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James D Freeman

Male 1841 - 1926  (84 years)

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  • Name James D Freeman  [1, 2] 
    Born 27 Sep 1841  Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Male 
    Funeral
    • held at the home of his daughter Mrs. Marion Sanford on Bridge Street. The services were performed by Rev. E. B. White, pastor of the United Brethren Church. The Funeral director was Charles. L. Wood.
    Informant of Death
    • his son, Sanford Freeman
    Residence 1850  Not Stated, Louisa, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1860  Jackson, Jackson, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Milit-Beg 1861  [8] 
    • Jackson County, Ohio
    Obituary

    • Taps Sound For Three Veterans of Days of '61

      Allen Washburn, Rev. Robert Farmer and James D. Freeman are Called by Death
      ________

      ....
      James D. Freeman Found Dead at the Home of His Son Near Carshops Saturday Evening
      ____________

      ... James D. Freeman, aged 84, of Jackson, a member of the Seventy Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

      First to answer the call was James D. Freeman, whose body was found at the home of his son "Pony" Freeman Saturday evening. The son left his father in apparent good health Saturday eveing to go down to buy groceries. When he returned he found his father had expired of a heart attack.

      Funeral services were held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Marion Tripp on Bridge street at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. E. B. White, pastor of the United Brethren Church officiating. Burial was made at the Exline graveyard by Funeral Director Charles L. Wood.

      The Jackson Herald, Wednesday, March 24, 1926.
    Reference Number 171 
    Residence 1870  Jackson, Jackson, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1880  Harrison, Vinton, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence Jun 1890  Jackson, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1900  Wellston Ward 4, Jackson, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1910  Coal, Jackson, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Residence 1920  Coal, Jackson, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Buried 1926  Exline Cemetery, Jackson, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Died 20 Mar 1926  Jackson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Notes 
    • per della census father born virginia
      mother ohio
      James D. Freeman was my Great Great Great Grandfather he served as a Private in the Ohio 73rd Infantry, Company G, in the Civil War. He volunteered for service on the 19th of November 1861 for a term of three years. He received an Honorable discharge on the 19th of December 1865.

      On the 30th of August in 1862, James Freeman was engaged in the Second Battle of Bull Run in Virginia, he received a gun shot wound to his right hand and caused loss of his index finger.

      In a general affidavit in his pension file dated 14 January 1898, he said " I am the claimant and have the honor to state that i enlisted November 1861 and was captured on the 12 August 1862 at Brantsville, Virginia and contracted stomach trouble while in Prison. I was released from prison 16 December 1862." He was captured by confederate soldiers and sent to Libby Prison for 4 Months.

      In a general affidavit dated 23 December 1898 he stated, " I was in no hospital until after i came from Libby prison where I was confined from over 4 months, when i go out, I was more dead than alive and was sent to Annapolis Maryland."

      He seems to have recovered as he married Mary Anderson, daughter of William and Delilah Jordan Anderson, on 1 February 1865 in Raysville, Vinton County, Ohio by John Swaim, as listed in probate files. They went on to have seven children and lived their lives in Jackson and Vinton counties in Ohio.

      His pension file Surgeon records lists he was 5 feet 71/2 inches tall and 145 pounds. He was dark complected with brown eyes and dark hair.

      In 1912 he was listed as a resident of Chapman, Jackson County Ohio. Throughout his pension file you can read how his health steadily deterriorating through the years. In 1923 he stated he was living with his grandson in Coalton, Ohio and his doctor, A.G Ray wrote in a report he was partially blind, had cataracts in both eyes and had defective hearing, was feeble, suffered from Vertigo and fell down often, atlhough he was able to dress himself he was unable to button shirts due to the gun shot injury on his right hand.

      James D Freeman died on 20 March 1926. He was buried at Exline Cemetery on the 23 March 1926.

      listed as Flemming on 1870 Census in Ohio, Jackson, Jackson, page 10
      http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7163&path=Ohio.Jackson.Jackson.10&sid=&gskw=James+Knighton&cr=1
    Person ID I171  new
    Last Modified 10 Aug 2009 

    Father Joseph Freeman,   b. 1814, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1888  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Barbara A Knighton,   b. 1814, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1904, Ray, Jackson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 14 Jan 1835  Louisa County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary E Anderson,   b. 17 Nov 1846, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1917, Coal Twp, Jackson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 01 Feb 1865  Jackson, Jackson, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Andrew J. Freeman,   b. 03 Nov 1865, Jackson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1944, Waterloo, Athens County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +2. Celista Fidelia"Della" Freeman,   b. 15 Sep 1867, Ray, Jackson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Feb 1948, Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +3. James Lyn Anderson Freeman,   b. 12 Sep 1869, Jackson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1932, Marion, Franklin County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     4. William R Freeman,   b. Abt 19 Sep 1871, Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Sep 1873, Jackson, Jackson Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     5. Addison Dayton Freeman,   b. 17 Aug 1876, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1929, Logan, Hocking County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     6. Sanford David Freeman,   b. 06 Aug 1877, Jackson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1947, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +7. Virgil J. Freeman,   b. 06 Sep 1877, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1918, Barberton, Summit County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     8. Hattie D Freeman,   b. Sep 1886,   d. 28 Sep 1966, Marion, Marion, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
    Family ID F112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    73oh monument at gettysburg    		73oh monument at gettysburg

    Histories
    Military History of James D. Freeman    		Military History of James D. Freeman

    Census Records
    1920jamesfreemanchalmerstripp    		1920jamesfreemanchalmerstripp

    Death Certificate
    James D. Freeman Death Certificate    		James D. Freeman Death Certificate

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: Wellston Ward 4, Jackson, Ohio; Roll: T623 1289; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 60.
      Name: James D Freeman
      Birth: abt 1843
      Virginia
      Residence: 1900
      Wellston Ward 4, Jackson, Ohio

    2. [S188] Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2001.Original data - See extended description for original data sources listed by county.Original data: See extended description for original data sources listed by county.), Name:.
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ohmarr&h=109146&ti=0&indiv=try

    3. [S16] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870.
    4. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls.
    5. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T132, RG29, 13 rolls. Jackson, Jackson, Ohio, post office Jackson, roll 1226, page 63, image 126.

    6. [S180] Obituary.
      see exhibit

    7. [S92] Death Certificate.
      see exhibit

    8. [S13] 1850 US Fed Cen, Ancestry.com, (National Archives and Records Administration, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Year: 1850; Census Place: Not Stated, Louisa, Virginia; Roll: M432_957; Page: 389; Image: 455.
      Name: James Freeman
      Birth: abt 1843
      Virginia
      Residence: 1850
      Not Stated, Louisa, Virginia

    9. [S14] 1860 US Census, Ancestry.com, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2009).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860.M653, 1,438 rolls. Jackson, Jackson, Ohio, post office Richmondale, roll M653_992, page 216, image 433.

    10. [S19] 1890 Veterans Schedules, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1890 Veterans Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1890.M123, 118 rolls. Coal, Jackson, Ohio, ED 106, roll 68, page 1.

    11. [S95] Death Notice, (Zanesville Newspaper), The Jackson Herald, March 24, 1926.

    12. [S18] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Year: 1880; Census Place: Harrison, Vinton, Ohio; Roll: T9_1074; Family History Film: 1255074; Page: 74.1000; Enumeration District: 186; Image: 0331.
      Name: James Freeman
      Birth: abt 1844
      Virginia
      Residence: 1880
      Harrison, Vinton, Ohio

    13. [S20] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Jackson, Ohio, ED 60, roll T623 1289, page 19A.

    14. [S22] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006).
      Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178 rolls. Coal, Jackson, Ohio, ED , roll T624_1197, part , page .

    15. [S26] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Year: 1920; Census Place: Coal, Jackson, Ohio; Roll: T625_1401; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 68; Image: 22.
      Name: James Freeman
      Birth: abt 1844
      Virginia
      Residence: 1920
      Coal, Jackson, Ohio

    16. [S92] Death Certificate.