Ancestry of
David McCullough

Historian, Author and TV Narrator

James Logan Read

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of David McCullough — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 18 
  • Father:
  • William Logan Read 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Throp   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Mar 1808 
  • Birth Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Jan 1889 
  • Death Location:
  • Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Haslett Shannon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Nov 1831 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Washington, Washington Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Child:

  Ann Eliza Read (Ahnentafel No:9 )

  • Notes: 

  • James Logan Read was ascending in an elevator to his office in the Weldin building on Wood Street in Pittsburgh when a large building in the rear fell on his building crushing it and killing Mr. Read.

• Sources for James Logan Read

  • ¹ History of Pittsburgh and Environs, New York and Chicago: The American Historical Society, Inc. (1922), 39.

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