James M. Freeman, Fulton County, was born in Weakley County, Tenn., 
March 6, 1833, and is the second of six children born to Richard R. and 
Aplona (Morris) Freeman. The parents were natives of North Carolina and 
were of Irish descent. Both families settles in Weakley County, Tenn., in 
an early day - the father's parents in 1819 and the mother's in 1825. 
   Subject was reared on a farm and lived with his mother until he became 
of age, his father having died in 1848. Our subject enlisted in September 
1861, in the First Confederate Cavalry (Kentucky), Col. H. C. King. 
Among the battles in which he participated were Perryville, Murfreesborough,
Tuscumbia, Nashville and Selma, Alabama. At the last named battle he was 
captured, but was paroled the following May, at Columbia. 
   Returning home he engaged in farming until 1869, when he open a saloon 
at Pierce. After running this two years he sold out and opened a grocery store. 
In 1873 he came to Fulton, where he has since been engaged in the grocery 
business. In 1883 he purchased a saw mill and is now sawing limber for the 
railway company. Commencing with almost nothing he has now amassed 
quite a little property, including a farm near Fulton, one storeroom and five 
houses and lots. March 6, 1870, he was married to Miss Josephine Brakefield, 
of Robertson County, Tenn., a daughter of Ephraim and Sarah Brakefield. The 
parents were natives of Alabama and came to Tennessee in an early day. Five 
children have blessed this union, viz.: John T., Maggie R., Minnie S., Mary E. 
and Sallie A. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman are members of the Baptist Church.

Histories and Biographies of Ballard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman,
McCracken and Marshall Counties, Kentucky
A Reprint of Part II of: Battle, J. H., W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin. 
Kentucky: A History of the State. First Edition. Louisville, Chicago: 
F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1885.