Biography of John Freed, pages 566 / 567.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John Freed, one of the prosperous framers of Fairfield Township, was born in 
Columbiana County, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1825, a son of Peter and Hannah (Miller) 
Freed. When he was four years of age his parents moved to Stark County, 
Ohio. Where he was reared and educated, attending the district school.  He 
remained with his parents till nearly twenty-four years of age, and Jan. 21, 
1849, married Analiza Huet, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Huet.  In 1852 he 
moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and bought a tract of unimproved land in 
Fairfield Township, which he had improved and is now a fine farm.  He owns 
120 acres all under cultivation, except thirty acres of woods, and his 
improvements are among the best in the county.  Mr. Freed has been a hard-
working man, and has earned his property by industry and frugality.  He is a 
public spirited, benevolent citizen, and assists with both time and money 
every laudable enterprise.  In politics he was originally a Whig, but now 
casts his suffrage with the Republican party.  He is, as was also his wife, 
a member of the German Reform Church.  To them were born nine children 
seven of whom are living---Lucinda, wife of Peter Gonser, of this township; 
Elizabeth, wife of Byron McEndarfer; Lydia Ann, wife of Joseph Huet, of 
Smithfield township; Alice, wife of Oliver Stoter, of Smithfield Township; 
John A., Mary Ada, and William B.   Peter and Joseph are deceased.  Mrs. 
Freed died may 27, 1885, aged fifty-five years, seven months and thirteen 
days.

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