Guilford Dudley READ^[1]

1803 - 1883  (79 years)

• Name	Guilford Dudley READ
  Born	9 Dec 1803	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5F003423F55C42F5B4E4A85DB1214A6259EA
  Died	1883	Tennessee
  Person ID	I14124	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth WALLACE,   b. 8 Feb 1812,   d. 1891, Tennessee  (Age 78 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1825	Davidson County, Tennessee
  Children	1. William Benjamin READ,   b. 15 Oct 1829, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Oct 1904  (Age 74 years)   2. James READ,   b. 12 Feb 1832,   d. 5 Oct 1833  (Age 1 years)   3. Cordelia Ann READ,   b. 5 Oct 1834,   d. 4 Sep 1869  (Age 34 years)   4. Sara Elizabeth READ,   b. 6 Jun 1837,   d. 11 Jan 1847  (Age 9 years)   5. Guilford Dudley READ, Jr.,   b. 18 Feb 1840,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Martha Olive READ,   b. 1 Oct 1842,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Harriet Adarene (Adrian) READ,   b. 12 Jan 1845,   d. 12 May 1868  (Age 23 years)   8. Lydia Frances READ,   b. 4 Aug 1847,   d. 20 Jun 1850  (Age 2 years)   9. James Wallace READ,   b. 1 Jun 1850,   d. 3 Jun 1852  (Age 2 years)   10. Opie Pope READ,   b. 22 Dec 1852, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Nov 1939, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F7282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S894] Linda Read Chesser.