Biography of Henry Freed, page 566.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Henry Freed, farmer and stock-raiser, Fairfield Township, was born in Stark 
County, Ohio, June 28, 1842.  His father, Peter Freed, was born in Shenandoah 
County, Pa., and was a son of John Freed, a native of York County, Pa., of 
German descent.  When Peter was nine years of age he accompanied his parents 
to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he was reared, and in 1819 married Hannah 
Miller, a native of that county, daughter of Anthony and Susan Miller.  
After there marriage they settled in Stark County, where eleven children 
were born, of whom our subject is the youngest, six of whom are living.  
His wife died in 1861, and in 1864 he came to De Kalb County, and has since 
made his home with his son Henry.  Henry Freed was reared and educated in 
his native county, and was there married Aug.2, 1863, to Barbara Haynes, a 
native of Stark County, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Heinum) Haynes.  The 
following fall he moved to De Kalb County and settled on the farm where he 
now lives, which contains seventy-eight acres of improved land.  He and his 
wife have had a family of nine children, eight of whom are living---Peter 
L., Jonathan, Samuel, Alvin, Mary, William H., Martha, and Emma E.  One 
died in infancy.  Mr. and Mrs. Freed are members of the Mennonite church.  
In politics he is a Republican.  His father was originally a Whig, but has 
voted with the Republican party since its organization.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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