BIO:  W. D. BREAM, Straban Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 506

W. D. BREAM, farmer, P. O. Unity, was born in Butler Township, this county, 
March 24, 1840, and is the son of John and Margaret (Myers) Bream, natives of 
this county.  The father was a farmer, and reared a family of five children, of 
whom W. D. is the eldest.  Our subject was reared on the farm and educated at 
the school of his neighborhood.  He chose the vocation of farming and in it has 
met with success.  He is also a natural mechanic, and is able to turn his hand 
to any kind of mechanism.  He was married in 1866, to Anna E., daughter of Jonas 
Rebert, and of German descent.  Mr. and Mrs. Bream are the parents of the 
following named children:  Harry C., Ella M., John M., Edwin S., Edith A., Mary 
N. and Edna Merttle.  Mr. and Mrs. Bream are members of the Lutheran Church.  In 
politics he is a Democrat.