Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Ream Jr. was born on 9 September 1819, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Ream Sr., was 33 and his mother, Christiana, was 30. He married Hester Stull on 6 June 1841, in Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 9 June 1885, in Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Jersey Baptist Churchyard, Ursina, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Thomas Ream, "United States Census, 1870"
- Thomas Ream Jr, "Find A Grave Index"
- Thomas Ream, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then "The West". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Perhaps an Americanized form of German Riehm , Rehm , or Röhm (see Roehm ).
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English reaume, reame ‘realm, dominion’, although the context for the adoption of this word as a surname is unclear.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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