If you walk into St. Michael’s Church on the corner of Broad and Meeting downtown, you can look along the walls and see memorials and cenotaphs to a number of Charleston notables and their families. One of these is sacred to the memory of Dr. William Read, and the first line proudly proclaims him to be a native of Christ Church Parish (now Mount Pleasant). According to the plaque, some of the highlights of Dr. Read’s 92 years of life included acting as deputy Surgeon General under George Washington in the American Revolution, becoming President of the State Society of the Cincinnati (a fraternal organization for Revolutionary War veterans and their descendants), and serving as a vestry of St. Michael’s. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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