Freeman, Chapman – Frelinghuysen, Theodore
Freeman, Chapman
naval officer, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 8, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa. He entered the navy as assistant paymaster in 1863. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress; reelected to the forty-fifth congress as a republican.
Freeman, Chester Hayden
educator, lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 28, 1822, in Williamstown, N. Y. He has been very prominent in educational affairs; has been county superintendent of schools in New York and Michigan. He has attained success as a lawyer of Bay City, Mich., where he has been justice of the peace and prosecuting attorney of his county.
Freeman, Daniel
capitalist, philanthropist, was born June 30, 1837, in Canada. He is now the owner of the Freeman block in Los Angeles, and is connected with the Continuous Brick Kiln company. During 1892-95 he was president of the local chamber of commerce.
Freeman, Dossie C
poet, was born Feb. 24, 1872, in Bainbridge, Ohio. He is the author of a number of meritorious poems.
Freeman, Florence
sculptor, was born in 1836 in Boston, Mass. In 1862 she opened a studio in Rome, where she has spent her professional life. She has executed several bas-reliefs of Dante; a bust of Sandalphon; The Sleeping Child; Thekla, or the Tangled Skein; and several chimney-pieces, one of which, Children and the Yule Log and Fireside Spirits, was at the centennial exhibition in Philadelphia, in 1876.
Freeman, Fortunatus
sea-captain, was born in England. He came to the United States at an early age, first commanded vessels sailing from Baltimore, and was subsequently commander of the ships Sea, Marmion, Resolute, Guy Mannering, and Silas Wright, all of New York. He died July 22, 1874, in New York city.
Freeman, Frederick
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1800 in Sandwich, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman and educator who was a presbyterian minister in the earlier portion of his career. He was the author of History of Cape Cod; Annals of Barnstable County; Freeman Genealogy; and Civilization and Barbarism illustrated by Especial Reference to Metacomet and the Extinction of his Race. He died in 1883 in Sandwich, Mass.
Freeman, George Washington
protestant episcopal bishop, was born June 13, 1789, in Sandwich, Mass. He was elected missionary bishop of Arkansas and the Indian Territory, and was consecrated in St. Peter's church, Philadelphia, in 1844. He died April 29, 1858, in Little Rock, Ark.
Freeman, James
clergyman, author, was born April 22, 1759, in Charlestown, Mass. He was the first clergyman in the United States to bear the name unitarian.
His Sermons and Charges were published in 1832. He died Nov. 14, 1835, in Newton, Mass.
Freeman, James C
planter, congressman, was born April 1, 1820, in Jones county, Ga. He was elected to the forty-third congress, serving on the committee on land claims.
Freeman, James Midwinter
clergyman, author, was born in 1827 in New York. He is a methodist clergyman of New York city who published many books for children under the pseudonym Robert Ranger. Other works of his include Illustration in Sunday-School Teaching; Handbook of Bible Manners and Customs; Short History of the English Bible; and Book of Books.
Freeman, John D
congressman, was born in New Jersey. He removed to Mississippi; and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.
Freeman, Jonathan
congressman, was born in 1745. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1797 to 1801; and from 1789 to 1797 was a state councilor. He died in 1808.
Freeman, Nathaniel
soldier, physician, congressman, was born April, 1741, in Dennis, Mass. He performed various services in the legislature and as a brigadier-general of militia. He was also a judge of probate for forty-seven years, and a judge of the common pleas for thirty years. He was a member of congress from Massachusetts from 1795 to 1799. He died Sept. 20, 1827, in Sandwich, Mass.
Freeman, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, author, was born June 15, 1743, in Portland, Maine. He was a member of the provincial congress in 1775; of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1776 and 1778; and in 1775, on the reorganization of the courts, was appointed clerk, and held that office forty-five years. He was register of probate until commissioned judge in 1804, continuing until 1820; was postmaster of Portland from 1776 to 1805; and an efficient friend of Bowdoin college. He published The Town Officer; The Massachusetts Justice; and Probate Directory. He edited the Journal of Rev. Thomas Smith in 1821. He died Sept. 2, 1831, in Portland, Maine.
Freeman, William
farmer, manufacturer, lawyer, was born Nov. 17, 1822, in Portland, Maine. During 1861-68 he was deputy collector for the port of Cherryfield, Maine; and was also inspector for measuring vessels. During 1880- 85 he was a member of the Maine legislature. He has held various offices of trust in his town, county and state; and since 1891 has been a member of the Farmers' National congress, under appointments and commissions from the governors of Maine; and is the vice-president of that body for the state of Maine; and for two years was its treasurer. He has been a successful lawyer, manufacturer of lumber, and is now interested in agricultural pursuits. While deputy collector of customs he seized a blockade runner in the employ of the confederacy.
He is the author of a work on the life and services of his grandfather, Samuel Freeman. com-
Freeman, William Grigsby
soldier, was born in 1815 in Virginia. He was chief of staff to Gen. Scott, manding the army headquarters at New York. He was brevetted major in 1847, and lieutenant-colonel in 1848. He died Nov. 12, 1866, in Cornwall, Pa.
Freeman, William L
physician, surgeon, legislator, was born Sept. 3, 1856, in Page county, Iowa. He has attained eminence in his profession in the state of Washington at La Center; and in 1897- 98 served with distinction as a member of the state legislature.
Freer, Charles H
elocutionist, poet, was born Jan. 14, 1849, in Washington county, Wis. He is a painter and decorator of Blue Earth, Minn. Most of his writings are of an elocutionary style, composed purposely for recitations and character speaking.
His poems have received extensive publication in the periodical press. In 1892 appeared a volume of his poems from the press of the American Publishers' association, entitled The Missionary, which has received high praise from the press and public generally. Charles H. Freer is often called the poet-soldier, and is a universal favorite of the old veterans down in Blue Earth county, Minn. He is a fine elocutionist and recites some of his poems at public entertainments.
Freer, Frederick W
artist, was born June 16, 1849, in Chicago, Ill. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Munich, and has become distinguished as a genre and portrait painter.
Freligh, Louis Henry
composer, was born July 1, 1838, in Mechanicsville, N. Y. He is the author of about fifty piano pieces and songs; and is a successful pianist of St. Louis, Mo.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 13, 1753, in New Jersey. He was captain of a volunteer corps of artillery at the battles of Trenton and Monmouth, and it is said that it was he who killed Rhalle, the Hessian commander at Trenton. He was a senator in congress from 1793 to 1796. He died April 13, 1804.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick the- Odore
lawyer, United States senator, was born Aug. 4, 1817, in Millstown, N. J.
He was appointed attorney general of New Jersey in 1861, and reappointed in 1866. He was subsequently appointed a senator in congress from New Jersey to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the senate for the term ending in 1875. He was again re-elected to the senate for the unexpired term ending in 1877; and in 1881 was appointed secretary of state in the cabinet of President Arthur. He died May 20, 1885, in Newark, N. J.
Frelinghuysen, John
was born in 1727 in Three Mile Run, N. J. He undertook the education of young men for the ministry, and to his labors in this direction Queen's college, now Rutgers, is largely indebted for its establishment. He died in September, 1754, in Long Island.
Frelinghuysen, John
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born March 21, 1776, near Millstone, N. J. For many years he was a member of the state council, and for fifteen years was surrogate of his county. During the war of 1812 he was promoted brigadier-general. He died April 10, 1833, in Millstone, N. J.
Frelinghuysen, Theodore
lawyer, United States senator, was born March 28, 1787, in Millstown, N. J. He was attorney general of New Jersey from 1818 to 1829; a presidential elector in 1829; and a senator in congress from New Jersey from 1829 to 1835. He was chancellor of the university of New York from 1839 to 1850. He was the candidate of the Whig party for vice-president upon the ticket with Henry Clay; and in 1850 was elected president of Rutgers college, where he officiated until his death. He died April 12, 1862, in New Brunswick.