John Reader

1822 - 1899  (77 years)

• Name	John Reader
  Birth	9 Jan 1822	Terrington Saint Clement, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Feb 1899	Amboy Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA
  Burial	Osborne Cemetery, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I16138	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Ruth Ann Hagaman,   b. 10 Jun 1822, Fayette City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Mar 1857, Amboy Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1844
  Children	1. Elizabeth C Reader,   b. 8 Dec 1845, Stark County, Ohio, USA d. 9 May 1878 (Age 32 years)   2. Michael Reader,   b. 24 Aug 1847, Marlboro, Stark County, Ohio, USA d. 27 Sep 1880, Amboy Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA (Age 33 years) + 3. Jesse Cope Reader,   b. 6 Jun 1851, Marlboro, Stark County, Ohio, USA d. 12 Feb 1909, Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA (Age 57 years) + 4. Sarah Lydia Reader,   b. 21 Oct 1855, Amboy Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA d. 1 Nov 1907, Amboy Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F5469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann Fowler,   b. 10 Sep 1827, Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, USA d. 13 Jan 1898, Amboy Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Phebe Myrtilla Reader,   b. 1860   d. 1908 (Age 48 years)   2. Samuel Meredith Reader,   b. 1862   d. 1940 (Age 78 years)   3. Orvilla Deborah Reader,   b. 1866   d. 1937 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F5487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Born into a large family in England, John came to America at the age of 14, arriving in New York through Castle Garden on 2 May 1836. He was in the company of his 20-year-old cousin and a wealthy former Englishman, now a farmer in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. John worked for him until he was an adult. Shortly after marrying 1st to Ruth Hagaman on 23 Dec 1844, they moved to Stark county, Ohio. Later they followed many of her relatives to pioneer Amboy Towmship, Hillsdale county, Michigan. They had five children, one died as an infant, before Ruth died the day of the birth of their sixth child. John remarried two years later to Mary Ann Fowler, and they had three more children.