Charles O. Read

Background

Read, Charles O. was born on December 31, 1846 in Norton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles A. and Lucy (Newman) Read.

Education

Educational public schools.

Career

Began as clerk with Sayles Finishing Plants, 1863, later general manager. President of Sayles Finishing Plants, Incorporated., from time of incorporation. Also president Hamlet Textile Company, Ponemah Mills, Slater Trust Company, Memorial Hospital, Moshassuck Valley Railroad

Trustee Estate of William F. Sayles and executor and trustee Estate of Frank A. Sayles.

Honorary chairman local chapter American Red Cross and chairman Community Council of National Defense, World War I.

Achievements

• Charles O. Read has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturer by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mary East. Bliss, May 25, 1880. Children: Albert Manton, Charles Newman, Frederic Bliss, Malcolm Everett, Robert Otis.

Father:

Charles A. Read

Mother:

Lucy (Newman) Read

Spouse:

Mary East. Bliss

child:

Charles Newman Read

child:

Malcolm Everett Read

child:

Robert Otis Read

child:

Frederic Bliss Read

child:

Albert Manton Read