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MATTHEW CANFIELD READ was born August 21, 1823,
in Williamsfield, Ashtabula County, Ohio. When he was
about twelve years old his parents removed to Mecca,
Trumbull County, where he attended the district schools,
working a part of the time on a farm. Resolved to
secure a better education, he attended successively the
Western Reserve Seminary, at Farmington, and the Grand River
Institute, at Austinburg, and then, in 1844, entered the
Western Reserve College. From this institution he was
graduated in 1848, afterwards receiving from it the degree
of A. M. He taught school for a while, and began the
study of law under Chaffee A. Woodbury, at
Jefferson. On the close of his law studies he became
editor of the Hudson Family Visitor, and about the
same time he taught for a year in the grammar school of
Western Reserve College. After this he practiced law
for a while in Hudson. During the Civil War he was
employed as general agent of the Western Department of the
United States Sanitary Commission, and at its close became
deputy revenue collector. He then obtained the
congenial position of geologist on the Geological Survey of
Ohio. For several years he was lecturer on zoology and
practical geology in the Western Reserve College, and he had
charge of the archeological exhibits of Ohio at the
Centennial Expositions at Philadelphia and New Orleans.
He has also spent some time in the investigation of mineral
lands for private parties. Mr. Read has served
in the local offices of township clerk, justice of the
peace, mayor, etc., in all proving an efficient public
servant. |
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