Read, Boyd F.

READ

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Date: 6/29/2021 at 23:58:47

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.872

BOYD F. READ
Boyd F. Read, a prominent and well known farmer and breeder of pure bred Shire horses, is the owner of six hundred acres of valuable land on sections 13, 14 and 23, Virginia Township. He was born in this township on the 25th of December 1865, a son of John B. Read, whose sketch appears on another page of this work. He supplemented the education which he had acquired in the public schools of New Virginia by a course in Iowa Business College, at Des Moines, and devoted two winters to study at Simpson College. Since starting out in life on his own account he has always carried on agricultural pursuits as a life work. He has lived on his present place, the old John Van Scot property, since 1902. He is a lover of fine stock and is one of the largest breeders of horses in the county, being now in partnership with his brother, C. E. Read. They have an imported English Shire horse at the head of their stable, which is one of several they have owned.
In 1894 Mr. Read was united in marriage to Miss Estella Strock, who was born in Virginia Township, a daughter of W. C. Strock, who is mentioned on another page of this volume. For several years prior to her marriage she engaged in teaching school. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Read have been born four children: Jarona Olive, John Clarke, Esther Irene and Boyd Francis.
Politically Mr. Read is a Republican but has no desire for political pre­ferment. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the work of which she is actively and helpfully interested. Having spent his entire life in this county, Mr. Read is widely and favorably known for his excellent personal traits of character as well as for his praise-worthy success as a farmer and breeder of fine horses. Mr. Read, his father and brother, were among the original stockholders in the Citizens Savings Bank of New Virginia.