STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1903, page 1, column 6

MARTHA (LOWER) FREED, 25 May 1825 - 09 Sep 1903

   Martha Freed was born at Chambersburg, Columbiana county, Ohio, 
May 25, 1825, and died Sept. 9, 1903, at the ripe old age of 78 
years, 3 months and 15 days.
   At the age of 22, she became the wife of Peter Freed, and 
removed with him to DeKalb county, this state, in 1852, where they 
remained until 17 years ago when they came to Steuben county, which 
has since been their home until her recent death.  To the before 
named union there were born seven children, 4 daughters and 3 sons.  
Of these, 3 daughters survive:  Mrs. Mattie VanAuken, Chicago; 
Angeline, wife of Hampton Miller, Angola, and Sarah, wife of R. T. 
Dunkin, Ashley.  There are five grandchildren and one great 
grandchild.  Born of Dutch Lutheran parents, she was reared in this 
faith, and although not a member of a church after coming to 
Indiana, she was always ready to witness by word of her trust in 
Him to whom we hope to go.  She was a true, devoted wife, a 
sacrificing, loving mother, a kind helpful neighbor, and a 
sympathetic faithful friend.  During her recent illness of several 
weeks, she suffered greatly, but was patient, many times 
reasserting her faith in God and expressing her willingness to go 
to Him.  Her sympathy and a solicitude for others were expressed in 
her wakeful hours by faithful inquiry concerning their health, even 
to the last.  Mother Freed, loved by all and missed by those who 
knew her best, closed her eyes in sleep, and while she slept was 
kissed by Death and shall we trust awake to be with God.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Martha (Lower) Freed, 25 May 1825 - 09 Sep 1903, on 28 Jan 1848, 
married Peter Freed, born about 1821, no other information.
   Daughter, Angeline (Freed) Miller, 1852 - 1908, married Hampton 
Miller.  She is buried at Pleasant Lake, no information on Hampton.
  
"History of DeKalb County, Indiana - 1885" page 577, biography of 
Henry Freed.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990", by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. 2, page 1263.
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