BIO:  Joseph S. Freeland, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Shrewsbury Township, Pg 173

JOSEPH S. FREELAND, farmer, was born in Baltimore County, Md., August 15, 1851.  His parents 
were Caleb and Sarah A. (Hendrix) Freeland, of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively, and of 
Scotch and German descent.  They had two children, a son and a daughter.  Like his ancestors, 
Joseph S. was brought up a farmer.  He was educated at Mechanicsburgh, Penn., and taught school 
for a while.  In 1867 he and his parents left Baltimore County for York County, and since that 
time he has lived upon a farm, which, for generations back, belonged to his ancestors.  In 1872 
he was married, in Baltimore County, to Edith Mackay, daughter of R. G. Mackay, of 
Pennsylvania, and of Irish-Scotch descent.  They have four children:  Helen, Clarence, Maud and 
Agnes.  The family belong to the Methodist Protestant Church, although Mrs. Freeland was 
brought up in the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Freeland was school director two terms, was a 
director for three years of the Shrewsbury Savings Institution, and is treasurer and one of the 
organizers of the New Freedom Cemetery Association.