Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Freeman, Joseph C. 1836 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  JOSEPH C. FREEMAN, wagon-maker, Palestine, was born September 1, 1836, in
Adams County, Ohio, a son of James Freeman, who learned the wagon-maker's trade
in Pittsburgh, Penn., and who in after life became a local Methodist minister.
He was joined in matrimony to Miss Lydia Shay; she was the mother of eighteen
children, nine boys and nine girls; she is now living in Vanceburg, Ky. Seven of
the boys learned the wagon-maker trade; and the members of this large family
were good citizens in their respective communities. Mr. Joseph C. Freeman went
to school in Jacksonville and Rome, at which latter place he learned the trade
of wagon-maker, and when he was twenty years old he went to Natchez, Miss.,
where he worked most of his time till 1860, when he went home to Rome, Ohio, and
in June the next year he enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Ohio Infantry, Company D,
and was honorably discharged at the end of the three years' term. In the winter
of 1864, while home on a furlough, he was married to Miss Sarah Beach, who was
born in 1840, in Adams County, Ohio; her parents were John and Sarah Beach. She
is the mother of seven children, five boys and two girls; those now living are
Frank D., Kate C., Walter and Oscar. Mr. Freeman came to Palestine, Ill., in
October, 1865, where he has followed his trade. He is identified with the
Republican party, yet is independent. He is a member of the "Alfred Harrison
Post of the G. A. R."  His oldest sister, Mary, married James Ellison, who,
while defending his property near Nauvoo from the Mormons, was taken prisoner by
them and condemned to be shot. He effected his escape, but died from exposure
after reaching a place of safety.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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