Biography of C. W. Freeburn, pages 949/950/951.  History of DeKalb 
County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914



C. W. Freeburn



	Among the citizens of Concord township, DeKalb county, Indiana, 
who have not only won by their personal efforts a fair share of this 
world’s goods, but also, because of their upright and honorable lives, 
the respect and esteem of the entire community, the subject of this 
sketch stand pre-eminent. He has at all times stood for the highest and 
best interest of the community and is regarded as one of the 
representative citizens of the township.

	C. W. Freeburn, who is a successful farmer and public-spirited 
citizen of Concord township, DeKalb county, Indiana, was born on 
September 8, 1842, in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and is the son 
of John E. and Matilda (Cooper) Freeburn, the former a native of 
Scotland and the latter of Virginia.  They are the parents of the 
following children: C.W., the immediate subject of this sketch; John, a 
resident of Ohio; Mrs. Matilda Boyer, who lives in the state of 
Washington; Mrs. Maria Burgead, of Michigan; D. A., of Butler, this 
county, and Lincoln E., who lives in Ohio.

	The subject’s early education was received in the common schools 
of his native state and Ohio, and at the age of about twenty-five years 
he came to DeKalb county, Indiana.  Here his first active efforts were 
in farming, but later he engaged in the livery business at Butler, 
which occupied his attention about two years.  He then went to 
Hamilton, Steuben county, Indiana, where he engaged in the drygoods 
business, but subsequently sold his interest there and moved to 
Newville, this county.  In April, 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil 
war, Mr. Freeburn promptly offered his services to his country, 
becoming a member of Company C, Eighth Regiment Ohio  Volunteer 
Infantry , for the three-months service.  At the end of his first 
period of enlistment he re-enlisted as a member of Company C, One 
Hundred and First Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he 
served for two years, when he was transferred to the scout service, in 
which he served until the close of the war.  He was a valiant and 
courageous soldier and performed much arduous service and endured many 
hardships in his earnest efforts to assist in the preservation of the 
National Union.  Since the war Mr. Freeburn has devoted his attention 
to farming and is now the owner of eighty-nine acres of splendid land 
in Concord township, this county, which he is cultivation with success 
and good results.  He is practical and painstaking in every thing he 
does, giving personal supervision to every detail of his work and the 
general appearance of his place is such as to reflect great credit on 
the owner.

	In 1881 Mr. Freeburn married Belle McMullin, the daughter of 
Albert and Elizabeth (Whitcomb) McMullin, the father a native of 
Ireland and the mother of Ohio.  To this union were born the following 
children: Mrs. Jessie F. Colburn, of Hicksville, Ohio; Mrs. Gail 
Resoner, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Briton B, who lives in the state of 
California; William, who makes his home with the subject; Opal also is 
at home, as is Mildred.

	Politically, Mr. Freeburn gives his earnest support to the 
Republican party, believing the principles advocate in its platform to 
be those most conducive to the highest interests of the America people.  
Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order and of the post of the 
Grand Army of the Republic, at St. Joe.  Personally, he is a genial, 
straightforward and hospitable gentleman, whom everybody honors and 
respects.  He has been a hard working man, and to his own personal 
efforts is attributable the success which he has enjoyed. Because of 
his earnest life and sterling character he has won and deserves the 
high standing which he now enjoys in the community where so many of his 
active years have been spent.



Submitted by:

Arlene Goodwin

Auburn, Indiana

Agoodwin@ctlnet.com