MRS. ELMIRA REDD is a daughter of John Conrad, and the widow of Thomas C. Redd, who was a son of Solomon Redd. The latter was born in Washington county, Penn., and there married to Mary, daughter of Squire Scott, also a native of this county. The children of Solomon and Mary Redd were as follows: Thomas C. (deceased), Samuel, Sarah A. (wife of James Wygant), Margaret (married to William Dicky), Susan (wife of Dr. Riggs), John, Solomon and Parke (the last named being deceased). The father was a farmer, also a boatman on the Ohio and Monongahela rivers. In politics he voted with the Whig and Republican parties, and he was a member of the Baptist Church. Thomas C. Redd was born April 12, 1822, on the home farm in Fallowfield township, Washington Co., Penn., and received his education in the subscription schools of the neighborhood. He then worked on the farm, and also went on the river with his father to New Orleans. On September 25, 1851, he was united in marriage with Elmira Conrad, and the following children have been born to their union: Marion P., Josephine, Melissa E., John H., S. Ellsworth, William Henry, Marguerite and Charles F. The parents resided for twenty years on a farm about two miles from Charleroi, then located near Cooper Mill, in Fallowfield township, and in 1881 came to the present home of the family in Charleroi. In March, 1890, Mr. Redd sold to the Alexander Land Company 116 acres, upon which site the eastern portion of Charleroi is situated. Mr. Redd was a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and served in various local offices; in religious faith he was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died February 7, 1892.

Text taken from page 702 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed May 1997 by Barbara Bower of Yorktown, VA as part of the Beers Project. Published June 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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