New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-10
NORMAN B. REAM
DIES in HOSPITAL
Was One of the Founders
of Steel Corporation and
National Biscuit.

Norman Bruce Ream, capitalist, died
in the Presbyterian Hospital yester-
day morning. He had been operated on
recently.
Mr.. Ream was one of the organizers
of the United States Steel Corporation.
He was born in Somerset county
Penn, on November 5, 1874. When ne
was fourteen he quit his studies IN the
district school and at this unusually
early age became a school teacher. ne
tired of this at the end OF six months
and entered the county normal school
and in his spare hours engaged IN pho-
Biography. Ct,
In 1861. AZ the outbreak Of the Civil
War. he enlisted with the o5th Penn
sylvania Volunteers. HIS regiment
was active practically all OF the time
In a battle near Savannah IN feoru.
ary. 1864. he vas so badly wounded tnAt
he was discharged from the service
with the rank Of first Lieutenant.
On his recovery he became clerk
in store at Harnedsville, Penn, ana
there remained for year, when he
moved to Princeton, Ill. A few months
convinced him that he could find no
opportunity there, so in 1867 he went
70 Osceola. Iowa, where he engaged in
the same line--thc selling Of general
merchandise
At the age OF twenty-seven his ca
rCer orcned up. lie was then IN Chi
cago. dealing in livestock and grain.
He became "A member of the Chicago
BOARD Of Trade and the New York
Stock Exchange. lie found time TO
operate on the side in real estate, and
this gradually so overshadowed ms
other interests that in 1888 he with
drew from the livestock and commits
sion business and devoted himself TO
real estate and corporation matters, IN
which he had gathered great interests
Those interests embraced railroad and
street railway holdings.
His stability and sound judgment
drew TO him the attention of Marshall
Field and the late J. P. Morgan among
others. When the formation OF the
Steel Corporation was suggested MT
Ream was called on TO play a promi-
nent part in the resulting organization
of the corporation. Another large cor
poration in which he was big figure
was the National Biscuit Company, be-
ing one Of its founders. In euloglsuc
memorial resolution adopted yesterday
by the board of directors of that com
pany it was pointed out that he was
orc of its most active directors.
He was vice-presidcnt of the Central
Safety Deposit Company and director
Of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com,
pany, the Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Company, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company, the First National Bank OF
Chicago, the Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy Railroad Company, the Inter
national Harvester Company, the Pull,
man Company, the United States SteeI
Corporation and several other com
panies.
He belonged 10 the Metropolitan, the
New York Yacht, the National Arts
and the Automobile clubs. His home
was at o03 Park Avenue.
On February 10, 1876, he was mar
ried to Miss Caroline Putnam, OF Mad
/ ison, n. Y. They have six children
Two of them, Edwin X. and Louis b
/ Ream, have figured in secret marriages
/ Edwin married Mrs. Nellie Speed Arm
/ strong. trained nurse, OF Bristol, Va
In September, 1911, Louis married
/ Eleanor Pendleton, Broadway SHOW
girl. The young mans father refused
! 10 countenance the marriage, and
year later the couple separated, after
a settlement had been effected with th'
young woman.