Franklin married Mary Emma Smith on 4 May 1882 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA . Mary (daughter of George William Smith and Mary Field) was born on 6 Sep 1862 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; died on 9 Feb 1935 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; was buried on 12 Feb 1935 in Pittsfield Cemetery,Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Daniel Dodge Read was born on 19 Aug 1883 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; died on 19 Jan 1953 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; was buried in Pittsfield Cemetery,Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA.
2. Dr. Clarence Arthur Read was born on 21 Sep 1884 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; died on 31 Jul 1967 in Florida, USA.
3. Florence Vannater Read was born on 21 Sep 1884 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Feb 1935 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Pittsfield Cemetery,Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA.
4. Franklin Festus Read, III was born on 14 May 1892 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; died on 28 Dec 1966 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; was buried on 30 Dec 1966 in Pittsfield Cemetery,Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA.
5. Daughter Read was born on 1 Feb 1894 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; died on 28 Dec 1966 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA .
6. Clinton Field Read was born on 11 May 1896 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; died on 27 Feb 1980 in Oxnard,Ventura,California, USA; was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery,Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
7. Robert Ray Read was born on 18 Jun 1898 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; died on 12 Dec 1969 in Chico,,California, USA.
8. Mary Emma Read was born on 12 Mar 1908 in Pittsfield,Berkshire,Massachusetts, USA ; died on 8 Nov 1991 in New York City, New York, New York, USA.