Vannoy & Ream
Dennie Fern Vannoy was born 8/16/1890 in Wheatland, Mo. to Milda Ream and John N. Vannoy. She was the middle child of five children that lived beyond infancy.
Milda & Dennie, both being divorced, spent their last years together,living close by my grandmother, Nedra Vader-Selsor, and my mother. They were characters who enjoyed life.
John Vannoy was born 3/25/1858 to Isham Vannoy and Mary Maginnis in Iowa, his parents coming from Tennesee. Isham Vannoy died in 1862, when John was very young, from illness contracted while serving in the Union Army.
Mary Maginnis was obviously of very hardy stock, she went on to provide for her family in Wheatland, MO., after losing her husband at a young age.
Mary's father, Robert Maginnis, aka McGinnis, was born in North Carolina and served in the War of 1812.
Milda Mary Ream, wife of John Vannoy, was born 11/24/1864 in Edin Township, Indiana to Samuel William Ream and Mary Elizabeth Chrisman. She was born somewhere in the middle of 11 children born to her parents. Her father was originally from Pennsylvania, the son of Samuel Price Ream and Elizabeth Rheighart/Reighart.
Johann Eberhard Ream (Riehm) emigrated to America from Germany in about 1717 with his wife Anna Elizabeth Schwab and their two oldest children, eventually settling in Lancaster County, PA. and raising eleven children.
Milda Ream descends from a family originally from Germany, whose surname, when they arrived in this country in about 1717, was spelled Riehm. The first Riehm in this country was Johann Eberhardt Riehm. He and his family settled in Cocalico Township, Pa., the only white settlers in the area. The nearest non-Indian family was 12 miles away, there was a small Indian village across the creek that belonged to the Delaware tribe and they were friendly towards the Reams.
Johann Eberhardt Riehm was a farmer who lived to see the country, a wilderness when he and his family settled in Cocalico Twp., develop into a civilized community. Twelve years after arriving in America, he was naturalized a citizen of Great Britain, October 4, 1729. He was prominent in his day among the Pioneers of Cocalico Township. In religion, he was so stanch in his stand for the Reformed Church in the controversies of the mid-century that he "was much hated, and left dreadful records,amongst Moravians". Mr. H. E. Reem published in 1933 a history entitled "Christ Reformed Church". In this writing of the Centerville-Milton Grove Church, he has this to say which gives an insight into the service of Eberhardt Ream in a cause which he no doubt firmly believed himself to be right:
"From records at hand we find that Eberhardt Rhiem, father of the Ream clan of America, who settled in Lancaster County during 1717, took an active part between the years 1745 and 1755 against the movement known as "Congregation of God in the Spirit", and by his stand much of the Reformed Church property in this section of the state was saved. One of the properties the Reformed Church lost was a Centerville, now Milton Grove. The year 1745 marked the beginning of much contention in the Lutheran, Reformed, and Moravian churches, not only here, but throughout the country. Eberhardt at this time (1745) had extensive holdings in the section of what is now Reamstown, Lancaster County, and was one of the supporters in that section. Learning of the difficulties of the Centerville Church, he came in person, and provided a place where worship could be held. There is a possibility that some of his children then had holdings close to this church, as a few years later (1789) the Reams purchased some 400 acres at what is Reems today."
Source: "The Hetzler Family", by Miller and Hetzler. The Reams divided their land among their children. Son, Tobias Ream, laid out lots which he sold to friends and family. By 1772 this area was known as REAMSTOWN
REAMSTOWN, PA. was named after this family, that had settled early in this area, owned much land and produced many children.
Milda Ream and John Vannoy divorced sometime after 1900 and before 1907. There was apparently little or no contact with him after this. You can find Milda and John in the 1900 Census of Collins Township, St Clair County, Missouri along with their children Nellie, Nora, Denny F, Walter W and Mary B.
Milda Ream (Vannoy) died in California 9/19/1951. Her daughter, Dennie Vannoy (Vader) died 4/17/1958 in California.
Dennie Vannoy was crippled by rheaumatoid arthritis and possibly multiple sclerosis, she had to use a wheelchair at some point before her death.