George
Washington Ream
(1912-1986)
George
Washington Ream was born on Feb. 22, 1912 in Lower Turkeyfoot Twp.,
Confluence, PA. He was the 11th of 16 children born to Joseph
and Sarah Ellen (Harbaugh) Ream.
George married Thelma Mae Welsh (1914-1997), daughter of James Franklin and Irene (Miner) Welsh.
The Reams had four children -- Joyce Kathryn Basinger-Darrell, Iris 'Pauline' Leslie, George Henry 'Bud' Ream and Constance Lou Klink-Hillegass.
George and Thelma lived on a farm between Draketown and Jersey Hollow Road outside of Confluence, PA.
In
August 1936, George and Thelma attended the annual Harbaugh
Reunion at the Odd Fellows Picnic Grove in Kingwood, Somerset County. In a group
photograph taken that day, George stands beside his parents (seen here),
with his arm around his father.
George was a coal miner, and belonged to UMWA Local No. 5287. Among other mines, he is known to have worked at the QueCreek Mine in Somerset County, PA in 1954, and to have paid union dues of $1 per month.
George died April 22, 1986 and is buried at Imel Cemetery.
Thelma
worked at Scottdale Wood Products and at the Connellsville State General
Hospital. She died May 8, 1997.
Daughter Pauline married Alvin Leslie, and their home-cultivated A.E. Leslie Apiary Honey is sold locally throughout Somerset and Fayette Counties. The Leslies graciously have donated jars of their honey as door prizes at our reunions.
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