Butte-Solano-Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Freer, Leon D. 1845 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

    HON. LEON D. FREER.—L. D. Freer was the son of Peter Freer, for several
years sheriff of Butte county. He was born at Home, Oneida county. New York, May
31, 1845. At the age of ten years he came to the coast and lived with his father
in Butte county. He received his education at Benicia and Oakland, worked in San
Francisco in 1864-65, and then returned to his home in Oroville. In 1867,
desiring to turn his attention to the law, he commenced the study of that noble
profession, which has given to the country four-fifths of her statesmen, and by
patient application was enabled in 1869 to be admitted to practice both in the
supreme court of the state and the district court. At this time sickness
prevented him from entering into active life, and three years were spent in
recovering his health. In 1872 he commenced to practice. He was elected district
attorney of Butte county in 1875, and held the position for two terms, during
which time his name became widely known because of his able prosecution and
conviction of the Chico rioters and murderers of 1877. In 1880, Mr. Freer formed
a partnership with Judge T. B. Reardan, formerly district judge of Nevada
county, for ten years. Reardan & Freer still continue to enjoy a large and
lucrative practice in Butte county. Mr. Freer represented Butte county in the
legislature of 1881, being a member of the assembly. Politically he is a
democrat. In November, 1874, he was married to Miss Clara G. Helms, which union
has been blessed by three healthy children. Mr. Freer holds the honorable
position of deputy grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in
May, 1882, will become grand master of the state. Personally he is a man of fine
physique, possessing unusual talent of high order and an engaging and attractive
style. His genial manners have made him popular, not only among members of his
own political faith, but within the lines of the republicans as well. The record
he made is without blemish, and his name is being spoken of in connection with
future congressional honors.

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HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,
IN TWO VOLUMES.

I.
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850.
BY FRANK T. GILBERT.

The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California.
Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. 
The Discovery of Gold in California.
BY HARRY L. WELLS.

II.
HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY,
From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. 
BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS.

BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS.
HARRY L. WELLS,
517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
1882.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in
the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

FRANCIS, VALENTINE & Co., Engravers & Printers
517 Clay St., San Francisco

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