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Re: Samuel & Catherine/Maria Catherine Freed, New Hanover PA-Michigan

rfreed777777 — 2012-04-07 19:47:43Z

I have family records that reflect Samuel Fried (Freed) was born to Johannes (John) and Maria Margaretha Barbara Graff Fried on November 4, 1774 in PA. My records show no other details. BTW, Johannes and Maria are my 5th Great grandparents.

Ron Freed, Parker, CO
April 7, 2012

Re: Freed/Freedenfall in England and links to New Jersey?

nadav_p1 — 2012-03-22 16:12:35Z

Hi

my great grandfather was josef freudenfall and i know his dad was zeev wolf freudenfall.

are you related to him as well?

how can i contact you?

nadav_p@hotmail.com

thank you
nadav

Re: Freeds in Beaver Co. PA.

FredricksonSr — 2011-12-22 18:22:28Z

John Freed & Elizabeth Funkhouser's children According to the Funkhouser family files were:
1st child:
Henry F Freed (b) 17 Apr 1792 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia .
Death: 17 May 1836 Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.
Spouse: Catherine Graham (b) 1812(d) 21 November 1888 [who later married John Coulter (b)1800 ]

2nd child:
Mary F Freed (b) Abt 1793 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia.
Death: Deceased in North Sewickley Twp. Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.
Spouse: William Henry Stanley (b) 1789 (m) Abt 1812 in Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.

3rd child:
Abraham F Freed (b) 20 Dec.1794 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia.
Death: 10 July 1879 in Beaver Co., PA (85 yrs) buried in Homewood Cemetery.
Spouse: Susan Showalter (b) Aug. 1798 (d) 11 July 1867 in Big Beaver, buried in Homewood Cemetery.
Note: Abraham and Susan Freed had moved to Michigan, and then to Ohio, and back to Beaver Co. PA

4th child:
Samuel R. Freed (b) 13 Sept 1796 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia.
Death: 5 Oct. 1869 in Berrien, Berrien Co., Michigan.
Spouse: Nancy Jones .
Note: Samuel R Freed and this family’s DNA match.

5th child:
Rosanna F Freed (b )28 Jun 1798 in North Sewickley Twp. Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.
Death: 27 Aug. 1870 in Wayland Twp. Allegan Co., Michigan.
Spouse: John Norton

6th child:
John F Freed (b) 14 Jan 1801 Big Beaver Twp., Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.
Death: 17 Jan 1887 North Sewickley Twp. Beaver Co., PA buried in Laurel Point Cemetery, North Sewickley Twp. Beaver Co., Pennsylvania
Spouse: Nancy Sager (b) 1802 in VA (d) 15 Jan 1873

7th child:
Jacob Paul Freed (b) 1 Jan.1807 in Big Beaver Twp, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.
Death: 18 July 1879 in Calhoun Co., West Virginia. (Moved to WV about 1859)
Buried: Freed Cemetery in Calhoun Co., West Virginia.
1st Spouse: Margaret Nan Sweesey (b) 1810 (m) 1836(d) 1 July 1843 in Pennsylvania.
2nd Spouse: Elizabeth Trover (b) 1824 (m) 1845 Big Beaver, Pennsylvania. (d) Aug 1878

Taken from the History of Freed Family by Isaac Freed, 1919; History of the Freed Family by E.A. Freed, 1920; Partial History of the Freed Family by Jacob A. Freed 1851-1929; Wilson, Frieda (Funkhouder) a Swiss-American Genealogy (1364-1978)
and Bly, Daniel W. Early American Pioneers), Mennonite Historical Bulletins & and Rootsweb’s Glen Larson family, Clymer Connection with Donna Null Basinger, Gerald Franklin Freed . Higginbotham & Quick, Williams family tree, Dubbs family tree& other selected Freed family internet sites

Re: Freed & Stutler Families

1_floors — 2011-11-26 10:30:33Z

Notes to John Franklin Miller - Husband of Emaline Freed

Originated - Shresheim Baden Germany
John Peter/Maria Margeretta Miller (Mueller)

Son - Jacob Miller b. 1697 d. Dec. 18, 1772 m. 1722 Germany, Catherine Charllotte (d. Apr 15, 1777) both buried at the Little Tulpehocken Church PA. (4 children)
1732 boarded ship Johnson of London. Sept 19th. Settled in Berks Co. PA

Son - Matthias Miller b. 1774 d. 1805 buried at Raders Church VA. Settled in Timberville, Rockinghan co. VA.( married 4 times all wives died) John F. Miller's line is with the third wife.

Son - George Miller (d. 1861) & Rachel Shoemaker ( b.1793 d. 1873) m. Oct.5 1808 VA. - buried Painter Cemetery, Middleton IN. Henry Co. (my GGG Grandparents)

Son - Abraham Miller b. 1809. d. 1876 buried at I.O.O.F. (my GG Grandfather)
m. Rebecca Chrisman (b.1809 VA.) Married Dec 22, 1834 in Lost City West VA, they had 11 children

Son - John F. Miller was 8th of 11 born, in Delaware Co. IN. b. 1844 d. 1917, buried at I.O.O.F. (my G Grandfather)
m. Emaline Freed 1860 Emaline Freed Miller b. 1845 d. 1907 buried at I.O.O.F (my G Grandmother) 2nd marriage of John F. Miller in 1907 to Mary .

Mable Miller Fox Wehrung (daughter of John F. and Emaline F. Miller) is my Grandmother.
1st m. Arther Fox, 2nd m. Wesley E. Wehrung, OH.

John F. & Emaline also had an only son named William Franklin Miller, Elwood Indiana.

Re: Freed & Stutler Families

1_floors — 2011-11-26 10:20:29Z

Oh no Dave, All of my Freed info is direct from you. I was adding to John F. Miller only, simply because he is mentioned. I sure wish I could find a few from that line. Possibly a Miller descendant may recognize it. I do know how confusing it is, it took me quite sometime to find you, and correct Freed's myself, LOL. But glad I did, I adore my Freed lineage.

I would never alter your work or our Freed history, with another person's assumptions. If there were any credible changes, I'm sure you would be the first to let myself and the rest of our Freed's know. And only then, would I change anything.

Miller is a common name too. My goodness there were a lot of them. And again with many fathers, brothers, and son's named alike. Even difficult to pinpoint the Miller's of Alexandria, Indiana.

Thanks -
Brenda

Re: Freed & Stutler Families

boynton1 — 2011-11-26 05:35:08Z

Brenda, I`m assuming this is your message. Please don`t use any Freed family information from Stella`s message in your family tree. Our Joseph born 1791 and Elizabeth Shuman Freed don`t belong in this tree Stella posted. Stella mistakenly added our GGGgrandparents Joseph and Elizabeth to her family tree. It`s an easy thing to do with all the Joseph, John, Jacob, Henry,and Augustus Freeds listed out there on the internet. It gets confusing ! Dave Boynton

Mary Ann Freed

jstuckey1011 — 2011-07-30 20:41:47Z

I have been searching for information on my great-great grandmother, Mary Ann Freed born 1840 in Pennsylvania. She married George W. Stiffler (1837-1911) had four children (Sarah, Richard, Dora and Bertha) and died 1880 in Helena, Ohio.

Re: Freeds in Beaver Co. PA.

FredricksonSr — 2011-07-25 16:17:51Z

The names and birth dates of the children of John Friedt and Elizabeth Funkhouser disagree with each other in most all of the Freed Family files. The correct names and birth dates also can be found in the Funkhouser family files and they ALL agree with each other. The Funkhouser Family Files also include a Samuel R Freed born 13 Sept 1796. None of the Freed Family Files include him.

Re: Samuel Freed/Margaret McQuiston Family

PButler220 — 2011-07-21 00:42:42Z

Hi Lemoyne, it has been several yeas since we have been in contact (Trish Butler from Michigan). I was just wondering if you have ever found out where Margaret (McQuistion) Freed is buried? I haven't worked on research in about 3 years but I still have not located her. My e-mail is butler4@frontier.com Thanks, Trish

Re: Una Freed Bailey 1917-2011 Ohio

jmfreed — 2011-07-18 02:38:31Z

Thanks for the obituary for Una Freed Bailey.

Does any reader of this Freed message board know if her Freed ancestral line can be traced back to Pennsylvania, and if so, how far, and what are her earliest documented Freed ancestors. I have known of the Hancock County Freeds for decades, but don't recall hearing or reading about their ancestral lines.

Jim Freed, Delaware, Ohio
Freed Rootsweb Mailing List
& Adminstrator Freed Family DNA studies
jmfreed@midohio.net

Una Freed Bailey 1917-2011 Ohio

Lace_Lynch — 2011-07-18 01:20:27Z

CORTLAND, Ohio – Una R. Bailey, 94, formerly of Hubbard, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, July 10, 2011, at Briarfield at the Ridge.

Born July 6, 1917, on the Freed Homestead in the village of New Stark, Ohio (Hancock County)
Una was the daughter of the late Dr. Frank E. and Estella Neiswander Freed.

She had also been a resident of Newton Falls, Ohio until she moved to Hubbard, Ohio in 1948.

Una attended Bowling Green State University, receiving her bachelor’s degree from Youngstown College and her master’s degree from Westminster College.
She taught hundreds of children how to read throughout her career beginning in 1937, when she taught in a one-room schoolhouse in Defiance, Ohio as well as Newton Falls, Ohio and Brookfield.

Una retired as an elementary school teacher from the Hubbard Public School System in 1977.

She was an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma, the National Professional Teachers Sorority, a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Hubbard, and the First Presbyterian Church of Venice, Fla.

She was also a member of the International Airstreamers for 25 years.

Una was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was an excellent seamstress and competitive contract bridge player who enjoyed reading and teaching others to read.

She will be sorrowfully missed by her husband of 72 years, Charles M. Bailey; two sons, C. David Bailey and Stephen F. (Dorene) Bailey, both of Hubbard, Ohio; a brother, Joe (Kathryn) Freed of St. Mary’s, Ohio; and two grandchildren, Alan (Chryssie) Bailey of Pittsburgh and Lauren B. (Patrick) Fawcett of Beaver, Pa.

In addition to her parents, preceding her in death was her infant brother, Charles.

Family and friends will be received Friday, July 22, at 6 p.m. at the Kelley-Robb Funeral Home, 709 N. Main St., Hubbard, followed by an informal memorial service at 7 p.m.

Please visit www.kelley-robb.com to view this obituary and to send condolences to the family.

Mahoning

Re: Benjamin Freed

garnetquigley — 2011-07-17 02:08:01Z

Hi, just posted a response to the message you sent to my Ancestry tree profile, and thought I would take a look at Freed postings on this board. Forgot to mention I would love your input whenever you find errors or omissions in the tree that I mentioned. Have a great weekend.

Garnet

Benjamin Freed

catscove — 2011-07-15 15:46:14Z

What a treasure this site has been. I'm a great-grandaughter of Benjamin and Harriet Freed. My grandfather was their first child, John. I have managed to track the family back to Alsace-Lorraine. Thanks to so many of you, I have been able to fill in more info.

Re: Freed Genealogy

donnaballew2800 — 2011-07-11 15:56:33Z

Dear Cousin,
I just invited you to look at my tree and you'll find David and Susan there. We're relaed!

my personal email is: donna.ballew@gmail.com

Re: Freed Genealogy

dkohlerx2_1 — 2011-07-11 13:12:03Z

Here's some census material:

Series: M653 Roll: 1057 Page: 88
1860 - Cashtown P.O., Franklin Twp., Adams Co., PA - 6/12/1860
Fried, Philip - 64 - m - farmer - $---/450 - PA
-- Elizabeth - 55 - f - MD
-- Samuel - 28 - m - day laborer - MD
-- Caroline - 30 - f - MD
-- William - 26 - m - M. blacksmith - MD
-- David - 22 - m - farm laborer - MD
-- George - 19 - m - farm laborer - MD
-- Aaron - 17 - m - farm laborer - MD

Series: M593 Roll: 1289 Page: 129
1870 - Arendtsville P.O., Franklin Twp., Adams Co., PA - 8/18/1870
Fried, David - 32 - m - w - farm laborer - $---/200 - PA - married in Sept.
-- Susan - 25 - f - w - keeping house - PA - married in Sept.
--- Elizabeth - 67 - f - w - domestic servant - PA
next household on page:
Fried, George - 30 - m - w - farm laborer - $---/300 - PA
-- Lucretia - 30 - f - w - keeping house - PA
-- John - 2 - m - w - PA
-- George W. - 2 mos. - m - w - PA - born in Feb.

Series: T9 Roll: 1085 Page: 40
1880 - Menallen, Adams Co., PA - 6/21/1880
Freed, David - 43 - married - laborer
-- Susan - 37 - dau. - single
-- Annie M. - 8 - dau. - single
-- Maggie E. - 6 - dau. - single
-- H...y - 3 - ... - single
-- Lilly E.* - 1 - dau. - single
Orndorff, Joseph - 32 - single - farm laborer
PA/PA/PA for all.
* or K.

Series: T623 Roll: 1354 Page: 17
1900 - Franklin Twp., Adams Co., PA - 6/9, 11/1900
Freed, David - head - 9/1837 - 62 - married 32 yrs. MD/MD/MD - day laborer - own/free/house
-- Susannah - wife - 2/1844 - 56 - married 32 yrs. - 6 children/4 living - PA/PA/PA
-- Minnie M. - dau. - 9/1872 - 27 - single - PA/MD/PA

Hope there is something useful here. Good luck with your search!

Debra

Re: Freed Genealogy

pls1152 — 2011-07-11 12:36:23Z

Yes, I am still interested in the David & Susan Freed info. Thank you so much!

Re: Freed Genealogy

donnaballew2800 — 2011-07-10 22:47:59Z

I may have information on the Susan and David Freed you are researching. Pls let me know if you are still interested.

Re: Benjamin F. Freed

naturalma — 2011-07-07 01:56:46Z

Thank you! That gives me a thread to pull on!

Re: Benjamin F. Freed

dkohlerx2_1 — 2011-07-07 01:20:30Z

Hi, Stephanie:

This might be a possibility for Harriet's family:

Series: T9 Roll: 1044 Page: 133
1880 - Waterville, Lucas Co., OH - 6/8-9/1880
Crotzer, Levi - 51 - married - farmer - PA/PA/PA
-- Elisa - 52 - wife - married - keeping house - PA/PA/PA
-- Elizabeth - 15 - dau. - single - PA/PA/PA
-- Harriet - 13 - dau. - single - PA/PA/PA
-- Mary - 8 - dau. - single - OH/PA/PA
Hoot, William - 14 - servant - single - farm laborer - OH/PA/PA

Series: M593 Roll: 1236 Page: 549
1870 - Waterville Twp., Lucas Co., OH - 7/28/1870
Crochter, Levi - 42 - farmer - $500/500
-- Elizabeth - 44
-- Elizabeth - 8
-- Harriet - 6
PA for all.

Series: M653 Roll: 1182 Page: 522
1860 - Kantz P.O., Penn Twp., Snyder Co., PA - 6/14/1860
Crotzer, Levi - 32 - farmer - $2,400/300
-- Elizabeth - 33
-- Utica - 13 (female)
-- Benjamin - 11
-- Catharine - 8
-- James - 7
-- Joseph - 4
-- Margaret - 6 mos.
Boyer, Catharine - 75
Aurand, Elizabeth - 73
PA for all.

Good luck with your search!

Debra

Re: Benjamin F. Freed

naturalma — 2011-07-06 20:49:23Z

Hi Ron,

I am also a descendent of Benjamin F. and Harriet Freed. I have much of the information that you list in your previous post, but not all. I am especially interested in John and Margaret being buried in a Mennonite Cemetery. Do they show up in any Mennonite records? I also have Quaker ancestors (in another branch of my family) and the Meeting records are rich sources of narrative information.

I see that you have John Fried's parents -- Benjamin and Magdelene. I did not have that. I have John's wife Margaret Allion with a mother named Magdeline Rau. Both had mothers named Magdelene I guess? Maybe that's a common name in the Alsace-Lorain area.

I would love to see your cemetery photos. I have a photo of Benj. F. and Harriet (Krotcher/Krotzer) Freed that I can send you, as well as one of their farmstead in Michigan.

Have you been able to track down Harriet Krotzer's family of origin? I find a number of Krotzer's/Kratzer's in Snyder County, PA that are probably related, but I can't link her with any one family. She was most certainly Pennsylvania German -- my grandmother remembers that she had a very heavy, distinct accent in spite of being born in the United States.

Thanks for any help you can give!

Stephanie Charlot
mynaturalfamily@gmail.com

Re: Colonial Friedt Families

FredricksonSr — 2011-06-29 12:50:12Z

I have the same information on Nancy. However John & Elizabeth's third child,Barbara,who married Jacob Messimore, wrote a most interesting account of their travels from Bucks Co. PA to Rockingham Co VA and on to Columbiana Co Ohio. I found the story in Francis E. Shaw's book 1921. I would love to read Christiana's account of her parents' move to Indiana and I will send you Barbara's story,contact me at:
allencfredrickson@gmail.com

Re: Grave of John Freed (1773-1812) FOUND

FredricksonSr — 2011-06-28 23:42:09Z

There are only two Philip Frieds as I recall and they are NOT siblings of Jacob Friedt, 1732, None of the families associated with Jacob Friedt (1732) used the name Philip. Again as I have never found or heard of. There is a wealth of knowledge available in the publications by Jim Freed PO box 864, Delaware OH 43015. Jim is very careful to document every piece of information and I have yet to find an error in his material. I highly respect his input to any family history. Here are 2 entries from that publication you may be interested in.

[According to the records of the St Mary's Reformed Church in Silver Run, Maryland, Microfilms available from the Latter Day Saints,& the Historical Society of York Co PA (Just across the border of Silver Run MD.) translated from the German by V.T.Zahnm the following christening dates for the Philip and Elizabeth Fried family. #1 Caroline 21 Jan 1828; #2 Emanuel 29 Aug. 1830; #3 Samuel 23 Sept/ 1832; #4 William Aug 1834 #5 David 1 Jan 1838; #6 George 4 Apr 1740; #7 Aaron 12 Jun 1842.]

Facts taken from the Freed Family Facts by Jim Freed Winter 1984 page 2

There is another Philip Fried of New Hanover Twp. Montgomery Co., PA .

[Philip Fried married Regina Benner 13 April 1749 (daughter of John & Catharine Benner. Regina died 12 Jan 1780 (47 yrs old)

Their children were #1 Johannes (b) 16 Oct 1750 (m) Margaretha Graf 18 Feb 1772 #2Heinrich Friderich (b)1753. #3 Samuel (b) 1754 (m) Maria Mry (d) 5 Mar 1775. #4 Adam (b) 14 Jun 1756. #5 Joh. Christophel (b) 12 Dec 1758 (d) 31 Aug 1773. #6 Jon Philip (b) 28 Sep. 1760]

There is more information on the children's families that can be found in the Freed Family Facts Summer addition, page 18

Facts taken from the Freed Family Facts by Jim Freed Summer 1984 page 18

Re: Philip Freed, Heinrich, his grandpa Paulus from Pfaltz

CWWolf — 2011-06-28 09:18:20Z

I am very interested in this family. Elizabeth Stauffer would be the daughter of Hans and Kungold (Hiestand). What are your sources for this family?

Re: Philip Freed, Heinrich, his grandpa Paulus from Pfaltz

FredricksonSr — 2011-06-27 18:26:08Z

Jacob Friedt born Aptil 1732 was the son of Paul/Paulus or Han's/Paulus Friedt born 31 Dec. 1682 or 1692 & died 30 Dec 1746. These records are found Freed in books but do not agree on the first name or birth year. Jacob's brother were Peter (b) Abt 1714 (d) 1791.(m)Barbara Reiff, 11 children.
Heinrich Friedt (b) Abt 1728 (d) Abt 1817 (m)Barbara, no record of Children, but he adopted some of his brother's children
He also had a sister Mary (b) Abt 1734.
There are land purchased by all 3 brothers that help identify them. There is no Philip I know of in this family.
One ov the Freed books lists a Philip and it looks like he is part of the same family but very careful reading and other cirmstances discount him as a brother but he could be an uncle, or cousin. We just can't prove it and as for our family we don't need to. He just confuses the research.

Re: Philip Freed, Heinrich, his grandpa Paulus from Pfaltz

FredricksonSr — 2011-06-27 17:56:21Z

The records I carefully researched are Jacob Friedt (b) April 1732 (d) 30 Jul 1782 (m) Elizabeth Heffletrager or Häffelfinger in 1754 and had 8 children the last born 1777 before he died in Richland twp Bucks Co.,PA . The children were dispersed amoung his brothers, his wifes family and so forth. There are complete orphan court records.
Briefly his 9 children's names were :
Paul,(b)1756: Jacob Jr.(b)1757: Catherine,(b)1758: Mary,(b) 1759 John,(b)1760 Henry,(b)1768: Elizabeth (b)1774: Peter,(b)1775: Abraham,(b)1777.
I have records on all his children. My wife's line comes throu Paul.
E mail allencfredrickson@gmail.com if you want more information

Re: Philip Freed, Heinrich, his grandpa Paulus from Pfaltz

dkohlerx2_1 — 2011-06-27 13:26:07Z

Hi, Judy:

If you can send your email address to me, I'll send you the bits that I've collected. I don't consider it citable, but maybe it will give you an idea of where to search next. I suspect that my Freed line goes through Phillip's (1725) son, Samuel (1754). I also had a Freed History book passed down to me, and also felt that there were errors.

Debra
dkohlerx2@comcast.net

Re: Philip Freed, Heinrich, his grandpa Paulus from Pfaltz

mjjfreed — 2011-06-27 13:04:03Z

Thank you!

Yes, it's Jacob Freed (1732-1782), married to Elizabeth Heffletrager that I'm attempting to figure out his decendents. There's so much bad information I'm finding on Ancestry.com family trees, that I'm trying to figure out where to find information that can be cited. I'm VERY new to genealogy and am not sure where to research or how to know when/if the information is correct. I had a book passed down to me on Freed History, but I've found multiple errors in it after only working on a dozen people and nothing is cited.

Any and all suggestions are welcome!

Judy

Re: Philip Freed, Heinrich, his grandpa Paulus from Pfaltz

dkohlerx2_1 — 2011-06-27 12:53:11Z

Hi, Judy:

I have a Paulus & Elizabeth (Stauffer) Freed/Fried/Friedt with at least 6 children:

Mary/Maria (1708 - aft 1760) - married Jacob Grater
Peter (1714 - 1790) - married Barbara Reiff
Phillip (1725 - ?) - married Anna Regina Benner
Henry (1728 - 1817)
Jacob (1732 - 1782) - married Elizabeth Heffletrager
John (? - 1777) - 1st married Susan Detweiler, 2nd Elizabeth Funkhauser

Is this the right family?

Debra

Re: Philip Freed, Heinrich, his grandpa Paulus from Pfaltz

mjjfreed — 2011-06-26 23:05:50Z

I am searching for information about Jacob Freed (1732), sibling of Phillip Freed (1725). Do you have any leads? Thanks.
Judy Freed
Michigan (husband's family is from Ohio)

Re: Freed Family Grantsville WVA Area

teresaolah1 — 2011-06-08 19:48:43Z

Can u tell me who her parents are? Were bessie and frank kin to her? Thanks for info

Re: Freed Family Grantsville WVA Area

FredricksonSr — 2011-06-08 12:08:25Z

There is a Freed web site where one (I think it was Jacob) Freed migrated to West Virginia and his family grew to become very large. They even have a Freed Cemetery. It is very well documented and it continues to many generations.
There is an excellent chance your family came from them.
I don't have time this morning but it isn't too hard to find the web site on Ancestery. Perhaps someone else can point you right too it.
My wife is a full blooded Freed.

Re: Freed Family Grantsville WVA Area

teresaolah1 — 2011-06-08 03:32:18Z

Hi I am the granddaughter of Frank and Bessie. My mother is their daughter Irene. I am trying to do family history on Freeds if you want to contact me my email is teresa.olah@yahoo.com. How are you related to the Freeds?

Re: Philip Freed, Heinrich, his grandpa Paulus from Pfaltz

rfreed777777 — 2011-05-26 14:48:21Z

I believe it can be found at : http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8773739/family

I have been researching this Freed tree and my research is confirming the information I have in family records regarding my ancestors. I will be glad to provide anything you need to help in your research.

Ron

Re: Philip Freed, Heinrich, his grandpa Paulus from Pfaltz

rrfreed — 2011-05-26 12:11:15Z

Ronald, this appears to be my line also, but I cannot seem to find my way to your family tree. Can you provide direction please?
Ronald R. Freed
Carlisle, PA

Re: Freed as a Jewish name; DNA evidence?

Keaukahahawaii — 2011-05-26 12:02:18Z

i don't know if this helps you at all. . . i just got a copy of my fathers birth certificate and his father (my grandfather) lists his ethnicity as Jewish. My grandfathers parents were both from Russia but right now I can't get any info to get past that and find out who their parents are or where in Russia they come from.
I hope this helps you some what.
ALoha,
Kuulei Freed

Leon Freed

Keaukahahawaii — 2011-05-26 11:57:04Z

Anyone have info on a Leon Freed? Born in 1876 in Russian, married to Sarah Freed, they arrived in NY in 1896. I'm trying to follow this thread but I don't know how to continue into Russia - any help please?

Re: Philip Freed, Heinrich, his grandpa Paulus from Pfaltz

rfreed777777 — 2011-05-25 16:51:55Z

This is my line of Freeds. You may look at my family tree on Ancestry, Freed Family Tree, with me as the home person.

Ronald D. Freed,
Parker, CO., 5/25/2011

Re: Freed & Stutler Families

DaveBoynton — 2011-03-27 03:54:24Z

Stella, You seem to have a few Freeds connected to my GGGgrandfather Joseph Freed 1791-1850 that don`t belong to him. The Germantown Freeds although their names and dates are similar, they`re not directly related to Joseph`s Freed line. Joseph was born in 1791 in the household of Jacob Keely at Greshville, Pa.on Poplar Road [Douglass twp.], to Jacob Keely`s maid/housekeeper. Jacob and his wife Catherine Sassaman Keely were childless. Joseph Freed and his children after his marriage to Elizabeth Shuman [not Sholtz as you find at Family Search] were thought of by Jacob Keely as his family. Through DNA tests, we know Joseph`s unknown father was of the Lutheran Freed family of Hanover Twp. Montgomery Co. Pa. Joseph`s children William [my GGgrandfather], Augustus, Joseph jr., Henry, John,Jacob, Jonas and their only daughter Angeline were born in the Poplar Road house given to Joseph and Elizabeth Freed in Jacob Keely`s 1840 will. The Franconia Freeds that you have on your list are part of the large Mennonite Freed family and not related by blood to the Lutheran Freed family. We know this through the many DNA tests completed by both Freed families. If you could share with me your Freed ancestors name, I would be happy to help you sort your information and correct it. Verna Ensley on your list is my mother, her mother Anna Lavalley Freed, [daughter of Henry and Mary Elizabeth Servoss Freed of Galva, Il.] is my Grandmother. If you wish email me direct at boynton3@hotmail.com we can share information. Dave

Freed & Stutler Families

StellaCotrill77 — 2011-03-25 20:31:56Z

1. JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1 FREED,SR.,2ND HUSBAND was born 1791 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania, and died 1850 in Fairview Cemetery,Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania. He married ELIZABETH SCHUMANN SHOLTZ SHUMANN Abt. Mar 1813 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania, daughter of CONRAD SHUMAN and CATHERINE ENGEL. She was born 03 Apr 1789 in New Hanover,Montgomery County,Pennsylvania, and died 28 Feb 1870 in Fairview Cemetery,Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania.
Notes for JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT FREED,SR.,2ND HUSBAND:
*****
John FREED Death: 1826 in Rockhill, Bucks, PA (Needs Vertified and Checked out a lot more).......
Residence: 1820 Richland, Bucks, PA
Census: 1820 Richland, Bucks, PA
Marriage Margaret ROSENBERGER b: ABT 1764
Heinrich FREED b: 18 SEP 1801 in Richland Twp., Bucks, PA
.............. FREED
Samuel FRIED b: 5 AUG 1804
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Father: John FREIDT FREED Death: AUG 1791 Will: 1791 Bucks Co., PA
Mother: HENRICA..............
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Marriage 1 HENRICA-----------
Anna Catharine FREED b: 20 JUN 1758
Andrew FREED b: 15 MAR 1761
Mary "Agnes" FREED b: 1763
John FREED b: 1765
Henry FREED b: 1767
Elizabeth FREED b: 1769
Mary FREED b: 1770
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Marriage 2 HANNAH.............
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Married: ABT 1770
WIll in Rockhill, Bucks Co., PA 1791
John Freed. Administrator 2319
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Notes for ELIZABETH SCHUMANN SHOLTZ SHUMANN:
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Baptised on November 27,1791
Falkner Swamp Reformed Church,New Hanover Township,Montogmery County,Pennsylvania
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Father: Conrad SCHUMANN
Mother: Catharine ENGEL
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Marriage Abraham CLOUSER,Sr.
Evidence of parentage found in Union COunty documents from Grantor Index I-364 and C-148 as well as Berks COunty Deed Bok for 1817 in Volume 29, page 146
Abraham CLOUSER b: 1811
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U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index
Surname: Elizabeth Freed Year: 1870 County: Berks CO. State: PA Age: 81
Month of Death: Mar State of Birth: PA ID#: MRT197_110866
Occupation: HOUSEWIFE Cause of Death: DROPSY
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U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
Name: Elizabeth Freed Race: White Marital Status: Widowed
Place of Birth: Pennsylvania Estimated Birth Year: abt 1789 Age: 81
Month of Death: March Cause of Death: Dropsey Of Heart Census Year: 1870
Census Location: (City, County, State)
Douglass, Berks, Pennsylvania Line: 5
Archive Collection Number: M1838
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Children of JOSEPH FREED and ELIZABETH SHUMANN are:
2. i. ROWLAND2 FREED, b. Abt. Apr 1814, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania; d. Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania.
3. ii. WILHELM 'WILLIAM' FREED, b. 30 Sep 1815, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania; d. 1895, Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
4. iii.AUGUSTUS CORNELIUS FREED,BUTCHER, b. Aug 1816, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania; d. 27 Aug 1902, Elmore Cemetery,Elmore,Madison County,Indiana.
5. iv.JOSEPH FREED,JR.,SHOEMAKER, b. 26 Jun 1819, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania; d. 1905, Animas Valley,Laplata,Colorado.
6. v. HENRY FREED,SR., b. 24 Jul 1821, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania; d. 15 Jan 1899, Farmington,Van Buren County,Iowa.
vi.AARON FREED, b. 1823, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania; d. Franconia,Montgomery County,Pennsylvania.
Notes for AARON FREED:
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Aaron H. Freed Home in 1880: Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Age: 57 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Aaron H. Freed 57
Elizabeth Freed 53
Isaac Lehman 23
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7. vii.JACOB FREED,SR.,SHOEMAKER, b. 09 Mar 1826, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania; d. 26 Aug 1907, Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania.
8. viii.JOHN FREED,SR., b. 09 Mar 1826, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania; d. 09 Feb 1915, Knox County,Illinois.
ix. JONAS FREED, b. 1829, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania; d. 1847.
x. CHARLES FREED, b. Abt. 1830, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania.
xi. ANGELINE FREED, b. 30 Jul 1833, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania; d. 1906.

Generation No. 2
2. ROWLAND2 FREED (JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born Abt. Apr 1814 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania, and died in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania. He married MARY 'ELIZABETH' UNKNOWN Abt. 1839 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania. She was born Abt. 1823 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania, and died in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania.
Notes for ROWLAND FREED:
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1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Rowland Fread[Rowland Freed] Township: Bristol
County: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 4
Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4
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1850
Name: Rowland Freed Residence: Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age: 36 years Calculated Birth Year: 1814 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Film Number: 444792 Digital GS Number: 4205387
Image Number: 00198 Line Number: 33
Dwelling House Number: 179 Family Number: 179
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Rowland Freed Age in 1860: 46 Birth Year: abt 1814 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Philadelphia Ward 22 District 1, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Post Office: Germantown
Household Members: Name Age
Rowland Freed 46
Eliz Freed 37
Catherine Freed 21
Augustus Freed 19
John Freed 17
George Freed 15
Ann L Freed 3
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Children of ROWLAND FREED and MARY UNKNOWN are:
i. CATHERINE3 FREED, b. Abt. 1839, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania.
9. ii. AUGUSTUS 'AUGUSTINE' ROWLAND FREED, b. May 1841, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania to Wood County,West Virginia; d. Aft. 1910, Wood County,West Virginia.
iii.JOHN FREED, b. Abt. 1843, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania.
iv.GEORGE FREED, b. Abt. 1846, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania.
v. ANN L. FREED, b. Abt. 1857, Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania.

3. WILHELM 'WILLIAM'2 FREED (JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born 30 Sep 1815 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania, and died 1895 in Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania. He married MARY UNKNOWN Abt. 1832 in Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania. She was born Abt. 1811, and died in Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
Notes for WILHELM 'WILLIAM' FREED:
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: William Freed Age: 34 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Frederick, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Family Number: 189
Household Members: Name Age
William Freed 34
Mary Freed 29
Aaron Freed 12
Henry Freed 10
Enoch Freed 8
Tammy Freed 6
Albert Freed 4
Mary Ann Freed 1
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: William Freed Age in 1860: 44 Birth Year: abt 1816 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Post Office: Pennsburg
Household Members: Name Age
William Freed 44
Mary Freed 39
Thamson Freed 17
Albert Freed 15
Mary A Freed 11
William Freed 5
Catharine Freed 3
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: William Freed Birth Year: abt 1816 Age in 1870: 54
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1870: Milford, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age
William Freed 54
Mary Freed 49
Mary Freed 21
William Freed 15
Catharine Freed 13
Amanda Freed 9
Henry Freed 7
George Sholl 15
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: William Freed Home in 1880: Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Age: 64 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Mary Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
William Freed 64
Mary Freed 60
Amanda Freed 18 Daughter
Matilda Freed 4 Grand Daughter
Henry Freed 17 Grand Son
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Children of WILHELM FREED and MARY UNKNOWN are:
i. AARON3 FREED, b. Abt. 1833, Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
10. ii. HENRY FREED, b. Mar 1840, Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania; d. Aft. 1920, Galva,Henry County,Illinois.
11. iii.ENOCH FREED, b. Mar 1841, Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
iv.THAMSON TAMMY FREED, b. Abt. 1843, Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
12. v. ALBERT FREED, b. Jan 1845, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania; d. Aft. 1910, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
vi.MARY ANN FREED, b. Abt. 1849, Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
Notes for MARY ANN FREED:
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1850 United States Federal Census
about Mary Ann Freed
Name: Mary Ann Freed Age: 1 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Frederick, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Family Number: 189
Household Members: Name Age
William Freed 34
Mary Freed 29
Aaron Freed 12
Henry Freed 10
Enoch Freed 8
Tammy Freed 6
Albert Freed 4
Mary Ann Freed 1
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Ann Freed Age in 1860: 12 Birth Year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: North Coventry, Chester, Pennsylvania Post Office: Pottstown
Household Members: Name Age
Jeremiah Reifsnider 35
Mary Ann Reifsnider 32
Sarah Reifsnider 9
Morgan Reifsnider 6
John Henry Reifsnider 4
Mary Ann Freed 12
Peter Willauer 14
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vii.WILLIAM FREED,JR., b. 1855, Upper Hanover,Montgomery County,Pennsylvania.
viii.CATHARINE FREED, b. 1857, Upper Hanover,Montgomery County,Pennsylvania.
ix. AMANDA FREED, b. Abt. 1862, Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.

4. AUGUSTUS CORNELIUS2 FREED,BUTCHER (JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born Aug 1816 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania, and died 27 Aug 1902 in Elmore Cemetery,Elmore,Madison County,Indiana. He married MARIAH MARIA BURKHART 1840 in Pennsylvania. She was born 25 Mar 1820 in Berks County,Pennsylvania, and died 05 Feb 1885 in Elmore Cemetery,Elmore,Madison County,Indiana.
Notes for AUGUSTUS CORNELIUS FREED,BUTCHER:
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Augustus Freed Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Peoria, Illinois Family Number: 1892
Household Members: Name Age
Augustus Freed 32
Maria Freed 29
Harrison Freed 9
Lovina Freed 6
Emeline Freed 5
Ann M Freed 3
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Augusta Freed[Augustus Freed] Age in 1860: 42 Birth Year: abt 1818 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Millbrook, Peoria, Illinois Post Office: Elmore
Household Members: Name Age
Augusta Freed 42
Marie Freed 40
Emeline Freed 15
Ann M Freed 12
Hrmine Freed
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Household Record 1880 United States Census
Augustus FREED Self M Male W 62 PA Butcher PA PA
Mariah FREED Wife M Female W 59 PA Keeping House PA PA
Emma E. FREED Dau S Female W 12 IL PA PA
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Source Information: Census Place Millbrook, Peoria, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254240 NA Film Number T9-0240 Page Number 502D
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Augustus Freed Home in 1880: Millbrook, Peoria, Illinois Age: 62
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Mariah Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Butcher Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Augustus Freed 62
Mariah Freed 59
Emma E. Freed 12
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Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: Augustus Freed Birth Year: abt 1818 Birth Place: Pennsylvania Married Census Date: 1856
Residence State: Iowa Residence County: Lee Locality: Madison
Roll: IA_58 Line: 20 Family Number: 243
Household Members: Name Age
Augustus Freed 38
Mary M Freed 35
H H Freed 15
L M Freed 13
E Freed 11
A M Freed 8
H Freed 6
Charles Lewis 35
Joseph Parker 22
Thomas Smith 21
David Mackey 22
Andrew Taylor 22
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Cornelius Freed[Augustus Freed] Home in 1900: Monroe, Madison, Indiana
[Alexandria, Madison, Indiana] Age: 83 Birth Date: Aug 1816
Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Father-in-Law
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Marital Status: Widowed
Household Members: Name Age
John Miller 56
Emilie Miller 55
Mabel Fox 17
Arthur Fox 23
Nicey Fox 1
Cornelius Freed 83
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Notes for MARIAH MARIA BURKHART:
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Marie Freed Age in 1860: 40 Birth Year: abt 1820 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Millbrook, Peoria, Illinois Post Office: Elmore
Household Members: Name Age
Augusta Freed 42
Marie Freed 40
Emeline Freed 15
Ann M Freed 12
Hrmine Freed 9
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Children of AUGUSTUS FREED and MARIAH BURKHART are:
i. H.H.3 FREED, b. 1841, Berks County,Pennsylvania.
ii. HARRISON FREED, b. 1841, Berks County,Pennsylvania.
iii.EMMA 'EMILIE' E. FREED, b. Jun 1844, Berks County,Pennsylvania to Illinois; d. Millbrook,Peoria County,Indiana; m. JOHN MILLER, Monroe,Madison County,Indiana; b. May 1844, Indiana; d. Monroe,Madison County,Indiana.
Notes for JOHN MILLER:
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: John Miller Home in 1900: Monroe, Madison, Indiana
[Alexandria, Madison, Indiana] Age: 56
Birth Date: May 1844 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Spouse's Name: Emilie Miller
Marriage Year: 1860 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 40
Household Members: Name Age
John Miller 56
Emilie Miller 55
Mabel Fox 17
Arthur Fox 23
Nicey Fox 1
Cornelius Freed 83
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iv.LOVINA 'LOU' M. FREED, b. Jun 1844, Berks County,Pennsylvania; m. NATHANIEL G. WHITE,SR., 17 Nov 1862; b. 1840, Kentucky.
Notes for LOVINA 'LOU' M. FREED:
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Nathaniel White b: 4 JAN 1869 in Joplin, Jasper Co, Missouri
Pleasant White b: 28 MAY 1866 in Rochester, Sangamon Co, Illinois
Enoch White
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Lovina Freed Age: 6 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Peoria, Illinois Family Number: 1892
Household Members: Name Age
Augustus Freed 32
Maria Freed 29
Harrison Freed 9
Lovina Freed 6
Emeline Freed 5
Ann M Freed 3
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v. E... FREED, b. Abt. 1845, Berks County,Pennsylvania.
vi.ANN M. FREED, b. 1847, Berks County,Pennsylvania; d. Aug 1880, Dongola,Union County,Illinois.
Notes for ANN M. FREED:
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Samuel E. Stargel b: DEC 1845 in Ohio
Married: 1 SEP 1866 in Peoria Co., Illinois
Augusta Maria Stargel b: APR 1867 in Illinois
Capitola Stargel b: MAY 1870 in Iowa
David Hardy Stargel b: 14 JUN 1873 in Illinois
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U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
Name: Mary Ann Fred Race: White Marital Status: Married Place of Birth: Illinois
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848 Age: 32 Month of Death: Aug Cause of Death: Malaria Fever
Census Year: 1880 Census Location: (City, County, State)Dongola, Union, Illinois
Enumeration District: 118 Line: 6 Archive Collection Number: T1133
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vii.H. FREED, b. Abt. 1850, Berks County,Pennsylvania.
viii.HERMINE FREED, b. Sep 1852, Berks County,Pennsylvania; d. 1923, Peoria County,Illinois; m. GEORGE B. BURKHART, 12 Aug 1873, Peoria County,Illinois; b. 24 Aug 1852, Illinois; d. Peoria County,Illinois.
Notes for HERMINE FREED:
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Ernest Elton Burkhart b: 27 APR 1875 in Illinois
Anna M. Burkhart b: ABT 1876 in Illinois
Charles C. Burkhart b: ABT 1878 in Illinois
Augustus F. Burkhart b: 15 FEB 1885 in Illinois
Clyde B. Burkhart b: 25 JAN 1887 in Illinois
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Hrmine Freed[Hermina Freed] Age in 1860: 9 Birth Year: abt 1851 Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1860: Millbrook, Peoria, Illinois Post Office: Elmore
Household Members: Name Age
Augusta Freed 42
Marie Freed 40
Emeline Freed 15
Ann M Freed 12
Hrmine Freed 9
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Harminah Burkhart Home in 1880: Haw Creek, Knox, Illinois Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of Household: Wife Spouse's Name: George B. Burkhart
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Keeping House Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
George B. Burkhart 28
Harminah Burkhart 27
Ernest E. Burkhart 6
Anna M. Burkhart 4
Charles C. Burkhart 2
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Harmina Burkhart Home in 1900: Millbrook, Peoria, Illinois Age: 47
Birth Date: Sep 1852 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: number of living children: 6 Mother: How many children: 6
Spouse's Name: George Burkhart Marriage Year: 1873 Married Years Married: 27
Household Members: Name Age
George Burkhart 47
Harmina Burkhart 47
Augistus F Burkhart 4
Clyde B Burkhart 13
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ix. L.M. FREED, b. 1856.

5. JOSEPH2 FREED,JR.,SHOEMAKER (JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born 26 Jun 1819 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania, and died 1905 in Animas Valley,Laplata,Colorado. He married SARAH MOORE ??Abt. 1848 in Pennsylvania. She was born Abt. 1829 in Pennsylvania, and died in Animas Valley,Laplata,Colorado.
Notes for JOSEPH FREED,JR.,SHOEMAKER:
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Freed Age: 33 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Township 12 N 4 E, Knox, Illinois Family Number: 1735
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Freed 33
Sarah Freed 21
Elizabeth Freed 2
John Freed 21
Lydia Freed 1
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Fred Age in 1860: 38 Birth Year: abt 1822 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Copley, Knox, Illinois Post Office: Oneida
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Fred 38
Sarah Fred 32
Elisabeth Fred 12
Jas Fred 9
Wm Fred 7
Emma Fred 5
Joseph Fred 9/12
Richd Moore 75 abt 1785 Connecticut (Father?)
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Freed Birth Year: abt 1820 Age in 1870: 50 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Sheridan, Crawford, Kansas Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Freed 50
Sarah Freed 44
Henry J Freed 19
William W Freed 17
Emma J Freed 15
Sarah L Freed 7
Joseph Freed 11
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Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925
Name: Joseph Freed Census Date: 1 Mar 1875 Residence County: Crawford
Residence State: Kansas Locality: Sheridan Birth Location: Pennsylvania
Family Number: 5 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819 Race: White
Line: 13 Roll: ks1875_5
Household Member(s): Name Age
Joseph Freed 56
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Freed Home in 1880: Sheridan, Crawford, Kansas
Age: 60 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Sarah Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Freed 60
Sarah Freed 53
Joseph Freed 20
Louella Freed 17
Augusta U. Krug 14
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Children of JOSEPH FREED and SARAH MOORE are:
i. ELIZABETH3 FREED, b. Abt. 1848, Knox County,Illinois.
ii. LYDIA FREED, b. 1849, Knox County,Illinois.
iii.HENRY JAMES FREED, b. Abt. 1851, Knox County,Illinois; m. ANNA E. UNKNOWN; b. Abt. 1854.
Notes for HENRY JAMES FREED:
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry J Freed Birth Year: abt 1851 Age in 1870: 19 Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1870: Sheridan, Crawford, Kansas Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Freed 50
Sarah Freed 44
Henry J Freed 19
William W Freed 17
Emma J Freed 15
Sarah L Freed 7
Joseph Freed 11
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Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925
Name: Henry Freed Census Date: 1 Mar 1875 Residence County: Crawford
Residence State: Kansas Locality: Osage Birth Location: Illinois Family Number: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851 Race: White
Line: 34 Roll: ks1875_5
Household Member(s): Name Age
Henry Freed 24
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1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry J Freud[Henry J Freed] Age in 1910: 59
Estimated Birth Year: 1851 Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: New York Spouse's Name: Anna E. Freud
Home in 1910: Grand Junction Ward 4, Mesa, Colorado
Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Henry J Freud 59
Anna E Freud 56
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iv.SARAH LOUELLA FREED, b. Abt. 1853, Knox County,Illinois.
v. WILLIAM W. FREED, b. Abt. 1853, Knox County,Illinois.
Notes for WILLIAM W. FREED:
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Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925
Name: W W Freed Census Date: 1 Mar 1875 Residence County: Crawford
Residence State: Kansas Locality: Sheridan Birth Location: Illinois
Family Number: 5 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Race: White
Line: 15 Roll: ks1875_5
Household Member(s): Name Age
W W Freed 22
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vi.EMMA J. FREED, b. Abt. 1855, Knox County,Illinois.
vii.JOSEPH FREED,3RD, b. 1859, Knox County,Illinois.

6. HENRY2 FREED,SR. (JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born 24 Jul 1821 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania, and died 15 Jan 1899 in Farmington,Van Buren County,Iowa. He married (1) ELIZABETH CATHARINE FETT,1ST WIFE 01 Sep 1846 in Ohio. She was born Abt. 1828 in Ohio, and died 01 Sep 1871 in Farmington,Van Buren County,Iowa. He married (2) MARY UNKNOWN,2ND WIFE Bet. 01 Sep 1871 - 1872 in Farminton,Van Buren County,Iowa. She was born Abt. 1842 in Illinois, and died in Farminton,Van Buren County,Iowa.
Notes for HENRY FREED,SR.:
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Iowa Cemetery Records
Name: Henry Freed Death Date: 15 Jan 1899 Page #: 88
Birth Date: 24 Jul 1821 Cemetery: Farmington Town: Farmington
Level Info: Van Buren, Iowa Records
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Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: H Freed Birth Year: abt 1821 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married Census Date: 1856 Residence State: Iowa
Residence County: Van Buren Locality: Farmington
Roll: IA_66 Line: 12 Family Number: 401
Household Members: Name Age
H Freed 35
C Freed 24
C Freed 0
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Freed Home in 1880: Farmington, Van Buren, Iowa Age: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Mary Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Freed 55
Mary Freed 38
Armal Freed 19
Fredonia Freed 17
Carrie Freed 14
Henry Freed 8
Emma Freed 6
Joseph Freed 4
William Freed 2
Beatta Freed 9m
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Children of HENRY FREED and ELIZABETH FETT are:
i. CHARLES3 FREED, b. 1855.
ii. EDWARD FREED, b. 1857.
iii.ARMEL FREED, b. 1861.
iv.FREDONIA FREED, b. 1863.
v. CARRIE FREED, b. 1866.
Children of HENRY FREED and MARY UNKNOWN are:
vi.HENRY3 FREED,JR., b. 1872, Farminton,Van Buren County,Iowa.
vii.EMMA FREED, b. 1874, Farminton,Van Buren County,Iowa.
viii.JOSEPH FREED, b. 1876, Farminton,Van Buren County,Iowa.
ix. WILLIAM FREED, b. 1878, Farminton,Van Buren County,Iowa.
x. BEATTA FREED, b. Abt. Oct 1879, Farminton,Van Buren County,Iowa.

7. JACOB2 FREED,SR.,SHOEMAKER (JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born 09 Mar 1826 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania, and died 26 Aug 1907 in Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania. He married ANGELINE REITNAUER Abt. 01 Apr 1849 in Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania. She was born 11 Dec 1829 in Berks County,Pennsylvania, and died 18 Aug 1891 in Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania.
Notes for JACOB FREED,SR.,SHOEMAKER:
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Jacob Freed Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Douglass, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Family Number: 165
Household Members: Name Age
Jacob Freed 23
Angeline Freed 21
William H Freed 0
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Jacob Freed Home in 1880: Boyertown, Berks, Pennsylvania
Age: 54 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Engalina Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Shoemaker Marital Status: Married
Household Members: Name Age
Jacob Freed 54
Engalina Freed 52
Jacob R. Freed 15
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Jacob Freed Home in 1900: Boyertown, Berks, Pennsylvania
Age: 74 Birth Date: Feb 1826 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Marital Status: Widowed
Household Members: Name Age
Jacob Freed 74
Angeline Stephen 64 Boarder July 1835
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Notes for ANGELINE REITNAUER:
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Angeline Freed Age: 21 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Douglass, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Family Number: 165
Household Members: Name Age
Jacob Freed 23
Angeline Freed 21
William H Freed 0
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Children of JACOB FREED and ANGELINE REITNAUER are:
i. WILLIAM HENRY3 FREED, b. 03 Feb 1850, Berks County,Pennsylvania; d. 18 Aug 1854, Fairview Cemetery,Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania.
Notes for WILLIAM HENRY FREED:
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: William Freed[William H Freed] Home in 1900: Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
[Telford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania] Age: 50 Birth Date: Feb 1850 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Spouse's Name: Ida Freed Marriage Year: 1864
Marital Status: Married Years Married: 36
Household Members: Name Age
William Freed 50
Ida Freed 43
Verda Freed 17
Asher Freed 16
Florence Freed 7
Russel Freed 5
Hannah Hartzell 35
Calvin Walters 24
Jennie Walters 23
Monroe Brey 58
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ii. SARAH FREED, b. 12 Apr 1854, Berks County,Pennsylvania; d. 15 Apr 1854, Fairview Cemetery,Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania.
iii.ANGELA FREED, b. 19 Jan 1858, Berks County,Pennsylvania; d. 29 Jan 1858.
iv.JACOB R. FREED,JR., b. 1865, Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania; d. Aft. 1884, Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania; m. EMMA M. UNKNOWN, Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania; b. 07 Nov 1863, Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania; d. 21 Dec 1884, Boyertown,Berks County,Pennsylvania.
Notes for JACOB R. FREED,JR.:
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Jacob R. Freed Home in 1880: Boyertown, Berks, Pennsylvania
Age: 15 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Son Father's Name: Jacob Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Name: Engalina Freed
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Apprentice Shoemaker Marital Status: Single
Household Members: Name Age
Jacob Freed 54
Engalina Freed 52
Jacob R. Freed 15
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8. JOHN2 FREED,SR. (JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born 09 Mar 1826 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania, and died 09 Feb 1915 in Knox County,Illinois. He married LUCINDA KNAPP 15 Sep 1852 in Knox County,Illinois. She was born Abt. 1837 in New York, and died in Knox County,Illinois.
Notes for JOHN FREED,SR.:
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: John Fredd[John Freed] Age: 36 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Wayne, Tuscarawas, Ohio Family Number: 139
Household Members: Name Age
John Fredd 36
Anna Fredd 29
Elizabeth Fredd 10
Frederick Fredd 8
David Fredd 7
Mary Fredd 5
Sarah Fredd 3
Magdalena Fredd 1
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John Fread[John Freed] Age in 1860: 47 Birth Year: abt 1813 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Elmore, Daviess, Indiana Post Office: Clarkes Prairie
Household Members: Name Age
John Fread 47
Ame Fread 39
Fredrick Fread 18
Davied Fread 16
Mary Fread 14
Sara Fread 12
Moglen Fread 10
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Lucinda Freed Birth Year: abt 1837 Age in 1870: 33 Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870: Victoria, Knox, Illinois Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
John Freed 42
Lucinda Freed 33
John H Freed 16
Ida M Freed 8
Minnie Freed 1
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: John Freed Home in 1880: Victoria, Knox, Illinois Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Lucinda Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
John Freed 52
Lucinda Freed 42
Minnie Freed 11
Birdie Freed 7
Anna Fiffany 9
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Children of JOHN FREED and LUCINDA KNAPP are:
i. JOHN HENRY3 FREED,JR., b. Abt. 1854, Knox County,Illinois.
ii. ROBERT FREED, b. Abt. 1857, Knox County,Illinois.
iii. IDA MAY FREED, b. Abt. 1869, Knox County,Illinois.
iv. MINNIE FREED, b. Abt. 1869, Knox County,Illinois.
v. BIRDIE FREED, b. Abt. 1873, Knox County,Illinois.

Generation No. 3
9. AUGUSTUS 'AUGUSTINE' ROWLAND3 FREED (ROWLAND2, JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born May 1841 in Germantown,Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania to Wood County,West Virginia, and died Aft. 1910 in Wood County,West Virginia. He married ALMEDA 'MEDIA' PRINCE CARPENTER 10 Jun 1868 in Wood County,West Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM CARPENTER and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. She was born Aug 1843 in Ohio or Blennerhassett Island,Wood County,West Virginia, and died 01 Aug 1907 in Wood County,West Virginia.
Notes for AUGUSTUS 'AUGUSTINE' ROWLAND FREED:
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Date: 1868 Bride Groom
Name: Almida Pence Augustine Freed
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West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Name: No Name Freed Birth Date: 3 Jul 1881
Birth Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Almeda Freed Father: A. R. Freed
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West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Name: Wm. R. Freed Birth Date: 19 Sep 1869
Birth Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Almeda Father: Wm. R. Freed
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West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Name: John Orville Freed Death Date: 28 Jan 1935
Death Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Almeda Prince Father: Agustus R. Freed
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West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Augustus Freed Age in 1860: 19 Birth Year: abt 1841 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Philadelphia Ward 22 District 1, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Post Office: Germantown
Household Members: Name Age
Rowland Freed 46
Eliz Freed 37
Cath Freed 21
Augustus Freed 19
John Freed 17
George Freed 15
Ann L Freed 3
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Agusta Freed Birth Year: abt 1842 Age in 1870: 28 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Clay, Wood, West Virginia Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Agusta Freed 28
Almeda Freed 27
Wm R Freed 1
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: A R Freed Birth Year: abt 1842 Age in 1870: 28 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Clay, Wood, West Virginia
Household Members: Name Age
A R Freed 28
Almeda Freed 28
Wm R Freed 8/12
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: A. G. Freid Home in 1880: Clay, Wood, West Virginia
Age: 38 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Almeda Freid
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Carpenter Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
A. G. Freid 38
Almeda Freid 36
Wm. R. Freid 10
Seldin C. Freid 9
John O. Freid 6
Loyd E. Freid 3
Della M. Freid 1
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: A R Freed[A R Fr??] Home in 1900: Clay, Wood, West Virginia
Age: 59 Birth Date: May 1841 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Spouse's Name: Almeda Freed
Marriage Year: 1869 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 31
Household Members: Name Age
A R Freed 59
Almeda Freed 56
S C Freed 28
J O Freed 26
F E Freed 22
Lily M Freed 18
V T Freed 16
G E Freed 13
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1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Augustus R Freed[Agustus R Freed] Age in 1910: 69
Estimated Birth Year: 1841 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head[Self (Head)]
Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1910: Clay, Wood, West Virginia Marital Status: Widowed Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Augustus R Freed 69
John O Freed 37
Floyde Freed 34
Lillie Freed 27
Van Freed 26
Edward Freed 22
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Notes for ALMEDA 'MEDIA' PRINCE CARPENTER:
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Name: Media Freed Death Date: 1908
West Virginia Archives & History
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Children of AUGUSTUS FREED and ALMEDA CARPENTER are:
13. i. WILLIAM ROWLAND4 FREED, b. 19 Sep 1869, Wood County,West Virginia; d. 13 Dec 1944, Wood County,West Virginia.
ii. SELDEN CORULL 'SELDIN' FREED, b. 29 Oct 1871, Wood County,West Virginia; d. 14 Jul 1937, Wood County,West Virginia; m. ELLA ANNA VAUGHT, 26 Aug 1902, Wood County,West Virginia; b. 26 Aug 1872, Wood County,West Virginia; d. 02 Jun 1949, Mt. Olivet Cemetery,Wood County,West Virginia.
Notes for ELLA ANNA VAUGHT:
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Name: Ella Anna Freed Death Date: 02 Jun 1949
Death Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Almira Lee Father: George W. Vaught
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West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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iii.JOHN ORVILLE FREED, b. 21 Dec 1873, Wood County,West Virginia; d. 28 Jan 1935, Wood County,West Virginia.
Notes for JOHN ORVILLE FREED:
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Name: John Freed Birth Date: 21 Dec 1873
Birth Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Alinda Father: Augustus
West Virginia Archives & History
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Name: John Orville Freed Death Date: 28 Jan 1935
Death Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Almeda Prince Father: Agustus R. Freed
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West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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iv.FLOYD 'LOYD' EARL FREED, b. Jul 1877, Wood County,West Virginia; d. Wood County,West Virginia; m. MAMIE D. DANIELL, 24 Dec 1917, Wood County,West Virginia; b. 30 Jul 1895, Wirt County,West Virginia; d. 03 Nov 1960, Wirt County,West Virginia.
Notes for MAMIE D. DANIELL:
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Name: Mamie D. Freed Death Date: 04 Nov 1960
Death Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Margaret Stutler Father: John K. Daniell
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West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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v. DELLA MYRTLE FREED, b. 31 Mar 1879, Wood County,West Virginia.
Notes for DELLA MYRTLE FREED:
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Name: Della Myrtle Freed Birth Date: 31 Mar 1879
Birth Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Almeda Freed Father: Augustus R. Freed
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West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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vi.LILLIAN MAUDE 'LILY' FREED, b. 03 Jul 1881, Wood County,West Virginia; d. 03 Mar 1947, Parkersburg,Wood County,West Virginia.
Notes for LILLIAN MAUDE 'LILY' FREED:
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Name: No Name Freed Birth Date: 3 Jul 1881
Birth Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Almeda Freed Father: A. R. Freed
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West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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14. vii. VAN PRINCE FREED, b. Aug 1883, Wood County,West Virginia; d. 05 Jun 1943, Wood County,West Virginia.
15. viii. GEORGE 'EDMOND' FREED, b. 26 May 1887, Wood County,West Virginia; d. Wood County,West Virginia.

10. HENRY3 FREED (WILHELM 'WILLIAM'2, JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born Mar 1840 in Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania, and died Aft. 1920 in Galva,Henry County,Illinois. He married MARY E. SERVOSS 20 May 1869 in Henry County,Illinois, daughter of CHARLES SERVOSS and JANE SERVOSS. She was born Oct 1850 in New York, and died Aft. 1920 in Galva,Henry County,Illinois.
Notes for HENRY FREED:
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George D. Freed b: 1870 in Illinois
Mary E. Freed b: 1870 in Illinois
William Henry Freed b: ABT 1872 in Illinois
Anne L. Freed b: ABT 1873 in Iowa
Alonzo Freed b: AUG 1877 in Iowa
Albert Freed b: DEC 1880 in Illinois
Irvin Freed b: JAN 1887 in Illinois
Charles Freed b: JAN 1887 in Illinois
Etta Freed b: SEP 1890 in Illinois
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert Freed Age: 4 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Frederick, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Family Number: 189
Household Members: Name Age
William Freed 34
Mary Freed 29
Aaron Freed 12
Henry Freed 10
Enoch Freed 8
Tammy Freed 6
Albert Freed 4
Mary Ann Freed 1
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Freed Age in 1860: 20 Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Post Office: Pennsburg
Household Members: Name Age
John G Hillegass 30
Catharine A Hillegass 24
Eugene Z Hillegass 7
Ida Hillegass 5
Henry Freed 20
John Badman 14
Elizabeth Fegely 22
Mary Baver 14
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Freed Birth Year: abt 1840 Age in 1870: 30 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Ontario, Knox, Illinois Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Freed 30
Mary Freed 23
George D Freed 3/12
Mary E Freed 3/12
John P Samuelson 30
Anna S Samuelson 28
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Freed Home in 1880: Victoria, Knox, Illinois Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Mary E. Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Day Laborer Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Freed 40
Mary E. Freed 33
Mary E. Freed 10
William Henry Freed 8
Anna Freed 5
Alonzo Freed 3
Albert Freed 1
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Freed[Henry Fed] Home in 1900: Galva, Henry, Illinois Age: 54
Birth Date: Mar 1846 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Spouse's Name: Mary E Freed
Marriage Year: 1870 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 30
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Freed 54
Mary E Freed 50
Will G Freed 29
Alonzo Freed 22
Burt Freed 10
Orvin Freed 10
Charles Freed 13
Etta Freed 9
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1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Freed Age in 1910: 71 Estimated Birth Year: 1839 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Spouse's Name: Mary E Freed
Home in 1910: Galva, Henry, Illinois Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Freed 71
Mary E Freed 60
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Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index
Name: Albert G Freed Birthplace: Pennsylvania State: PA Age: 64 Color: W;W
Enumeration District: 0161 Visit: 0117 County: Lehigh, Allentown
Relation: Father-in-law
Other Residents: Relation Name Age Birth Place
Head of Household Charles R Schlicher
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1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Freed Home in 1920: Galva, Henry, Illinois Age: 81
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)[Head]
Spouse's Name: Mary E Freed Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Marital Status: Married Race: White
Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Freed 81
Mary E Freed 70
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Notes for MARY E. SERVOSS:
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Servoss Age: 0 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Birth Place: New York
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Hope, Hamilton, New York Family Number: 211
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Servoss 31
Jane Ann Servoss 21
Mary E Servoss 0
Laban F Clark 32
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1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Freed Home in 1920: Galva, Henry, Illinois Age: 70
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Henry Freed Father's Birth Place: New York
Mother's Birth Place: New York Marital Status: Married Race: White
Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Freed 81
Mary E Freed 70
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1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Servor[Mary E Servoss] Home in 1920: Bremen, Cook, Illinois
Age: 70 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of House: Patient
Father's Birth Place: New York Mother's Birth Place: New York
Marital Status: Single Race: White Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth M Hayes 47
Bessie M Fayram 55
Nancy J Letchel 74
Sarah Dearborn 72
Ella C Krueger 31
Agnes A Grunenberg 67
Emily C Scott 28
Lizzie Dalton 35
Katherine Gilfoil 74
Christina Anderson 77
Ida M White 57
Mary C Furchstan 76
Nancy Hicks 59
Bridget Wardinski 58
Mary E Downes 74
Lillian Bickert 25
Julia M Deudini 84
Louise Stolpman 75
Caroline Wissmann 56
Mary C Korf 64
Maggie Grant 52
Jennie Porter 48
Margaret E Mcgrory 29
Helen V Sparn 77
Barbara Vondrak 31
Augusta Peterson 64
Sarah Seeberg 15
Anna L Gerry 59
Ester Seeberg 85
Victoria A Gutt 79
Mary Hoffman 72
Emma M Keppel 55
Mary I Somers 77
Mary J Martin 65
Martha Rabe 77
Mary A Kelly 57
Maria Halle 87
Josephine Vanelz 76
Anna Plasehitz 30
Martha Thompson 78
Ellen M Webster 62
Elizabeth Thompson 75
Elizabeth Richter 65
Evelyn Ford 10
Jessie R Jordan 70
Jane E Axson 89
Marie M Prendergast 42
Amelia Radtke 67
Bridget M Galvin 46
Mabel Birchfield 32
Anna Seegert 49
Rena Hensel 83
Bertha W Richart 66
Mary Anderson 70
Lulu Tillman 38
Annie Holmes 50
Minnie E Miller 31
Margaret H Hines 20
Gertrude E Peterson 29
Maria J Nelson 57
Flora Hyman 78
Augusta F Fickler 74
Mary E Ryan 69
Mary A Callahan 68
Anna M Gartig 58
Emma S Johnson 52
Sarah Lumpkins 89
Ann Kelly 76
Elizabeth Matthews 61
Augusta S Forsberg 69
Mary E Servor 70
Julia Standzyk 87
Frances Ruknarowski 66
Balbina Golaczynski 92[42]
Elizabeth Nordford 61
Mary Deering 35
Telka Macowitz 65
Mary Mulsoff 81
Mary Widozyski 79
Mary E Lacey 59
Mary Lawrence 68
Emma A Hayward 56
Dora Mcfadden 63
Annie Griffin 79
Grace Brown 75
Bridget Hickey 65
Jeanette Fitzpatrick 66
Christina Grunbis 89
Anna E Erickson 51
Priscilla Bell 76
Caroline Bender 66
Philomena Krievic 44
Gladys Anderson 10
Peter Deegan 80
Margaret Deegan 65
James J Doyle 78
Catherine M Doyle 75
Robert Blatter 1[1 2/12]
Ethel Brunelle 0[10/12]
Emma Bonnier 3[3 2/12]
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Children of HENRY FREED and MARY SERVOSS are:
i. GEORGE D.4 FREED, b. 1870, Ontario,Knox County,Illinois.
ii. MARY E. FREED, b. 1870, Ontario,Knox County,Illinois.
iii.WILLIAM 'WILL' HENRY FREED, b. Dec 1871, Victoria,Knox County,Illinois.
16. iv.ANNA L. FREED, b. Feb 1872, Iowa or Victoria,Knox County,Illinois; d. Knox County,Illinois.
v. ALONZO FREED, b. Aug 1877, Victoria,Knox County,Illinois.
vi.ALBERT 'BURT' FREED, b. Dec 1879, Victoria,Knox County,Illinois.
vii.IRVIN FREED, b. Jan 1887, Galva,Henry County,Illinois.
viii.CHARLES FREED, b. Jan 1887, Galva,Henry County,Illinois.
ix. ETTA FREED, b. Sep 1890, Galva,Henry County,Illinois.

11. ENOCH3 FREED (WILHELM 'WILLIAM'2, JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born Mar 1841 in Lower Milford,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania. He married ELIZABETH JANE UNKNOWN. She was born Feb 1848 in Ohio.
Notes for ENOCH FREED:
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Enoch Freed Age: 8 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Frederick, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Family Number: 189
Household Members: Name Age
William Freed 34
Mary Freed 29
Aaron Freed 12
Henry Freed 10
Enoch Freed 8
Tammy Freed 6
Albert Freed 4
Mary Ann Freed 1
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Enoch Freid Age in 1860: 18 Birth Year: abt 1842 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania Post Office: Hosensack
Household Members: Name Age
William C Roeder 40
Judith Roeder 40
Amanda Roeder 12
Amelia Roeder 9
Albert Roeder 5
William Roeder 1
Enoch Freid 18
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Enoch Freed Birth Year: abt 1841 Age in 1870: 29 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Copley, Knox, Illinois Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Enoch Freed 29
Eliza Freed 22
Mary Freed 2
Martha Freed 1
John G Hewald 19
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Enoch Freed Home in 1880: Sheridan, Crawford, Kansas Age: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Eliza J. Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Enoch Freed 39
Eliza J. Freed 32
Mary Freed 12
Martha Freed 11
Edward Freed 6
Charles Freed 4
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Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925
Name: Enoch Freed Census Date: 1 Mar 1885 Residence County: Crawford
Residence State: Kansas Locality: Osage Birth Location: Pennsylvania
Family Number: 2 Marital Status: Married Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Line: 10 Roll: KS1885_33
Household Member(s): Name Age
Enoch Freed 44
Eliza Freed 37
Martha Freed 16
Edward Freed 11
Charley Freed 9
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Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925
Name: Enoch Freed Census Date: 1 Mar 1895 Residence County: Crawford
Residence State: Kansas Locality: Osage
Birth Location: Pennsylvania Family Number: 297
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841 Race: White
Line: 7 Roll: v115_33
Household Member(s): Name Age
Enoch Freed 54
E J Freed 48
Martha Freed 26
Edward Freed 21
Charley Freed 19
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Enock Freed Home in 1900: Osage, Crawford, Kansas Age: 59
Birth Date: Mar 1841 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Spouse's Name: Eliza J. Freed Marriage Year: 1867
Marital Status: Married Years Married: 33
Household Members: Name Age
Enock Freed 59
Eliza J Freed 52
Martha Freed 31
Hazel M Freed 31 Granddaughter
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Children of ENOCH FREED and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN are:
i. MARTHA4 FREED, b. Feb 1869, Illinois.
ii. HAZEL M. FREED,GRANDDAUGHTER, b. Jul 1894, Kansas.

12. ALBERT3 FREED (WILHELM 'WILLIAM'2, JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born Jan 1845 in Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania, and died Aft. 1910 in Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania. He married SARAH R. UNKNOWN 1864 in Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania. She was born Jan 1840 in Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania, and died Bef. 1910 in Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
Notes for ALBERT FREED:
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert Freed Age: 4 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Frederick, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Family Number: 189
Household Members: Name Age
William Freed 34
Mary Freed 29
Aaron Freed 12
Henry Freed 10
Enoch Freed 8
Tammy Freed 6
Albert Freed 4
Mary Ann Freed 1
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert Freed Age in 1860: 15 Birth Year: abt 1845 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Post Office: Pennsburg
Household Members: Name Age
William Freed 44
Mary Freed 39
Thamson Freed 17
Albert Freed 15
Mary A Freed 11
William Freed 5
Catharine Freed 3
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert Freed Home in 1880: Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Age: 35 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Sarah Freed
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Albert Freed 35
Sarah Freed 40
Milton Freed 16
Wilson Freed 14
Albert Freed 12
Lewis Freed 9
Harvey Freed 7
Annie Susanna Freed 4
Calvin Freed 2
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert G Freed Home in 1900: Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Age: 55 Birth Date: Jan 1845 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Spouse's Name: Sarah R Freed
Marriage Year: 1864 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 36
Household Members: Name Age
Albert G Freed 55
Sarah R Freed 60
Oliver W Freed 19
Wellington O Freed 15
Victor C Hersch 5 Grandson
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Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index
Name: Albert G Freed Birthplace: Pennsylvania State: PA Age: 64
Color: W;W Enumeration District: 0161 Visit: 0117
County: Lehigh, Allentown Relation: Father-in-law
Other Residents: Relation Name Age Birth Place
Head of Household Charles R Schlicher
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1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert G Freed Age in 1910: 64 Estimated Birth Year: 1846 Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-Law Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Home in 1910: Allentown Ward 12, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Widowed Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Charles A Schlicher 34
Annie M Schlicher 34
Victor L Schlicher 15
Albert G Freed 64
William F Hendricks 20
Henry F Hendricks 24
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Children of ALBERT FREED and SARAH UNKNOWN are:
i. MILTON4 FREED, b. Abt. 1864, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
ii. WILSON FREED, b. Abt. 1866, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
iii. ALBERT FREED, b. Abt. 1868, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
iv. LEWIS FREED, b. 1871, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
v. HARVEY FREED, b. 1872, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
vi. ANNIE SUSANNA. FREED, b. 1876, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania; m. CHARLES A. SCHLICHER.
vii. CALVIN FREED, b. 1878, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
viii. OLIVER W. FREED, b. Aug 1880, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.
ix. WELLINGTON O. FREED, b. Jan 1885, Lower Milford Township,Lehigh County,Pennsylvania.

Generation No. 4
13. WILLIAM ROWLAND4 FREED (AUGUSTUS 'AUGUSTINE' ROWLAND3, ROWLAND2, JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born 19 Sep 1869 in Wood County,West Virginia, and died 13 Dec 1944 in Wood County,West Virginia. He married MARY MARGARET 'MAGGIE' WILLIAMS 25 Oct 1892 in Wood County,West Virginia, daughter of SYLVESTER WILLIAMS and CATHERINE MOBLEY. She was born 11 Jan 1870 in Wood County,West Virginia, and died 14 Jan 1954 in Wood County,West Virginia.
Notes for WILLIAM ROWLAND FREED:
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Name: Wm. R. Freed Birth Date: 19 Sep 1869
Birth Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Almeda Father: Wm. R. Freed
West Virginia Archives & History
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Name: Cecil Forest Freed Birth Date: 30 Nov 1893
Birth Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Maggie Williams Freed Father: Wm. Roland Freed
West Virginia Archives & History
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Name: William R.Freed Death Date: 13 Dec 1944
Death Place: Wood, West Virginia Spouse: Mary M. Williams
Mother: Almeda Prince Father: Agustus R.Freed
West Virginia Archives & History
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Notes for MARY MARGARET 'MAGGIE' WILLIAMS:
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Name: Mary Margaret Freed Death Date: 14 Jan 1954
Death Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Catherine Mobley Father: Sylvester Williams
West Virginia Archives & History
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Child of WILLIAM FREED and MARY WILLIAMS is:
i. CECIL FOREST5 FREED,DOCTOR, b. 30 Nov 1893, Wood County,West Virginia.

14. VAN PRINCE4 FREED (AUGUSTUS 'AUGUSTINE' ROWLAND3, ROWLAND2, JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born Aug 1883 in Wood County,West Virginia, and died 05 Jun 1943 in Wood County,West Virginia. He married LELIA LEE RUSSELL 11 Apr 1914 in Wood County,West Virginia, daughter of MILLARD RUSSELL and EUNICE BROWN. She was born 09 Jun 1888 in Ritchie County,West Virginia, and died 16 Nov 1957 in Wood County,West Virginia.
Notes for VAN PRINCE FREED:
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Name: Van Prince Freed Death Date: 05 Jun 1943
Death Place: Wood, West Virginia Spouse: Lelia Russell
Mother: Almeda Prince Father: Agustus Freed
West Virginia Archives & History
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Notes for LELIA LEE RUSSELL:
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Name: Lelia Lee Freed Death Date: 16 Nov 1957
Death Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Eunice May Brown Father: Millard Fillmore Russell
West Virginia Archives & History
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Child of VAN FREED and LELIA RUSSELL is:
i. VAN RUSSELL5 FREED, b. 27 Apr 1915, Wood County,West Virginia; m. ELLA MARGARET ARCHER, 22 Nov 1946, Wood County,West Virginia; b. 07 Nov 1922, Belphre,Ohio to Wood County,West Virginia.

15. GEORGE 'EDMOND'4 FREED (AUGUSTUS 'AUGUSTINE' ROWLAND3, ROWLAND2, JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born 26 May 1887 in Wood County,West Virginia, and died in Wood County,West Virginia. He married MYRTLE ELLEN BUCKNER 23 Jan 1915 in Wood County,West Virginia, daughter of BENJAMIN BUCKNER and MARY TIPPINS. She was born 06 Nov 1893 in Wood County,West Virginia, and died 1983 in Wood County,West Virginia.
Notes for GEORGE 'EDMOND' FREED:
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: George Edmond Freed County: Wood State: West Virginia
Birth Date: 26 May 1887 Race: White
FHL Roll Number: 1993026 DraftBoard: 0
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U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: George Edmond Freed Birth Date: 26 May 1887
Birth Place: Wood, West Virginia Residence: Wood, West Virginia
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Groom: George Edmond Freed Bride: Myrtle Ellen Buckner
Marriage Date: 1915 Marriage Place: Wood, West Virginia
Film Number: 580554 Digital Folder Number: 4130727 Image Number: 00360
Collection: West Virginia Marriages, 1853-1970
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: G E Freed[?? E Fr??] Home in 1900: Clay, Wood, West Virginia
[Clay, Wood, West Virginia] Age: 13 Birth Date: May 1887 Birthplace: West Virginia
Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's Name: A R Freed
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Name: Almeda Freed
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia Marital Status: Single
Household Members: Name Age
A R Freed 59
Almeda Freed 56
S C Freed 28
J O Freed 26
F E Freed 22
Lily M Freed 18
V T Freed 16
G E Freed 13
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1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Edward Freed Age in 1910: 22 Estimated Birth Year: 1888
Birthplace: West Virginia Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Augustus R Freed Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: Ohio Home in 1910: Clay, Wood, West Virginia
Marital Status: Single Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Augustus R Freed 69
John O Freed 37
Floyde Freed 34
Lillie Freed 27
Van Freed 26
Edward Freed 22
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1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Edmond Freed[Edward G Fred] [Edward G Freed]
Home in 1920: Clay, Wood, West Virginia Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888 Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)[Head]
Spouse's Name: Myrtle Freed Father's Birth Place: West Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: West Virginia Marital Status: Married Race: White
Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Edmond Freed 32
Myrtle Freed 26
Ronald Freed 3[3 4/12]
Louise Freed 1
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1930 United States Federal Census
Name: George E Freed [Goerge E Freed] Home in 1930: Clay, Wood, West Virginia
Age: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888 Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Myrtle E Freed Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
George E Freed 42
Myrtle E Freed 36
Ronald Freed 13
Louise Freed 12
Evertt Freed 6
Evelyn Freed 6
Marvin Freed 2 10/12
Marjory Freed 2 10/12
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Name: Ronald Freed Death Date: 9 Apr 1935
Death Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Myrtle Buckner Father: G. E. Freed
West Virginia Archives & History
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Notes for MYRTLE ELLEN BUCKNER:
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Name: Myrtle Buckner Birth Date: 6 Nov 1893
Birth Place: Wood, West Virginia
Mother: Mary M. Buckner Father: B. F. Buckner
West Virginia Archives & History
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Children of GEORGE FREED and MYRTLE BUCKNER are:
i. RONALD5 FREED, b. 1917, Leachtown,Wood County,West Virginia; d. 09 Apr 1935, Wood County,West Virginia.
ii. LOUISE FREED, b. Abt. 1918, Leachtown,Wood County,West Virginia.
17. iii. EVELYN ALMEDA FREED, b. 28 May 1923, Leachtown,Wood County,West Virginia.
iv. EVERTT FREED, b. Abt. 1924, Leachtown,Wood County,West Virginia.
v. MARJORY FREED, b. Abt. 1927, Leachtown,Wood County,West Virginia.
vi. MARVIN FREED, b. Abt. 1927, Leachtown,Wood County,West Virginia.

16. ANNA L.4 FREED (HENRY3, WILHELM 'WILLIAM'2, JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born Feb 1872 in Iowa or Victoria,Knox County,Illinois, and died in Knox County,Illinois. She married GEORGE DANIEL ENSLEY 31 Dec 1889 in Knox County,Illinois, son of JONATHON ENSLEY and EMILY ALEXANDER. He was born Abt. 1870 in Pennsylvania, and died in Knox County,Illinois.
Notes for ANNA L. FREED:
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1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Anna L Ensley Age in 1910: 37 Estimated Birth Year: 1873 Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to Head of House: Wife Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: New York Spouse's Name: George D Ensley
Home in 1910: Kewanee Ward 1, Henry, Illinois Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
George D Ensley 40
Anna L Ensley 37
Mary A Ensley 18
George E Ensley 16
Maud M Ensley 16
Blanch E Ensley 14
Anna P Ensley 14[11]
Ruby E Ensley 9
Leonarda H Ensley 6
Verna B Ensley 3
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Notes for GEORGE DANIEL ENSLEY:
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Father: Jonathon J. Ensley b: MAY 1834 in Indiana
Mother: Emily H. Alexander b: DEC 1842 in Vermont
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Jonathan J Ensley Home in 1900: Truro, Knox, Illinois[Williamsfield, Knox, Illinois]
Age: 64 Birth Date: May 1836 Birthplace: Indiana
Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Spouse's Name: Emily Ensley Marriage Year: 1860
Marital Status: Married Years Married: 40
Household Members: Name Age
Jonathan J Ensley 64
Emily Ensley 57
Francis Ensley 21
Albert Ensley 20
Delbert A Ensley 18
Vesper M Ensley 15
John F Ensley 10
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Father: Henry Ensley b: 1808 in Carolina
Mother: Pheobe Josline b: 1813 in Ohio
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1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Ensly[Henry Ensley] Age: 48 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1802 Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Burlington, Kane, Illinois Family Number: 1206
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Ensly 48
Phily Ensly 37
Jonathan J Ensley 17
Isaac Ensley 12
Joseph Ensley 11
Hetty Ensley 9
Josiah Ensley 4
George W Ensley 2
William Ensley 1
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: George Ensley[George D Ensley]
Home in 1900: Galva, Henry, Illinois Age: 28 Birth Date: Feb 1872
Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Spouse's Name: Anne L Ensley Marriage Year: 1888
Marital Status: Married Years Married: 12
Household Members: Name Age
George Ensley 28
Anne L Ensley
Mary A Ensley 9
Geo E Ensley 6
Maude M Ensley 4
Blanche E Ensley 2
................ Ensley 0
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1910 United States Federal Census
Name: George D Ensley Age in 1910: 40 Estimated Birth Year: 1870
Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse's Name: Anna L Ensley Home in 1910: Kewanee Ward 1, Henry, Illinois
Marital Status: Married Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
George D Ensley 40
Anna L Ensley 37
Mary A Ensley 18
George E Ensley 16
Maud M Ensley 16
Blanch E Ensley 14
Anna P Ensley 14[11]
Ruby E Ensley 9
Leonarda H Ensley 6
Verna B Ensley 3
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Children of ANNA FREED and GEORGE ENSLEY are:
i. MARY A.5 ENSLEY, b. Apr 1891, Knox County,Illinois.
ii. GEORGE E. ENSLEY, b. Oct 1893, Knox County,Illinois.
iii. MAUDE M. ENSLEY, b. Jun 1897, Knox County,Illinois.
iv. BLANCHE E. ENSLEY, b. Apr 1900, Knox County,Illinois.
v. ANNA P. ENSLEY, b. Apr 1901, Knox County,Illinois.
vi. RUBY E. ENSLEY, b. Abt. 1901, Knox County,Illinois.
vii. LEONARDA H. 'LEONARD' ENSLEY, b. Abt. 1904, Knox County,Illinois.
viii. VERNA B. ENSLEY, b. 10 Nov 1907, Knox County,Illinois.

Generation No. 5
17. EVELYN ALMEDA5 FREED (GEORGE 'EDMOND'4, AUGUSTUS 'AUGUSTINE' ROWLAND3, ROWLAND2, JOSEPH FRIED FREAD FRIEDT1) was born 28 May 1923 in Leachtown,Wood County,West Virginia. She married JACK DEWAINE STUTLER 24 Feb 1942 in Wood County,West Virginia, son of BENSON STUTLER and AMY DUSKEY. He was born 05 Dec 1920 in Reedy,Roane County,West Virginia, and died 19 Feb 2001 in Edon Cemetery,Edon,Williams County,Ohio.
Notes for JACK DEWAINE STUTLER:
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Jack D Stutler Birth Year: 1920 Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: West Virginia State of Residence: West Virginia
Enlistment Date: 5 Jan 1943 Enlistment State: Virginia Enlistment City: Clarksburg West
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers Grade: Private Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months,
subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school Civil Occupation: Unskilled foundry occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married Height: 64 Weight: 118
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Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Name: Rev Jack D Stutler Death Date: 19 Feb 2001
Newspaper: Defiance Crescent News; Gallipolis Daily Tribune, Defiance; Gallipolis, Ohio
Newspaper Date: 21 Feb 2001 Newspaper Page: p. 3;5, col. 1 Years Indexed: 1955-current
Newspaper Repository: Bossard Library (Gallipolis); Defiance Public Library; Bossard Library (Gallipolis)
Defiance Public Library Notes: De C N: Mother's Maiden Name- Duskey
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Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
Name: Jack D Stutler Birth Date: 5 Dec 1920 Birth State: West Virginia
Race: White Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic (Latino)
Residence County: Williams Residence State: Ohio Residence Zip Code: 43518
Residence Country: United States Death Date: 19 Feb 2001
Death Time: 03:55 PM Hospital of Death: Long-Term Care Facilities
County of Death: Williams Certificate: 015878 Age at Death: 80
Registrar's Certificate Number: 00022 Certifier: Physician
Referred to Coroner: Not Referred to Coroner
Autopsy: No Autopsy performed Method of Disposition: Burial
Filing Date: 20 Feb 2001 Hospital Status: Other/Nursing Home
Injury in Ohio: Yes Type Place of Injury: Unspecified Place
Social Security Number: 234-26-7154 Father's Surname: Stutler
Mother's Maiden Name: Duskey Marital Status: Married
Education: 2 years college Armed Forces Indicator: Yes
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Army Industry of Decedent: Religious organizations
Occupation of Decedent: Clergy Primary Registration District: 8600
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Social Security Death Index
Name: Jack D. Stutler SSN: 234-26-7154
Last Residence: 43518 Edon, Williams, Ohio
Born: 5 Dec 1920 Died: 19 Feb 2001
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951
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1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Jack D Stutler Home in 1930: Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia
Age: 9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1921 Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Guy B Stutler Mother's Name: Amy Stutler Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Guy B Stutler 34
Amy Stutler 34
Jack D Stutler 9
Benson G Stutler 8
Eva E Stutler 6
Wendell G Stutler 4
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Reverend Jack D. Stutler
Died: Feb 19, 2001
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Reverend Jack D. Stutler, age 80, of Edon, Ohio, died at 3:55 p.m. on Monday,February 19,2001, in Anna's House at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where he was a resident.
Reverend Stutler was a minister with the United Methodist Church and served the following churches prior to his retirement in 1983:
Pleasant Hill charge from 1958-60, Vinton charge from 1960-65, Eureka charge from 1965-67, Oak Hill from 1967-69, Edon from 1969-77, Wilkins-Monclova charge from 1977-79, Emmett Chapel from 1979-83, and as interim pastor of several area United Methodist churches after his retirement. He was a World War II Army veteran and was a member of the Edon American Legion Post #662.
He was also a member of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, Edon Lions Club, Edon Masonic Lodge #464, the United Methodist Men and the Edon Ministerial Association.
He also had served in the Civil Conservation Corps prior to World War II.
Jack D. Stutler was born December 5,1920, in Reedy, West Virginia, the son of Benson Guy and Amy (Duskey) Stutler. He married Evelyn A. Freed on February 28, 1942, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and she survives. In addition to his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Steven (Vesta) Warthman, of Fairborn, Ohio, Mrs. Jerry (Patricia) Sinkler, of Sebring, Florida, Mrs. Lawrence (Rebecca) Curtis, of Angola, Indiana, Mrs. John (Valda Lee) Colbart, of Edon, Ohio; six grandchildren; four step grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and six step-great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by two brothers, Ben and Wendell Stutler, of Vienna, West Virginia, and one sister, Eva Strothers, of Vienna, West Virginia, and several nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents; his stepmother, Geraldine Johnson Stutler; one daughter, Donna Lou Stutler, and one son, Johnny Dale Stutler.
Services for Reverend Jack D. Stutler will be Saturday, February 24,2001, at 11:00 a.m. in the Edon United Methodist Church with Pastor Eric Dailey and Pastors Ben and Wendell Stutler officiating.
Burial will follow in the Edon Cemetery with Graveside Military Rites conducted by Edon American Legion Post #662. Visitation will be in the Krill Funeral Home, Edon, Ohio, from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday, February 23. Masonic services will be held Friday at 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials in the name of Jack D. Stutler may be given to Edon United Methodist Church and to Anna's House, 09876 Rd. 16, Bryan, Ohio - Published: Feb 21, 2001
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Children of EVELYN FREED and JACK STUTLER are:
i. VESTA6 STUTLER, d. Lives in Fairborn,Ohio; m. STEVEN WARTHMAN.
ii. PATRICIA STUTLER, d. Lives in Sebring,Florida; m. JERRY SINKLER; b. Lives in Sebring,Florida; d. Lives in Sebring,Florida.
iii.VALDA LEE STUTLER, d. Lives in Edon,Williams County,Ohio; m. JOHN COLBART.
iv.REBECCA STUTLER, d. Lives in Angola,Indiana; m. LAWRENCE CURTIS.
v. DONNA LOU STUTLER.
vi.JOHNNY DALE STUTLER.

Family

teresaolah1 — 2011-03-09 03:58:06Z

Looking for info on the Freeds, Holberts and Richards of calhoun county West Virginia..Any help will be appreciated. My grandparents were Bessie Viloet and James Franklin Freed.

Sioux Indian connection

gloriaspinler18 — 2011-02-20 22:45:05Z

Looking for the Sioux Indian connection to a Dennis James Freed/Fried/Friedt. son of James Freed/Fried-Louisa Esther Metcalf-dau of Joseph LeRoy Metcalf-Hilda Emelia Peterson. Joseph LeRoy Metcalf son of Morris Duran Metcalt-Louise(a) Florence Huffman. Morris Duran son of Morris Willis Metcalf-Freelove Betsy Snyder dau of James William Snyder-Freelove Melissa Howe dau of Samuel Howe - Freelove Metcalf.
susposedly the Mannakandu or North Dakota Sioux were connected with Freelove Melissa Howe. Any help appreciated.
Gloria

Re: info on Jessie H. Freed of Virginia

hort99spec1 — 2011-02-20 20:54:48Z

Nikki, Jesse Howard (Bud) Freed is my Great Uncle. What would you like to know? I have all of his children & grandchildrens info. You can contact me at steve_freed@hotmail.com Your Cousin, Steve

Re:Brezer

beachaccess6 — 2010-12-29 15:04:48Z

The only thing I found was a marriage notice on the German Genealogy website and the name there is spelled Breser. Her father (unknown name) was born in Dresden, Germany. If I find anything, will let you know and you please do the same.

Re: Freed family

beachaccess6 — 2010-12-29 15:02:53Z

No, wrong family. Mae Brezer was born in 1889.

Re:Brezer

terrileeb1 — 2010-12-29 11:21:44Z

I am also looking for info regarding the Brezer name. There seems to be very little. My grandfather was John Robert Brezer of southwest Indiana. Either around Terre Haute or Clinton, Indiana where my mother was born. He was an orphan, but his family name Brezer. Do you have any connection or information? Thanks!

Re:Brezer

terrileeb1 — 2010-12-29 11:21:42Z

Jacob Freed and Margaret Holdeman Yoder Freed

genealogist_1948 — 2010-12-09 23:23:26Z

To Allen Fredrickson and any other Freed/Holdeman researchers this is a complete and unabridged transcription taken from the Holdeman Family History book 1, Second Generation pg. 107-110.
Margaret Holdeman was married in November 1827 to Samuel Yoder, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1804 and was the son of John and .....(Kauffman) Yoder. The John Yoder family had moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1818. It has been said that the first time Samuel Yoder saw Margaret Holdeman he said, "I will have her for my wife; if not, it will not be my fault." They lived in Columbiana County, near Leetonia, Ohio. He died in November, 1835, at the age of 31 years. He is buried in the Leetonia Cemetery.
Margaret Holdeman was married the second time November 19, 1836 to Jacob Freed, born June 11, 1796 in Rockingham County, Virginia, the son of Jacob and Mary (Beidler) Freed of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who had moved to Rockingham County, and later returned to Pennsylvania, settling this time in Fayette County. Jacob Freed was seven years old when his parents returned to Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood.
While still a young man Jacob Freed came to Ohio on horseback, and purchased a farm in the heavy forest land of Paint Township, Holmes County, near Winesburg. He cleared the ground, and planted apple seeds from which he raised several orchards of choice fruit. Some of the grafts were later brought to Indiana. On March 15, 1821 Jacob married Anna Freed, who died May 25, 1834; they had two sons, John and Andrew Freed.
Jacob and Margaret (Holdeman, Yoder) Freed moved from Holmes County to Wayne County, Ohio, and on September 13, 1844 bought from Thomas Cook a parcel of land consisting of eighty acres. It was the north half of the southeast quarter of section four in Chester Township, and the deed was signed in the presence of William Carlan and Christian Holdeman.(ref: Harvey S Rutt, History of Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio, p. 138)
In the spring of 1851 Jacob Freed came to Indiana with the Weldys, who moved out at that time, to invest in land; he then returned to Ohio, and in the autumn of the same year the entire family came by teams and wagons, in a colony comprising eighteen persons, and were twelve days on the way. The roads were swampy and spongy, and chills and ague were the dread of the country. On the way some people would tell him that he could not get through certain places for there was no bottom. One man said there were holes so that the wagon would go down 'gasock'. Others said that they had better get their coffins made first, but in the face of all these remarks Jacob Freed journeyed on with his caravan until the destination was reached.
They settled in Locke Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, and purchased a pioneer farm one and one-half miles south of Wakarusa, on which was a little log cabin about eighteen by twenty feet in size. It was in the month of October when they arrived, and there was no barn on the farm except a small shed; there were also several log cabins scattered about, but there was not sufficient protection for stock from the cold winter blasts that were fast approaching. It was therefore necessary to build a barn that fall yet, and consequently the cutting of the great trees began at once. There was luckily a saw mill one mile west on the Asher Lockwood farm, making the distance comparatively short for the hauling of logs and building material. In a short time a substantial barn was erected, which was long a relic on the farm where Arthur Weldy now lives. Later the log house was displaced by a more commodious frame house. The eighty acre farm in Wayne County, Ohio, had in the meantime, on September 11, 1852, been sold to Peter Howman.
On October 13, 1852 Jacob Freed had purchased the southwest quarter of section one in township thirty-five (Locke), and also the north one-half of the southeast quarter of section two in the same township, for $1900 from Joel and Mary Farley. Margaret Freed purchased on July 30, 1853 from Joseph and Charity Pittman for $500 the north half of the south half of the southeast quarter of section two in Locke Township. These tracts of land were located one and one-half miles south of Wakarusa.
The neighbors were very sociable in those times. A particular instance of this was when men with ox teams would gather together in what they called a logging bee, and helped each other roll the immense logs on jam piles to burn.
The Longstreet school stood on Frank Clay's farm, but later one fourth mile east from where it was most recently located, and was called the Basswood schoolhouse. Before the rural schoolhouses had been built, the children went to school in the village then called Salem, now Wakarusa. The township road between Olive and Locke, however, was not yet laid out.
On Sunday the family forded the Baugo through the woods to the Holdeman Church, or went through the woods, over streams and ditches, and past the stone quarry to the Yellow Creek Church. They went in a wagon, and sometimes the greater part of the family did not even have a spring seat.
Christiana Freed Landis, a daughter of Jacob and Margaret Freed, from whose writings some of the information on Jacob Freed has been taken, has written reminiscences of the early days, and told how they used to get lost in the dense forest and wander around, thinking they were going straight ahead, but found the mark of a fallen tree or some other object, that they came back to the same place they had been before. She writes: "My father and I went nutting one day when I was a very small girl. We got our sacks full of nuts, then father said, 'Sis (as I was then called), I am lost; can you find the way home?' I said, 'Oh yes, this is the way home', and I took the lead. We came to a clearing, but father said he had never seen this place, so he took another course and came to our clearing. Whe he saw the buildings he couldn't believe it was our home until he saw the boys at work in the field. In those days the cattle were turned loose in the woods with bells on. These bells could be heard for several miles and were the means of finding the cattle. If the fellow who went after the cows stayed too late, a dinner horn was blown or a tree hit with a sledge, so they could find the way home. Generally the fellow would follow the cattle, which always took the right course for home."
Shortly after his marriage to Margaret Holdeman Yoder, Jacob Freed was ordained to the ministry, and was for more than thirty years a minister of the Gospel in the Mennonite Church. After coming to Indiana he was one of the ministers at the Holdeman congregation. During the last five months of his life he suffered much, and was compelled to sit in his chair day and night. It was said that in all his afflictions he murmured not, but showed great patience and resignation to the will of God. He died April 1, 1868, aged 71 years, 9 months, 21 days.
Margaret Holdeman Yoder Freed was connected with the church in Elkhart County, Indiana, almost from the time of its first organization, and in all the trials and sorrows through which the church passed, and through the perilous times of dissention, and division, and falling away, the Lord preserved her, and enabled her to stand faithful to her trust in God, her home church, and her conference. She was an able and zealous defender of Bible truth and the doctrines of the church, and was always ready with a word of instruction and comfort in trial. When it was possible for her to attend the church services her place was never vacant. She was indeed one whose life to all appearance deserves more than a passing notice, and probably no sister in the church in Elkhart County was so well and so widely known.
She was one of those mothers in Israel whose work never seems finished; yet we have the blessed assurance that her dying words were a true expression of the condition of her soul, when she said, "I am now ready." She lived in widowhood nineteen years. After a lingering sickness of twelve weeks, she died May 30, 1887, aged 77 years, 4 months, and 13 days. She was buried in the Olive graveyard, where an unusually large number of relatives and friends assembled to attend the funeral services which were held by Amos Mumaw, Peter Y. Lehman, and John S. Coffman. At the time of her death she had 8 surviving children, 76 grandchildren and 67 great-grandchildren.

Re: Colonial Friedt Families

FredricksonSr — 2010-12-07 20:35:31Z

The story by Barbara Freed are in her words and she uses phrases we are not familiar with but we can understand her meaning. It can be found in a book written by Francis E Shaw 1921 called FRANCIS E Shaw and Other Related Matters, and it starts on page 295 and ends on page 361
There is a lot more to her story. I only copied a few interesting sections but there is a lot more describing daily life and other weird beliefs and problems her family struggled with.

Re: Colonial Friedt Families

genealogist_1948 — 2010-12-07 16:12:36Z

I haven't found Christiana's story yet. I'm sure it is packed away somewhere here. If I don't find it soon, I will go to the library and make another copy of it to post. What was the source of her story? If I recall correctly, Christiana's story was from the Holdeman Family History book.

Re: Colonial Friedt Families

FredricksonSr — 2010-12-07 15:18:20Z

John & Elizabeth Freed’s 3rd child, Barbara Freed, who married Jacob Messimore, articulated most of this story about her family. These are basically her words as transcribed by Francis E. Shaw. 1921 The items in parentheses were added.
John and Jacob Friedt traveled in a western schooner wagon pulled by four horses. They spent many restless nights in camp caused by the snapping, snarling and howling of the wolves.
Leaving Richland Twp, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, John and Elizabeth Freed, with their first child, Abraham, moved to (Rockingham Co.,) Virginia (either crossing or) passing down the Susquehanna river on the way. They settled about thirty miles south of the falls of Bull Run (Called Bull Creek at that time).
Here is a snake story told to the Freed’s by neighbors, which has been handed down by them for Posterity: Once upon a time a bull snake tried to pass up over the falls; and try as it might, it only got half way up. Being either afraid to return back down, or so determined to reach the summit that it remained at about that height, making a doleful bellowing noise that could be heard a great way off; and from this incident, the creek derived it’s name.
In Virginia John and his family resided on a farm, in a log house having a porch at one side. At the end of the porch was a room. The building, it was claimed, was haunted. They were told that sometime prior to when the they lived in the house, it had been occupied by a German liquor dealer who, it was claimed, defrauded his customers, for which he was supposed to have been compelled after his untimely death to return to the house and haunt it.
When the weather changed for rain or snow, a noise could be heard at night in the room at the end of the porch where he had kept his liquors. It sounded as if somebody was tapping on a barrel.
Another concern was the Freed children declared something jerked the covers from them at night while in bed in the loft; and finally refused to sleep there unless the parents slept there too.
Then the eldest son, Abraham, declared he saw a man of German appearance on the porch looking in at the kitchen window, and from where he was in the kitchen, he noticed that the phantom wore a red flannel shirt.
Being discontented they went back to Pennsylvania and settled in a county in which Jacob’s Creek flowed through their farm. (Jacob’s Creek is part of the boundary between Westmoreland and Fayette County.) During freshets (deluge of rain causing a flood) the creek often destroyed part of their crops, and if some of those happened to be cut, they were swept down the swollen channel. This was sport for the children but sorrow for the parents.
Still not being contented, and the territory west of the Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky river having been formed into a state called Ohio, John Freed decided to locate here and try his fortune in these wilds, So in the winter of 1811, John left his home on horseback for Ohio in search of land.
He was about five and a half feet tall, and slender; he had black hair, gray eyes and a long pointed nose, and a brave determined disposition, which showed when he set forth over newly cut pathways through forests, into a state sparingly settled, which he never had seen. Some of his food and part of the grain for the horse was carried in a saddlebag astride the horse. Very often when night came on and there was no house near, he camped by a fire he built to keep warm by and to keep wild animals away.
Upon arriving in West Twp., Columbiana County, after inspecting other lands along his route, he selected the northwest quarter of section fourteen, containing only one hundred fifty nine and six hundred acres, which he entered on his way home at the land office at Steubenville, 30 December 1811; and for which he supposed he had received a valid patent but it was defective. (He ended up with land in New Alexandria, Columbiana Co., Ohio.)
He was absent from his home in Pennsylvania about four weeks, during which period his family did not know if he was alive, or whether he had been killed by wild animals or met death in some other way.
The next fall John Freed accompanied by his two sons, Abraham and Henry, and James Waite (a neighbor’s son) came to Ohio in a Western Schooner drawn by four horses. It had a linen top and the English pattern dished wheels held in place by lynch pins. The Wagon bed was deep and higher at the ends than the sides, and painted dark blue. It had a small tool box annexed to the outside of the front. The lid of the box sloped toward the wagon tongue. A hasp and padlock protected the tools from burglars. When feeding their horses, the feed box rested on the wagon tongue, near the wagon box, with a horse on each side of the tongue, but hung at the back of the wagon when traveling.
Arriving at their destination, we think they left their horses and wagon at John Smith farm, who’s land joined Freed’s on the north and whose acquaintance they formed.
John, his two sons and James Waite soon had a hut built of poles and bark on Freed’s land where they lived till they had cleared land for their spring wheat and other spring crops.
While here they shot deer, wild turkeys, and other game, enough to keep them in meat, which the wolves scented. It made it necessary for them to keep fires around the camp at night to stay them off, as they became so bold that they bounded against the door and also gnawed it, trying to get inside to get at the meat. Many a restless night was passed in this camp caused by the snapping, snarling, and howling of the wolves, not knowing what minute they might break into the hut and kill them.
While preoccupied with clearing land, John Freed engaged Mr. Jacob Lower, who resided on section 2, to build a good sized hewn log house, to be ready for us and our family to move into in the spring. When the land was finally cleared and ready for planting, they went back to Pennsylvania with the wagon to prepare to move the family when spring came.
When the time arrived to move, the Freed family placed what few things they possessed into the wagon and hitching their four horses, two abreast, they left for their new home. Their sons taking turns driving the cattle along the back of the wagon. Nothing broke the monotony of their long and tiresome journey, except for the wild game they chanced to see or hear in the forest, that is until they began crossing the Ohio river at the ferry at Pittsburgh. The family with their goods, wagon and cattle, along with the boat’s crew, being all the flat (Bottom) boat (sometimes called broad horn) could handle at one time, they left their large black dog named “Major” to wait until the boat came back. As soon as the crew had pushed the boat some distance from land with their punt poles, Major jumped into the river and overtook the ferry boat and attempted to board the boat but was driven away by the crew. By several attempts he finally got partly on board. Which caused the boat to begin to tip and sink at that point, which caused the passengers to panic and the cattle to break loose and jump over the rail into the water. The dog was finally driven off, the boat righted itself, and a safe landing made on the Ohio side, where as the cattle were eventually rounded up onto the Ohio side.
When they finally were ready to continue the trip, it was about sundown. Notwithstanding, they resolved to leave as many miles between them and the river as they could, before camping for the night. Before they had gone far, they discovered they were being followed by three men who were acting suspiciously. When the men came in speaking distance, Abraham asked them what they wanted, and told them they had plenty of guns in the wagon, which they would use against them, if they continued the pursuit much farther. From that time on they followed slower till the Freed’s lost sight of them in the darkness that was settling throughout the forest.
They soon arrived at New Alexander Twp., arriving at John Smith’s home after dark. Smith being of a benevolent disposition, invited them to spend the night there and accompany them to their new home in the morning and assist them in unloading the wagon and setting the house in order. A friendly tie formed among the two families after that.
The house stood north and south and had a door at the east and west sides. Puncheon floors, a stone fireplace, mortared stick chimney, and a clapboard roof staid in place by weight poles which were kept in apart by knees which got their support from the eave-bearers. (Her words) The loft was entered by a ladder in one corner of the kitchen. The jams, built of stone, were used to keep the fat lamps and cooling utensils on when not in use.
The Freed’s being very industrious, soon had medium sized logs hauled together, then calling a logging bee, had a barn built. Not a bank barn. With the front to the north. It stood southeast of the house.
When John Freed came to Ohio to live he shaved off his beard by using his ax for a mirror, which he kept polished for that Musa Paradisiaca.
Wild game of various kinds prowled about their doors. Wild turkeys came into the yard in the winter to gather up the crumbs that was shaken from the table cloth.
Hoop, rattle, copperhead and many other species of snake super-abounded. Buckskin and homespun was worn and none of the children received new shoes before Christmas. John was a man who exercised great discipline in his family. A horn was blown for dinner and every-one responded promptly and only Dutch was used in family discourse. John Freed was a Whig.
All of John Freed’s families births were kept by memory, as John had burned the family Bible during the war of 1812 so the army could not know what males were in the family to draft into the army.
Shortly after arriving in Ohio Abraham Freed was sent in to the forest on their farm by his parents to gather the cows, when he was bitten in one of his legs by a rattlesnake. The family not knowing what to do, took the boy to the spring west of the house and stood him in it and made frantic efforts to wash the venom out of the wound till the water was very bloody and the boy almost frozen, and writhing in pain. The limb kept swelling and the swelling increased up the leg. Finally they carried him into the house and placed him in bed, where he was left to his fate. The news soon circulated among the settlers and Mr Ross, (a herb doctor) heard of the accident and started for the Freed’s to see the boy. By the time he arrived it was near midnight. As quick as he saw the condition of the boy who was moaning and screaming from pain, he ordered the family to quickly get him some fresh sweet milk, while he went into the door-yard (back yard) and gathered some plantain (musa paradisiaca) and horehound leaves. Of each of these he took a handful and steeped them in the milk. When done, he tied the herbs on the wound and gave the boy part of the milk in which the herbs were simmered to drink. The swelling had by this time reached the boys body (the whole leg) and made it heard for him to breathe. It was not long after Mr Ross applied the treatment till the boy felt better and fell asleep from which he did not awake till about daylight. The family were so glad over what Mr Ross had done that they felt scarcely able to thank him sufficiently for it. Had Ross not come Abraham would have died before morning.
When Abraham Freed reached his majority (full height) he was five feet three.
It was a practice among the pioneers of West township to select two persons in their vicinity and have them go from cabin to cabin disguised as Pelt Nick and Kriss Kringle on Christmas Eve. The origin of this practice leads back to the time when the Bishop of Myra, who died in A. D. 326 left money at the window of a poor widow the night before Christmas.
On a Christmas Eve, as pre-arranged by Mr. And Mrs Freed, while they were sitting by the fire by the fire place, in came Pelt Nick and Kriss Kringle. The latter carried apples, home-made cakes, and chestnuts in a sack, and was garbed in female attire, and wore a mask and flax wig. Pelt nick wore a flax wig and a man’s garb, and had on a mask resembling the head of a horse. From what represented to be the mouth of this mask a strip of red flannel protruded about three inches to represent a tongue. Pelt Nick carried a whip. After entering the Freed Cabin, they went to where the children were asleep, awakening them. As Pelt Nick stood at the side of John who was fast asleep, he drew the red flannel tongue across his face to arouse him. On opening his eyes and seeing Pelt Nick, it frightened him so he did not know what to do, when his parents told him to get up quick and help his brothers and sisters who were already up, gathering up the gifts which Kriss Kringle was busy scattering over the floor. While the children were deeply engaged gathering up the presents, Pelt Nick hit John a light stroke on the back, which startled him, so that he commenced backing away from Pelt Nick in the direction of the fireplace, and had it not been for his father catching him, he would have walked backwards right into the fire.