Morgan County AlArchives Biographies.....Freeman, H. S. 1838 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 January 8, 2012, 3:45 pm Source: See below Author: Smith & De Land, publishers H. S. FREEMAN, manufacturer, Decatur, Ala., son of Gurdon and Lucinda (Baker) Freeman, natives of Connecticut, was born in Saratoga County, Conn., September 15, 1838. He lost his parents when about nine years of age. His education, in the common schools and academy, was obtained as the result of his own determined effort. He worked on the farm in the summer to acquire means wherewith to attend school in the winter. At the age of nineteen, he began operating a sawmill, and has since conducted saw-mills, gristmills, paper-mills and planing-mills in various places. When the war broke out, he was prospecting at Detroit, Mich., and there recruited a company for service in the Federal Army. During the war, his health failed him, and in 1864, be came to Nashville in search of a better climate. Subsequently he engaged in lumber business at Jackson, Tenn., and in 1870, located in Decatur, where he has since resided. Captain Freeman is regarded as one of the substantial and influential citizens of Decatur. He is still interested in the milling business, and is an extensive stockholder in nearly all the corporations and institutions which have been projected for the development of the town. He was married in August, 1865, to Miss Rachel K. Southerland, a daughter of Frank Southerland, of Jackson County, Ala. They have one child. Olive O. Mrs. Freeman is a member of the Baptist Church. Captain Freeman has been an alderman ever since he has lived in Decatur. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART IV. MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA, TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/morgan/bios/freeman1027gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb