Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Freed, William D.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Richland Township A-M


   WILLIAM D. FREED boot and shoe manufacturer, P.O. 
Richlandtown, was born in 1835.  John, the father (son of 
Henry and Catharine Freed), and Hannah, the mother (daughter 
of David and Susanna Walp), died respectively in 1879 and 
1873.  They were both natives of this township, and to their 
union were born five children:  Henry W., Julian, William 
D., Charles E., and Reuben J., all of whom are now living.  
Our subject married Sarah Ann, daughter of Enoch and Sarah 
Biehn, in 1865.  They are the parents of seven children, all 
living:  Hannah L., Harvey Milton, John Enoch, Ida 
Catharine, Sarah Anna, Minerva Irene, and Charles William.   
At an early age William D. commenced to learn the shoe and 
boot-making trade of his brother Henry.  After his 
apprenticeship had expired, he worked at his trade, and 
continued farming until 1861, when he engaged in business 
for himself in this township. In 1868 a partnership was 
formed by the admission of his brother, Charles E., the firm 
name being W. D. Freed & Bro.  In April, 1874, another 
brother was admitted to the firm, and the establishment was 
known as Freed Brothers.  It is a noted fact, and worthy of 
no little commendation, that unity, brotherly confidence and 
goodwill have always existed. Mr. Freed is a member of the 
Reformed church of this place.