Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Freer, Robert Elliott 1896 - 
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    Robert Elliott Freer, who is identified with the firm of Maxwell & Ramsey,
is one of Cincinnati's able young lawyers and a veteran of the great World war.
He was born at Madisonville, Ohio, January 30, 1896, and received his early
education in the public schools of Huntington, W. Va., and Columbus, Ohio. He
attended high school at the latter place, but completed his high school course
at the Hughes High School, Cincinnati, after which he pursued a literary course
at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He was graduated from the
Cincinnati Law School with the class of 1917, receiving his degree of Bachelor
of Laws when he was but twenty-one years of age, and began practice in May of
that year with the firm of Philip & S. C. Roettinger. Mr. Freer remained with
that concern until October, 1917, when he associated himself with Maxwell &
Ramsey, and was identified with this concern when the United States entered the
great World war. April 24, 1918, Mr. Freer enlisted in a machine gun battalion,
with which he went overseas in June, 1918, completing his training in the
Officers' Training School at Langres, France. He saw active service for several
months, and then was returned to the United States, being honorably discharged
from the service February 15, 1919. At the present time he is first lieutenant
of Company F. One Hundred and Forty-seventh Infantry, United States National
Guard, (Ohio). On his return to the pursuits of peace, Lieutenant Freer resumed
his connection and relation with the firm of Maxwell & Ramsey, with which he has
made marked progress. He enters into the preparation of cases with a
thoroughness and a breadth of view which have generally proved assurances of
success in the court room, whether the campaign is one of offense or defense. He
is a man of broad literary culture and keen practical insight, and as such is a
strong element in the continued advancement of his firm. Mr. Freer is one of the
leaders among the younger Republicans of his community and belongs to the North
Cincinnati Republican Club. He is likewise affiliated with the American Legion,
the Sons of the American Revolution, the Advent Memorial Club, the Phi Alpha
Delta Legal fraternity, Cincinnati Bar Association, and Lawyers' Club, and has a
number of social connections, with membership in the University and Elaine
clubs. His religious connection is with Knox Presbyterian Church, Hyde Park. Mr.
Freer was married October 27, 1919, to Miss Hazel Louise Davis, of East Walnut
Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Mr. Freer is a direct descendant of seven or eight
Revolutionary ancestors and comes from a long line of forebears who made history
on the battlefields and politically in 1917, Congress and on the Bench. The
Freer family were represented in every war this country engaged in and have
always been among the first to answer the call to arms. He is a son of the late
Guy M. Freer, who was formerly Traffic Manager of the Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce, Secretary of the Central Coal Association and President and
Ex-Secretary of the National Industrial Traffic League. His mother is May Dunlap
Freer, daughter of the late Robert Dunlap, former Cincinnati Banker and Broker.

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