Lucius Read (1810 - 1864)

Born 14 Aug 1810 in Newfane, Windham, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emily (Kimball) Read — married about 21 Nov 1831 (to before 4 Apr 1848) in Newfane, Vermont, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Tryphena Harrington (Parsons) Read — married 4 Apr 1848 (to 18 Dec 1864) in Ogle County, Illinois, USA

Died 18 Dec 1864 at age 54 in Byron, Ogle, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Lucius Read was born 14 August 1810 at Newfane, Vermont, the son of Thomas Reed and Betsy Merrifield.^[1][2]

He married Nov. 23, 1831, to Emily N. Kimball, who died Dec. 15, 1847; had three children, the eldest dying in infancy; they came to Byron, Ogle Co., 1837; married for second wife Tryphena H. Parsons, April 4, 1848; had four children by this marriage; only one daughter now living, who is married to Dr. Wm. F. Artz; Mr. Parsons was one of the early settlers of this Co., coming to Byron in 1837.^[3]

He was born in Newfane, Windsor Co., VT., he migrated to Byron, Ogle Co., IL. in 1836, in 1837 built a large two story brick building for his business enterprise in that town. He married on November 27, 1831 in VT. to Miss Emily N. Kimball who had three children, then passed away in 1847. Mr. Read then married April 4, 1848 to Mrs. Tryphena H. (Fisher) Parsons who was first married to Luke Parsons Sr., she had four children with Mr. Read. The two story building of Mr. Read's is still standing and is now the Byron Historical Society Museum. Mr. Read also served as Justice of the Peace and Notary Public.^[4]

Pardon Kimball, brother-in-law of Lucius Read, built him and his family a brick house that was used as a "safe house" by the underground railroad. When the two widowers, Lucius and Tryphinea, married, they brought together two families. They also both had a strong belief in ending slavery.

• Abolitionist leader in the Underground railroad movement in Byron, Illinois, he was born in Newfane, Windsor Co., VT., migrated to Byron, Ogle Co., IL. in 1836, in 1837 built a large two story brick building for his business enterprise in that town. Located under the two story brick building were a series of tunnels that served as a hiding location for runaway slaves. He married on November 27, 1831 in VT. to Miss Emily N. Kimball who had three children, then passed away in 1847. Mr. Read then married April 4, 1848 to Mrs. Tryphena H. (Fisher) Parsons who was first married to Luke Parsons, she had four children with Mr. Read. The two story building of Mr. Read's is still standing and is now the Byron Historical Society Museum. Mr. Read also served as Justice of the Peace and Notary Public.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Byron, Ogle, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Burial Byron, Ogle, Illinois, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "History of the Reed Family in Europe and America," by Jacob Whittemore Reed, Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1861, page 207
2. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8L5-WY5 : 16 December 2019), Lucius Read, 1810.
3. ↑ The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 843.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10748225 for Lucius Read has this short biography.

See also:

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 843.

• http://www.byronmuseum.org/permanent-exhibits/

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFV5-4LX : 17 October 2017), Lucius Reed and Emily N Kimball, 21 Nov 1831, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,605.

• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK9G-NGHZ : 4 November 2017), Lucius Read and Tryphena H Parsons, 04 Apr 1848; citing Ogle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,420,755.

Trees

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 June 2018, 17:45), entry for Lucius Read(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LWM3-XZ4); contributed by various users.