Harold
Landa Ream
(1907-1928)
Harold
Landa Ream was born April 15, 1907 in Lower Turkeyfoot Twp., Confluence, Pa.
He was the eighth of 16 children born to Joseph
and Sarah Ellen (Harbaugh) Ream.
Not much is known of Harold's life. At age 21, he suffered from a nagging case of tonsilitis, and was in poor health.
On
Nov. 24, 1928, he went hunting in the woods near his parents' home, about 4
miles northwest of Confluence. While walking with his loaded gun, he tried to
climb a fence near a stand of wild cherry trees. The gun went off, and Harold
died instantly.
Said the Connellsville Daily Courier, "The charge entered his breast and death is believed to have been instantaneous.... When he failed to return home his father, Joseph Ream, and a number of others formed a searching party and found the lifeless body of the young man."
He is buried at the Jersey Church Cemetery, Confluence, PA.
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