Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Freeman
1850 - 1931 (80 years)
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Photos John Freeman
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Name John Freeman Alternate birth 18 May 1841 [1] Birth 6 Jun 1850 Kentucky 
[2, 3, 4] Gender Male Alternate death 18 Jan 1928 [5] Death 18 Jan 1931 Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky [4, 6, 7] Burial Wofford Cemetery, Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky [7] 
Siblings2 siblings Person ID I10679 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 24 May 2020
Father Joel Terrill Freeman, b. 1813, Kentucky d. 1873, North Carolina (Age 60 years) Mother Mary Sego, b. 1811, Kentucky d. Apr 1855, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age 44 years) Family ID F6503 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Teresa "Tacy" Allen, b. 3 Jan 1857, Campbell County, Tennessee d. 15 Feb 1934, Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky (Age 77 years) Marriage 1876 Whitley County, Kentucky Children 1. Martha Freeman, b. 1877 d. May 1955, New Richmond, Clermont, Ohio (Age 78 years)2. Mary Jane Freeman, b. 27 Feb 1880, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 22 Oct 1932, Kayjay, Knox, Kentucky (Age 52 years)3. Joseph Freeman, b. 2 Mar 1882, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 15 Jun 1967, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age 85 years)4. Luther S. "Luke" Freeman, b. 1 Dec 1884, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 25 Feb 1971, Bell County, Kentucky (Age 86 years)5. Benjamin Harrison Freeman, b. 22 May 1887, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky d. 22 Sep 1959, Kitts, Harlan, Kentucky (Age 72 years)6. Fannie Freeman, b. Dec 1890, Kentucky 7. Edward McKinley Freeman, b. 8 May 1893 d. 10 Jul 1979, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age 86 years)8. Artie Mae Freeman, b. 5 Dec 1896, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 5 Jun 1970 (Age 73 years)Family ID F84 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Nov 2014
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Notes - The birth and death dates of 18 May 1841 and 18 Jan 1931 are on his tombstone at Wofford, but this stone was erected well after his death; it was the opinion of both Joan Van Syckle and Nancy Jonckheere that both of these dates are wrong. Nonetheless, notwithstanding the sources that have him dying in 1928, he was recorded as alive and living with his family in the 1930 census, so we're going with the presumption that the death date on his tombstone is more correct than not.
(We also have a 1984 letter from Nancy Jonckheere to Jeannette Hayden claiming that John Freeman's actual birth year was 1857, but we think she revised her opinion since then.)
Libby Freeman Spieth, quoted by "Dolores1630" on ancestry.com, says that sometime soon after 1870, "my gr-grandfather John went to Elk Valley TN. He managed a lumber business for my other gr-grandfather Jasper Newton White (Newt) and that is also how he met my gr-grandmother Teresa Allen. They returned to Whitley." Of interest since both John Freeman and Jasper Newton White are among PNH's direct ancestors as well (great-great grandfathers, in his case).
Relationships between John Freeman and Jasper Newton White:
GG-grandfather John Freeman (1850-1931)
* managed a lumber mill for GG grandfather Jasper Newton White (1848-1909)
* Jasper Newton White married, as his third wife, Mary Ann Freeman (1855-1928), sister of John Freeman
* John Freeman's daughter, G-grandmother Mary Jane Freeman (1880-1932) married Jasper Newton White's son by his second wife, G-grandfather Alfred Franklin White (1880-1952)
It's also notable that John Freeman's brother William Freeman married Rachel Allen, sister of John Freeman's wife Teresa Allen. Libby Freeman Speith says that John Freeman met Teresa because he moved to Elk Valley to work for Jasper Newton White, which is entirely plausible since Teresa was born there, or in Campbell County at any rate. Possibly William Freeman also worked for Jasper Newton White, or just as possibly, he met his wife Rachel Allen through his brother's marriage to her sister Teresa Allen.
- The birth and death dates of 18 May 1841 and 18 Jan 1931 are on his tombstone at Wofford, but this stone was erected well after his death; it was the opinion of both Joan Van Syckle and Nancy Jonckheere that both of these dates are wrong. Nonetheless, notwithstanding the sources that have him dying in 1928, he was recorded as alive and living with his family in the 1930 census, so we're going with the presumption that the death date on his tombstone is more correct than not.
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Sources - [S1049] Tombstones of John and Tishia Freeman, Wofford Cemetery, Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky, transcribed by Joan Van Syckle., date only.
- [S61] Descendants of James Freeman., month and year only.
- [S4024] 1930 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year only.
- [S3611] Find a Grave page for John Freeman.
- [S61] Descendants of James Freeman.
- [S4024] 1930 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., shows him alive in 1930.
- [S1049] Tombstones of John and Tishia Freeman, Wofford Cemetery, Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky, transcribed by Joan Van Syckle.
- [S1049] Tombstones of John and Tishia Freeman, Wofford Cemetery, Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky, transcribed by Joan Van Syckle., date only.