Background
Henry Read was born on December 25, 1824, in Larue County, Kentucky, United States. He was the son of Lewis Read and Aisley M. Brown. There is no information of his childhood or education.
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Henry English Read
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Career
During the Mexican War, Henry English Read performed gallant service. He was wounded at Chapultepec. From 1853 to 1855, he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, and from 1857 to 1865, he served in the Kentucky Senate.
He was elected from Kentucky’s Third Congressional District to the first and second Confederate House of Representatives. During his first term, he served on the Commerce and Patents Committees but was absent much of the time because he also fought in a number of battles as a colonel of cavalry. In the second Confederate House, he was a member of the Patents, Impressments, Medical Department, and Quartermaster’s and Commissary Departments Committees.
Destitute after the war, he became a merchant in Larue County. Read took his own life on November 9, 1869, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Achievements
Politics
Read supported secession and was elected from Kentucky’s Third Congressional District to the first and second Confederate House of Representatives.
Connections
Henry's wife was Lottie C. Read. They had three children.
- Father:
- Lewis Read
- Mother:
- Aisley M. Brown Read
- Sister:
- Belinda Brown Read Smith
- Brother:
- James B. Read
- Brother:
- William Brown Read
- Brother:
- Nathaniel F. Read
- Sister:
- Nannie Read
- Brother:
- Charles E. Read
- Brother:
- Lewis M. Read
- Brother:
- Bennie S. Read
- Wife:
- Lottie C. Read
- Son:
- William D. Read
- Daughter:
- Mary D. Read
- Son:
- Thomas Doran Read
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Born
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Died
November 9, 1868 (aged 43) -
Resting place
Elizabethtown City Cemetery Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, United States -
Nationality
American
Career
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1853 - 1855
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1857 - 1865