.) was a grandson of Guilford and Elizabeth Read through Guilford's oldest son, William Benjamin (1829-1904) and his 1st wife M. Amanda (Morris) Read (c.1833-1864 Davidson Co.).
Transcribed by Linda (Read) Chesser, great-granddaughter of W.O. and Mary (Hunter) Read and granddaughter of Oliver Witham Read (1893-1975) and Birdie Elizabeth Perdue (1896-1958), daughter of George A. and Flora L. (Brown) Perdue and descendants of Luke Perdue and Leonard Brown, respectively.
W.O. and Mary (Hunter) Read had nine children.
(All that follow were born in Sumner Co. TN).
William Oliver Read and Mary Jane Hunter
was married on the first day of December
in the year 1879
Transcriber's Note: Mary Jane Hunter (1860-1944) was the youngest daughter of Calvin and Sarah Ann (Mayes Hunter).
William Gilford Read was born on the 26th day
of May (thursday) in the year 1881.
Transcriber's Note: "Guil" married Virginia Brister.
John Quincy Read was born on the 20th day
of September in the year 1883
Transcriber's Note: Never married due to illness.
Charles Dudly Read was born on the 26th day
of July in the year 1885
Transcriber's Note: "Dud" married Florence ____?
Fanny Suzen Read was born 20th day of may
in the year 1888
Transcriber's Note: Susie married Clarence L. Parker
Ben Read was born Feb 17th 1891
Transcriber's Note: Died young.
Oliver Witham Read was born Oct 28
1893
Transcriber's Note: "Ollie" m. 2nd widow Eva Joan Shanklin in 1962.
Opie Bell Read was born April 25 1897
Transcriber's Note: He married Lizzie Parker, sister of C. L. Parker above.
George Washington Read was born Aug 1th 1899
Transcriber's Note: He married Lillian Trammell.
Mattie Jane Read
Born July 21th 1902
Transcriber's Note: She died before she was 10. (End of record. L.R.C.)
William married Mary Jane HUNTER on 1 Dec 1879. Mary (daughter of Calvin HUNTER and Sarah Ann MAYES) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 23. William Gilford READ was born on 26 May 1881 in Sumner County, Tennessee; and died.
- 24. John Quincy READ was born on 20 Sep 1883 in Sumner County, Tennessee; and died.
- 25. Charles Dudley READ was born on 26 Jul 1885 in Sumner County, Tennessee; and died.
- 26. Fanny Suzen READ was born on 20 May 1888 in Sumner County, Tennessee; and died.
- 27. Ben READ was born on 17 Feb 1891 in Sumner County, Tennessee; died in in Died Young.
- 28. Oliver Witham READ was born on 28 Oct 1893 in Sumner County, Tennessee; and died.
- 29. Opie Bell READ was born on 25 Apr 1897 in Sumner County, Tennessee; and died.
- 30. George Washington READ was born on 1 Aug 1899 in Sumner County, Tennessee; and died.
- 31. Mattie Jane Read READ was born on 21 Jul 1902 in Sumner County, Tennessee; and died.
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| 15. | Vera READ (11.Opie2, 1.Guilford1) was born in in Died In Infancy; and died. Other Events:
- _UID: A6FEFDFA298E439DB118DD992B83D403F62E
Notes:
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| 16. | Olanda READ (11.Opie2, 1.Guilford1) was born in in Died In Infancy; and died. Other Events:
- _UID: 55322FB088A34FC5957DC198E974625E2DD7
Notes:
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| 18. | Philo Benham READ (11.Opie2, 1.Guilford1) was born on 25 Dec 1882; and died. Other Events:
- _UID: 0240AE080CB8439A9822A8181D5B7A969B71
Notes:
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Family/Spouse: Irene MARTIN. Irene and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 19. | Elaine READ (11.Opie2, 1.Guilford1) was born in Aug 1890; and died. Other Events:
- _UID: 00AF7F8AAA2B4B448414D4CACF1A31F965D3
Notes:
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Family/Spouse: George GREEN. George and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 20. | Enid Ada READ (11.Opie2, 1.Guilford1) was born in Feb 1892; died in 1918. Other Events:
- _UID: E7705380C3DB44428D03C1960466ECFB8697
Notes:
Found in 1920 Census according to ancestry poster... death date uncertain...
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| 21. | Leslie READ (11.Opie2, 1.Guilford1) was born in Jun 1893; and died. Other Events:
- _UID: FE85D18E50D248859D2984C7ECE414D99FF1
Notes:
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Family/Spouse: Virginia. Virginia and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 22. | Guilford READ (11.Opie2, 1.Guilford1) was born on 20 Jun 1897; died in 1955. Other Events:
- _UID: DF409A4770C54A66BDA7266B3D580DF77369
Notes:
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Generation: 4
| 27. | Ben READ (13.William3, 2.William2, 1.Guilford1) was born on 17 Feb 1891 in Sumner County, Tennessee; died in in Died Young. Other Events:
- _UID: 81E42E827A644DB89D4EB09BB728180D32CA
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| 32. | Charmion BLUE (17.Harriet3, 11.Opie2, 1.Guilford1) and died. Other Events:
- _UID: 9146523C47F6463DA6A1E33F2273DF696BA5
Notes:
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| 33. | Yvonne BLUE (17.Harriet3, 11.Opie2, 1.Guilford1) was born on 9 May 1911 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 30 Aug 1997. Other Events:
- Education: majored in English at the University of Chicago
- _UID: A02FC36CDF164DF18BCC65995A81139F13BF
Notes:
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Yvonne married Burrhus Frederic SKINNER on 1 Nov 1936. Burrhus was born on 20 Mar 1904 in Susquehanna, , Pennsylvania; died on 18 Aug 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 34. | Norma BLUE (17.Harriet3, 11.Opie2, 1.Guilford1) was born on 21 Sep 1919 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; and died. Other Events:
- _UID: 51D5C3E7A416478EBA1DFE89D8BC6D995799
Notes:
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