Eugene Bruce Read

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Eugene Bruce Read's Civil War Journal for 1864 - 1865

Eugene Bruce Read (1837-1918) was a member of the Union Army, 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company M raised in Christian County.  To read a copy of his civil war journal click here.  [This file is 243 KB and takes time to load]

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Original Court House, Christian County, Illinois   Statue of President Abraham Lincoln in the center of the Rosamond Grove Cemetery, Rosamond, Christian County, Illinois.  Center photo reads, "IN MEMORY OF THE UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND OF THEIR BELOVED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND NOBLEST FRIEND, 1861-1863."  

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Click on thumbnail to see photo of statue of President Lincoln next to the cannon used at his election rallies throughout the State of Illinois. The cannon was presented to Lincoln by the Putnam Family and a group of other original settlers of Rosamond, Illinois.

 

Memorial in City Park of Pana, Christian County, Illinois

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Eugene Bruce Read's Diary,

as recorded by his daughter, Minnie Minshall Read Peaslee, can be read by clicking here.

Ophelia Maria Putnam Read's Diary, 

as recorded by her daughter, can be read by clicking here. 

Eugene Bruce Read with part of his family in about 1915

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Church at Lockport, Illinois

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Seated, front row, left to right: Eugene Bruce Read (1837-1918), Ophelia Maria Putnam Read (1838-1918), Minnie Minshall Read Peaslee (1866-1950), Herbert Charles Peaslee (1864-1936), Dwight Edwin Peaslee (1907-1987)

Standing, back row, left to right:  Walter Charles Peaslee (1898 -1996), John Putnam Peaslee (1904-1980), Eugene Shattuck Peaslee (1895-1976), Mildred Minnie Peaslee [Jensen] (1901-1991), Herbert Read Peaslee (1893-1967)

 Ophelia and Eugene Read from the diary of Lucy Mae Beckwith (1868 - 19__), Ophelia's niece

 
Above is a photo from an 1985 newspaper article from Lockport, Illinois showing the family in 1876.  

 

Eugene Bruce Read, his wife, Ophelia, his daughter, Minnie, and his son-in-law, Herbert, are buried in the Cemetery at Lockport, Illinois
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For other photographs of cemeteries and monuments click here

You can reach me by E-mail:  peaslee@pitt.edu  Czech diacritical marks are visible when these pages are viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Photographs and written material are the property of Margaret Heřmánek Peaslee, unless otherwise noted.  Copyright, 1998-2007, Margaret Heřmánek Peaslee.

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