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 HBRRINGSHAW S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Bridgeton, N.J. During the civil war he attained the rank of captain. In 1893-99 he was justice of the Illinois appeal court. In 1898 he was president of the Chicago literary club. He has lectured on medical jurisprudence in Rush medical college. He is now judge of the Illinois appellate court at Chicago. He is the author of The Town Meeting in Illinois; Military Essays and Recollections; and Some Battle Recollections of Stone River.

Freeman, Horatio Augustus, sculptor, arwas born Aug. 28, 1826, in England. She is the wife of a noted Canadian painter. Her principal works are The Prince in the Tower; Culprit Fay; and many others. She is an expert carver on marble fronts and chimney pieces in both wood and marble. 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 He died on Nov. 14, 1835, in Newton, 1832. tist,

Mass.

Freeman, James C, planter, congressman, was born April 1, 1820, in Jones county, Ga. In 1873-75 he was a representative to the forty-third congress.

Freeman, James Edward, painter, artist, in 1808, in New Brunswick, N.J. His principal works are genre and portrait painting. Among his noted paintings are An Indian Girl; The Beggars; Young Italy; and many others. He is a fellow of the national academy of design. He died on March 21, 1884, in England. Freeman, James Edwards, clergyman, author, was bom July 24, 1866, in New York In 1894 he was ordained deacon; and City. in 1895 he became priest. He is the author of Men and Mechanisms; and other works. Freeman, James Midwinter, clergyman, author, was born in 1827 in New York; and since 1872 has been assistant editor of Sunday school and tract publications of the Methodist book concern at New York City. He is the author of Illustration in Sunday-

was born

'

School Teaching; Handbook of Bible Manners and Customs; Short History of the English Bible; and Book of Books. He died in 1900 in Morristown, N.J.

Freeman,

Joel

Francis,

financier,

was

born Oct. 12, 1836, in New York City. In 1857 he became a cashier for Hussey and McBride; and in 1863 formed partnership with Hussey, Austin and Cannon, general commissioners. In 1876 he was an assistant to William Rockefeller in the financial and business affairs of the Standard oil com.-

pany

of Ohio.

Freeman, John Charles, soldier, educator, diplomat, was born Feb. 14, 1842, in Lisle, N.Y. He served throughout the civil war; and in 1864 became captain of the flirst regiment New York veteran cavalry. In 1864

and in 1868-74 he was assistant professor of Greek at the university of Chicago; was professor of latin in 1874-78 and since 1879

has been professor of English literature at the university of Wisconsin. In 1900 he was United States consul at Copenhagen; and since 1901 has been United States minHe died July 30, 1890, ister to Denmark. in Madison, Wis. Freeman, John D., congressman, was born In 1851-53 he was a reprein New Jer.sey. sentative from jMississippi to the thirtyHe died in Mississippi.

second congress.

Freeman, John Joseph, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 7, 1855, in Germany. In 186996 he was judge of the New York superior In 1896 he became an associate juscourt. York for tice of the supreme court of the first district.

New

congressman, was Freeman, Jonathan, born in 1745. In 1797-1801 he was a representative from New Hampshire to the In 1789-97 he fifth and sixth congresses. was a state councilor. He died in 1808.

Freeman, Joseph Edwin, capitalist, lawwas born Feb. 14, 1876, in Unity, Maine. For three years he was an accountant in the United States treasury department. He has been engaged in banking; and is a pracyer,

He ia ticing attorney of New York City. president of the Seashore municipal railroad company; and a director of several other corporations. Freeman, Mrs. Julia teur, author,

was

bom

S.

Wheelock,

littera-

Oct. 7, 1833, in JUo-

rain county, Ohio. In 1862 she entered the Union army as a visiting and distributing agent for the Michigan soldiers' relief association; and remained to the close of the civil war. In 1865-73 she was a clerk in the treasury department at Washington, D. She was the author of Boys in White, C. a history of her war experiences. She died in 1900 in Springfield, Mo.

Freeman, Mrs. Mary E. Wilkins, author, was born in 1862 in Randolph, Mass. She was educated in her native city; and at Mount Holyoke seminary. She is the wife of Dr. Charles H. Freeman. She is a writer of poems and short stories for magazines. She is the author of A Humble Romance; A New England Nun; Young Lucretia; Jane Field; The Love of Parson Lord; The Heart's Highway; The Portion of Labor; Understudies; Six Trees; The Wind in the Rose Bush; The Givers; Doc Gordon; By the Light of the Soul; Giles Corey; Jerome; Pembroke; Madelon; Silence; also Evalina's Garden; and other stories. Freeman, Nathaniel, soldier, physician, congressman, was born April, 1741, in Dennis, Mass. He performed various services in the legislature; and was a brigadier-general of militia. He was also a judge of probate for forty- seven years; and a judge of

poet,