Albert Cortelyou
Albert Cortelyou first settled at Reading, Hamilton county, among the first. He was born in New Jersey in 1807, and emigrated from New Jersey to Ohio, and died in Sycamore township in 1863. He was a leading farmer and much respected. His wife's name was Margaret Vanpelt. John Cortelyou was born in 1824, was married in 1851 to Martha Kennedy, daughter of John W. Kennedy. In 1866 he bought the place known as the Wood farm, near Pleasant Ridge - building the fine home where he now lives.
From History of Hamilton county, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881