REAM, Dr. Jefferson Bicking
Date of death: 2 May 1900 – Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, May 4, 1900,
Volume XL Number 44, page 1 column 4
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Dr. J. B. Ream, after a long illness, died Wednesday night at his home near Pisgah. His death had been expected for several weeks.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, May 11, 1900,
Volume XL Number 45, page 1 column 3
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The funeral services of Dr. J. B. Ream occurred Sunday morning at 9 o’clock. The burial took place at Greenlawn, under the auspices of the G.A.R. post.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, June 1, 1900,
Volume XL Number 48, page 3 column 3
RESOLUTIONS.
On the Death of Dr. J. B. Ream by I.O.O.F. Lodge, Hall of Trafalgar Lodge No. 181 I.O.O.F.:
Whereas, it is appointed unto man once to die and as it was the will of Him who planned our destinies to call our honored and beloved brother and member of Trafalgar lodge No. 181, I.O.O.F., Dr. J. B. Ream, from labor to rest, May 2d, 1900, after having lived a long and useful life for the country, brotherhood, family and friends, and having been a faithful companion, a kind and loving parent, a true brother and friend through a long and honored life; and having administered to the sick and destitute, being truly benevolent and charitable in all his relations, supporting the school, the church and every institution that was for the advancement of the age, and having endeared himself to the citizens of the community in which he lived so many years, it is fitting that we express our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved and sorrowing wife, children and relatives, and perpetuate his memory in our fraternal order. Therefore be it:
Resolved—That in the death of our brother our lodge has lost one of its worthy and faithful members who was always true to the principles of his profession.
Resolved—That his pure and noble life be an incentive for us to strive to emulate, in the home, in the church, in the order and in the community.
Resolved—That his death leaves a vacancy in our order, as well as in his family, “That can never be filled.”
Resolved—That in all our fraternal relations, we will strive to imitate and exemplify his pure and unselfish life and that we keep fresh in our memories his virtues as a true Oddfellow.
Resolved—That a copy of these resolutions be placed upon the wall of the lodge room and a copy sent to each member of his family.
| M. F. Kennedy, J. O. Wilkes, W. D. Terhune |
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Link to Dr. Jefferson Bicking Ream’s grave
Notes: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708–1985, Salem United Church of Christ, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania records that Jefferson Bicking Ream was born to John and Caroline Ream on 26 Aug 1827.
The 1860 US Federal Census for Williamsburgh, Johnson County, Indiana records thirty-two-year old, Pennsylvania-born Jefferson B. Ream, his thirty-two-year old, Pennsylvania-born wife, Elizabeth Ream, and their Indiana-born children: nine-year-old John J., six-year-old Abraham H., four-year-old Caroline G., and one-year-old Erma L. M. Ream.
Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Nineveh Township, Johnson County, Certificate and Record of Death, page 198 records that Jefferson B. Ream died at about 11 o’clock p. m. on 2 May 1900 at his residence in Nineveh from fibroid myocarditis, aged seventy-two years. He was male, white, married [sic] and a physician, born in Pennsylvania. His father’s name was John Ream and his mother’s maiden name Caroline Becon, both born in Pennsylvania. The informant was J. J. Ream. Jefferson was buried in Franklin on 6 May 1900, J. M. Breeding, undertaker.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson