Marriage of Parents Orville Read and Sarah Ann Jacoby md 19 Sept 1855, Greene co, Ohio

1870 IN CENSUS John Reed (4y, b Ohio) enumerated with Orville (40y, b Ohio, occupation farmer), Sarah A. (38y, b Ohio), Henry K. (10y, b Ohio), George A. (9y, b Ohio), Mary S. (7y, b Ohio), Sarah A. (2y, b Indiana) and Peter L. (b Aug 1869, Indiana); also with family was J.C. Hendershot (26y, b Ohio, occupation farm laborer)

1880 OH CENSUS John J. Reed (14y, b Ohio) enumerated with parents Orville (50y, b Ohio, occupation farmer) and Sarah A. (47y, b Ohio) and 5 siblings, Henry K. (21y, b Ohio), George A. (19y, b Ohio), Mary S. (17y, b Ohio), Sarah A. (12y, b Indiana) and Peter L. (10y, b Indiana)

1900 OR CENSUS John J. Read (b Oct 1865, Ohio, married 4y, occupation clerk) enumerated with wife Jessie (b Mar 1875, Oregon, no children)

1910 OR CENSUS John J. Read (44y, b Ohio, married 14y, occupation real estate) enumerated with wife Jessie B. (35y, b Oregon, mother of 1 child), daughter Anne O. (2y, b Oregon) and mother-in-law O.J. Beardsley (70y, b New York, widowed, mother of 1 child)

1920 CA CENSUS John J. Read (54y, b Ohio, occupation dry goods) enumerated with wife Jessie (44y, b Oregon) and daughter Anne O. (11y, b Oregon)

DEATH John J. Read died 13 Nov 1922, Los Angeles co, California, age 57y

John J. Read, formerly of Portland, passed away at his late residence, 500 North Hill avenue, Pasadena, Cal, on Nov 13. He is survived by his wife (formerly Miss Jessie Beardsley of Salem) and a daughter, Anna Ophelia Read; a brother Henry K. Read of Wheatland, Cal, and a sister, Mrs R.F. Walker of Allentown, Pa. Mr Read was born in Ohio on October 22, 1865. With his family he was a resident of Portland for 25 years, where he was well and favorably known, his sterling qualities endearing him to many friends. He was of Puritan stock, being a descendant of John Read who came to America with Winthrop in 1630, also of Robert Taft who settled in Massachusetts in 1678. Deceased was a member of Washington lodge No 46, AF & AM, and Perfection lodge No 1, Scottish Rite Masons of Portland and was a son of the American Revolution. Funeral services were held in Pasadena November 15. Mrs A.F. Hofer and Miss Ballon, formerly of Salem, were with Mrs Read at the time of Mr Read’s passing. They live not far apart. Mrs Read was a Salem girl, and she has many friends in Marion and Polk counties, and Mr Read, being for a time with some of the prominent hotels of Oregon, was known to many people throughout the whole northwest.

Oregon Statesman, Sunday, November 26, 1922, 1:4

John J. Read
1865 - 1922

[shares marker with Jessie B. Read]

LD
S&H pg 30

Ohio Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1870 IN CENSUS (Delaware co, Hamilton, FA#10)

1880 OH CENSUS (Miami co, Elizabeth, ED 134, FA#65)

1900 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 47, sheet 14A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Multnomah co, Portland, ED 191, sheet 5A)

1920 CA CENSUS (Los Angeles co, Pasadena, ED 517, sheet 10B)

California Death Index

OS 26 Nov 1922, 1:4