William C. Read(died 1849)

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Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 8/23/2008 at 10:25:00

Western Democrat, Andrew, Iowa, December 7, 1849.

Death of Wm. C. Read.

Among the persons killed by the terrible explosion on board the steamboat Louisiana, at New Orleans, on the 15th inst., was William C. Read, Esq., formerly a citizen of this place, and a representative in the legislature last winter from Lee County.