Biography of Edmund Freeman, pages 650 / 651.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Edmund Freeman was born near Clarksburg, W. Va., Oct, 22, 1813. His parents 
William and Nancy Freeman, were early settlers of Richland county, Ohio, 
locating there in 1820.  His father died Sept 12, 1827.  Mr. Freeman was 
reared a farmer, but being a natural mechanic has given considerable 
attention to carpentering and mill work.  He was married Sept. 14, 1832, to 
Martha Dancer, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, born June 5, 1817, a 
daughter of John and Elizabeth Dancer.  In March, 1830, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman 
and Mr. and Mrs. Dancer came to De Kalb County.  Mr. Freeman bought the farm 
on section 30 known as the Miller farm where he has since lived.  He owns 
fifty-nine acres of choice land, and his residence and farm buildings are 
models of architecture.  In addition to the homestead Mr. Freeman has other 
land in different parts of the county.  To Mr. and Mrs. Freeman have been 
born thirteen children, eleven of whom lived till maturity---Nancy Jane, 
deceased, married George Essig; Elizabeth, wife of Henry Myers; Julia, 
wife of Owen Hensinger; Rosan, wife of Amos Hilkey; Louisa, widow of John 
Bowen; John, married Elizabeth Bailey; Caroline S., wife of Madison De 
Pew; Alexander, married Mary Cornell; James, married Mary Hilkey; George, 
married Miss Bowen; Edmund H., married Mary Ricklewall. The eldest and 
youngest died in infancy.  Mr. Freeman was reared in the Methodist 
Episcopal church, and since 1830 has been an active member of the 
society.  In politics Mr. Freeman is a Republican, but in local elections 
sets aside political differences and votes for the man he considers the 
most fitted for the place.  Mr. Freeman’s grandfather, Samuel Freeman, 
bore an honorable part in the war for the independence for the colonies.

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