I looked up Alfred's sister Lavinia Jane Reed. She married Thomas A. Patterson 10 August 1878. There is a marriage for a Viola C. Dakes and A.J. Reads 28 Spetember 1890. I think that that might be them although they have mangled their names. I am not sure about the ages they were but I can find no other reference to anyone close. There is a marriage for an A.J. Read to Maggie Steets 13 January 1887. They seemed to have had a difficult time with Alfred's name. On the 1880 census they had him as Jackion Read I think. They have spelled his name Read on other census records but Reed as well.