Son of Jacob Read and Elizabeth Carter
Married - Elizabeth Georgina Quilley, abt 1836, Stepney, Middlesex, England, later separated
Children - Clara Elizabeth Quilley Read, Alicia Quilley Read, Samuel Milford Read, Thisbe Quilley Read, Walter Pyramus Read
Married - Laura Ann Gibbs, 1 Sep 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced
Daughter - Laura Mariah Read (adopted granddaughter)
Samuel had lived with Laura Gibbs' family upon his arrival in the valley. Laura had been a widow for nine years when she married Samuel. Samuel and Laura adopted and raised a daughter Laura Mariah Read (birth mother, Catherine Beach).
Married - Helena Danielson, 2 May 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced.
Child - Helena had a daughter from a previous marriage, Carolina Rosetta Lundburg.
Married - Martha Munroe, 15 Feb 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
With his wife, Martha, Samuel adopted and raised a daughter, Josephine Read (birth parents were George L. and Sophia Eayrs), until Josephine passed away at the age of three.
History - Sailed on the ship Horizon with Georgina and childen with the exception of his oldest daughter, Clara, who instead emigrated to Sydney, Australia. The family joined the Martin Handcart Company. Young son, Walter, became lost outside of Iowa. Samuel George and Samuel Milford went back to locate him while the girls moved forward with the company. It took several months to locate Walter, being too late now to catch up with the handcart company. Samuel finally entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1859. Samuel was still in the bookstore business when he died 12 December 1893 at the age of 86.
OBITUARY - Deseret News, 8 Dec 1893, LDS Church Historian's Office, SLC, Utah & Deseret News, 11 Dec 1893, pg 8; or FHL #26,934.
"Another Old Timer Dies - Samuel G. Read - an old and well known Salt Laker, passes away at his residence at 249 South Fifth West Street, from La grippe after an illness of little more than a week. The deceased was the father of Superintendant (Walter) Read of the City railroad and was born in London in 1807. He entered the British Army when a young man and was engaged principally in the East India service. He made an excellent soldier and was promoted to a Lieutentancy, a member of the Bengal Marines.
In 1856, he left England for the United States. He lived in Iowa for three years and came to Salt Lake City in 1859 and resided here constantly from that time until his demise.
For a considerable time past he was manager of the "London Times Depot" at the Rio Grande Western Railway Station.
He leaves a wife and five sons and three daughters to mourn his death. Funeral services will be held from the 15th Ward meeting house on Sunday next at 11:30 a.m."
"Elias Morris, Bishop of 15th Ward presided at funeral of Samuel. The attendance was large and the floral tributes many. Consoling remarks were made by George Reynolds, William Spicer, R. T. Burton, John Y. Smith & William Binder. The speakers were old acquaintances of the deceased and bore testimony of his honesty and integrity as a man."
HISTORY - Samuel is the son of Jacob Read and Elizabeth Carter, born in Stepney, London, Middlesex, England. Samuel adopted the name 'George' after he arrived in the valley to distinguish himself from his son, Samuel Milford. His clothes were always the best. He smoothly waxed and neatly clipped his Vandyke beard. Samuel's black eyes were always dancing at a joke or a happy story.
In 1863 he was a bookkeeper in the building that housed the Deseret News. Its current location is the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and formerly the Hotel Utah. For a considerable time he was manager of the London Times Depot at the Rio Grande Western Railway Station. His bookstore was originally housed near the old Salt Lake Theater on State Street.
Hanksplace
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Edward Martin Company (1856), Age at departure: 49; Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Company: Unidentified Companies (1859); Age at departure: 52
Pioneer Information: He was delayed in his journey and remained in Iowa for three years before continuing to Utah.
Sources:
"Another Old Timer Dead," Deseret Evening News, 8 Dec. 1893, 1.
"Read, Walter Pyrimus," [Biographical sketch], in Andrew Jenson, comp., Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia [1971], 2:494.
"Samuel George Read and His Family," in Treasures of Pioneer History, 6 vols. [1952-57], 5:269-70.
Married - Elizabeth Georgina Quilley, abt 1836, Stepney, Middlesex, England, later separated
Children - Clara Elizabeth Quilley Read, Alicia Quilley Read, Samuel Milford Read, Thisbe Quilley Read, Walter Pyramus Read
Married - Laura Ann Gibbs, 1 Sep 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced
Daughter - Laura Mariah Read (adopted granddaughter)
Samuel had lived with Laura Gibbs' family upon his arrival in the valley. Laura had been a widow for nine years when she married Samuel. Samuel and Laura adopted and raised a daughter Laura Mariah Read (birth mother, Catherine Beach).
Married - Helena Danielson, 2 May 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced.
Child - Helena had a daughter from a previous marriage, Carolina Rosetta Lundburg.
Married - Martha Munroe, 15 Feb 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
With his wife, Martha, Samuel adopted and raised a daughter, Josephine Read (birth parents were George L. and Sophia Eayrs), until Josephine passed away at the age of three.
History - Sailed on the ship Horizon with Georgina and childen with the exception of his oldest daughter, Clara, who instead emigrated to Sydney, Australia. The family joined the Martin Handcart Company. Young son, Walter, became lost outside of Iowa. Samuel George and Samuel Milford went back to locate him while the girls moved forward with the company. It took several months to locate Walter, being too late now to catch up with the handcart company. Samuel finally entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1859. Samuel was still in the bookstore business when he died 12 December 1893 at the age of 86.
OBITUARY - Deseret News, 8 Dec 1893, LDS Church Historian's Office, SLC, Utah & Deseret News, 11 Dec 1893, pg 8; or FHL #26,934.
"Another Old Timer Dies - Samuel G. Read - an old and well known Salt Laker, passes away at his residence at 249 South Fifth West Street, from La grippe after an illness of little more than a week. The deceased was the father of Superintendant (Walter) Read of the City railroad and was born in London in 1807. He entered the British Army when a young man and was engaged principally in the East India service. He made an excellent soldier and was promoted to a Lieutentancy, a member of the Bengal Marines.
In 1856, he left England for the United States. He lived in Iowa for three years and came to Salt Lake City in 1859 and resided here constantly from that time until his demise.
For a considerable time past he was manager of the "London Times Depot" at the Rio Grande Western Railway Station.
He leaves a wife and five sons and three daughters to mourn his death. Funeral services will be held from the 15th Ward meeting house on Sunday next at 11:30 a.m."
"Elias Morris, Bishop of 15th Ward presided at funeral of Samuel. The attendance was large and the floral tributes many. Consoling remarks were made by George Reynolds, William Spicer, R. T. Burton, John Y. Smith & William Binder. The speakers were old acquaintances of the deceased and bore testimony of his honesty and integrity as a man."
HISTORY - Samuel is the son of Jacob Read and Elizabeth Carter, born in Stepney, London, Middlesex, England. Samuel adopted the name 'George' after he arrived in the valley to distinguish himself from his son, Samuel Milford. His clothes were always the best. He smoothly waxed and neatly clipped his Vandyke beard. Samuel's black eyes were always dancing at a joke or a happy story.
In 1863 he was a bookkeeper in the building that housed the Deseret News. Its current location is the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and formerly the Hotel Utah. For a considerable time he was manager of the London Times Depot at the Rio Grande Western Railway Station. His bookstore was originally housed near the old Salt Lake Theater on State Street.
Hanksplace
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Edward Martin Company (1856), Age at departure: 49; Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Company: Unidentified Companies (1859); Age at departure: 52
Pioneer Information: He was delayed in his journey and remained in Iowa for three years before continuing to Utah.
Sources:
"Another Old Timer Dead," Deseret Evening News, 8 Dec. 1893, 1.
"Read, Walter Pyrimus," [Biographical sketch], in Andrew Jenson, comp., Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia [1971], 2:494.
"Samuel George Read and His Family," in Treasures of Pioneer History, 6 vols. [1952-57], 5:269-70.
Son of Jacob Read and Elizabeth Carter
Married - Elizabeth Georgina Quilley, abt 1836, Stepney, Middlesex, England, later separated
Children - Clara Elizabeth Quilley Read, Alicia Quilley Read, Samuel Milford Read, Thisbe Quilley Read, Walter Pyramus Read
Married - Laura Ann Gibbs, 1 Sep 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced
Daughter - Laura Mariah Read (adopted granddaughter)
Samuel had lived with Laura Gibbs' family upon his arrival in the valley. Laura had been a widow for nine years when she married Samuel. Samuel and Laura adopted and raised a daughter Laura Mariah Read (birth mother, Catherine Beach).
Married - Helena Danielson, 2 May 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced.
Child - Helena had a daughter from a previous marriage, Carolina Rosetta Lundburg.
Married - Martha Munroe, 15 Feb 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
With his wife, Martha, Samuel adopted and raised a daughter, Josephine Read (birth parents were George L. and Sophia Eayrs), until Josephine passed away at the age of three.
History - Sailed on the ship Horizon with Georgina and childen with the exception of his oldest daughter, Clara, who instead emigrated to Sydney, Australia. The family joined the Martin Handcart Company. Young son, Walter, became lost outside of Iowa. Samuel George and Samuel Milford went back to locate him while the girls moved forward with the company. It took several months to locate Walter, being too late now to catch up with the handcart company. Samuel finally entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1859. Samuel was still in the bookstore business when he died 12 December 1893 at the age of 86.
OBITUARY - Deseret News, 8 Dec 1893, LDS Church Historian's Office, SLC, Utah & Deseret News, 11 Dec 1893, pg 8; or FHL #26,934.
"Another Old Timer Dies - Samuel G. Read - an old and well known Salt Laker, passes away at his residence at 249 South Fifth West Street, from La grippe after an illness of little more than a week. The deceased was the father of Superintendant (Walter) Read of the City railroad and was born in London in 1807. He entered the British Army when a young man and was engaged principally in the East India service. He made an excellent soldier and was promoted to a Lieutentancy, a member of the Bengal Marines.
In 1856, he left England for the United States. He lived in Iowa for three years and came to Salt Lake City in 1859 and resided here constantly from that time until his demise.
For a considerable time past he was manager of the "London Times Depot" at the Rio Grande Western Railway Station.
He leaves a wife and five sons and three daughters to mourn his death. Funeral services will be held from the 15th Ward meeting house on Sunday next at 11:30 a.m."
"Elias Morris, Bishop of 15th Ward presided at funeral of Samuel. The attendance was large and the floral tributes many. Consoling remarks were made by George Reynolds, William Spicer, R. T. Burton, John Y. Smith & William Binder. The speakers were old acquaintances of the deceased and bore testimony of his honesty and integrity as a man."
HISTORY - Samuel is the son of Jacob Read and Elizabeth Carter, born in Stepney, London, Middlesex, England. Samuel adopted the name 'George' after he arrived in the valley to distinguish himself from his son, Samuel Milford. His clothes were always the best. He smoothly waxed and neatly clipped his Vandyke beard. Samuel's black eyes were always dancing at a joke or a happy story.
In 1863 he was a bookkeeper in the building that housed the Deseret News. Its current location is the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and formerly the Hotel Utah. For a considerable time he was manager of the London Times Depot at the Rio Grande Western Railway Station. His bookstore was originally housed near the old Salt Lake Theater on State Street.
Hanksplace
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Edward Martin Company (1856), Age at departure: 49; Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Company: Unidentified Companies (1859); Age at departure: 52
Pioneer Information: He was delayed in his journey and remained in Iowa for three years before continuing to Utah.
Sources:
"Another Old Timer Dead," Deseret Evening News, 8 Dec. 1893, 1.
"Read, Walter Pyrimus," [Biographical sketch], in Andrew Jenson, comp., Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia [1971], 2:494.
"Samuel George Read and His Family," in Treasures of Pioneer History, 6 vols. [1952-57], 5:269-70.
Married - Elizabeth Georgina Quilley, abt 1836, Stepney, Middlesex, England, later separated
Children - Clara Elizabeth Quilley Read, Alicia Quilley Read, Samuel Milford Read, Thisbe Quilley Read, Walter Pyramus Read
Married - Laura Ann Gibbs, 1 Sep 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced
Daughter - Laura Mariah Read (adopted granddaughter)
Samuel had lived with Laura Gibbs' family upon his arrival in the valley. Laura had been a widow for nine years when she married Samuel. Samuel and Laura adopted and raised a daughter Laura Mariah Read (birth mother, Catherine Beach).
Married - Helena Danielson, 2 May 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, later divorced.
Child - Helena had a daughter from a previous marriage, Carolina Rosetta Lundburg.
Married - Martha Munroe, 15 Feb 1871, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
With his wife, Martha, Samuel adopted and raised a daughter, Josephine Read (birth parents were George L. and Sophia Eayrs), until Josephine passed away at the age of three.
History - Sailed on the ship Horizon with Georgina and childen with the exception of his oldest daughter, Clara, who instead emigrated to Sydney, Australia. The family joined the Martin Handcart Company. Young son, Walter, became lost outside of Iowa. Samuel George and Samuel Milford went back to locate him while the girls moved forward with the company. It took several months to locate Walter, being too late now to catch up with the handcart company. Samuel finally entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1859. Samuel was still in the bookstore business when he died 12 December 1893 at the age of 86.
OBITUARY - Deseret News, 8 Dec 1893, LDS Church Historian's Office, SLC, Utah & Deseret News, 11 Dec 1893, pg 8; or FHL #26,934.
"Another Old Timer Dies - Samuel G. Read - an old and well known Salt Laker, passes away at his residence at 249 South Fifth West Street, from La grippe after an illness of little more than a week. The deceased was the father of Superintendant (Walter) Read of the City railroad and was born in London in 1807. He entered the British Army when a young man and was engaged principally in the East India service. He made an excellent soldier and was promoted to a Lieutentancy, a member of the Bengal Marines.
In 1856, he left England for the United States. He lived in Iowa for three years and came to Salt Lake City in 1859 and resided here constantly from that time until his demise.
For a considerable time past he was manager of the "London Times Depot" at the Rio Grande Western Railway Station.
He leaves a wife and five sons and three daughters to mourn his death. Funeral services will be held from the 15th Ward meeting house on Sunday next at 11:30 a.m."
"Elias Morris, Bishop of 15th Ward presided at funeral of Samuel. The attendance was large and the floral tributes many. Consoling remarks were made by George Reynolds, William Spicer, R. T. Burton, John Y. Smith & William Binder. The speakers were old acquaintances of the deceased and bore testimony of his honesty and integrity as a man."
HISTORY - Samuel is the son of Jacob Read and Elizabeth Carter, born in Stepney, London, Middlesex, England. Samuel adopted the name 'George' after he arrived in the valley to distinguish himself from his son, Samuel Milford. His clothes were always the best. He smoothly waxed and neatly clipped his Vandyke beard. Samuel's black eyes were always dancing at a joke or a happy story.
In 1863 he was a bookkeeper in the building that housed the Deseret News. Its current location is the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and formerly the Hotel Utah. For a considerable time he was manager of the London Times Depot at the Rio Grande Western Railway Station. His bookstore was originally housed near the old Salt Lake Theater on State Street.
Hanksplace
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Edward Martin Company (1856), Age at departure: 49; Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Company: Unidentified Companies (1859); Age at departure: 52
Pioneer Information: He was delayed in his journey and remained in Iowa for three years before continuing to Utah.
Sources:
"Another Old Timer Dead," Deseret Evening News, 8 Dec. 1893, 1.
"Read, Walter Pyrimus," [Biographical sketch], in Andrew Jenson, comp., Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia [1971], 2:494.
"Samuel George Read and His Family," in Treasures of Pioneer History, 6 vols. [1952-57], 5:269-70.
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