This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Read, Upchurch, Shires, Fryer, Johnson, Byrd, Bringle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ic.2ADI/1177.1 Message Board Post: Hi Gene, I am also a descendant of Reuben Read. One of his sons Joseph Read married Jemima Easley in Caldwell County, KY November 14, 1822. The family moved to Saline County, Illinois by 1850, where Joseph was a co-founder of the town of Eldorado. Edmund Read b. December 12, 1830, was Joseph's son and married Mary Ann Morris and later Mary Jane Upchurch. Edmund and Mary Jane's daughter Mary Jane Read was born December 9, 1856 and married George Richard Fryer. This family moved to Tipton County Tennessee in the early 1900's. George and Mary Jane are my great-great grandparents. I would appreciate learning more about Reuben, where he was located in the 1830's, when he died, etc. Please email me. Thanks, John