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 FREEMAN

FRELINGHUYSEN

John C. Freeman served as captain in the 1st N.Y. veteran cavalry and as inspector-general in the cavalry corps in the civil war. He was graduated from the University of Michigan A.B., 1868, A.M., 1871; from the Baptist Union theo- logical seminary, Chicago, B.D., 1871 ; wasassoci- ate professor of Greek in the University of Chicago, 1872-74;; professor of Latin, 187-lr-77; and of history and English literature, 1877-79. He accepted the chair of English literature in the University of Wisconsin in 1879. He was married in 1870 to Emma, daughter of Horace and Julia A. Belden of New York city. The University of Chicago conferred ujJon him the degree of LL.D. in isso.

FREEMAN, Nathaniel, representative, was born in Dennis, Mass.. April 8, 1741; son of Ed- mund and Martha (Otis), grandson of Edmimd and Keziah (Pressbury), great-grandson of Ed- mund and Sarah, great^ grandson of Edmond and Margaret (Perrj-), and great^ grandson of Ed- mond and Elizabeth Freeman, who came from England to Saugus, Mass., in 1633. Nathaniel studied medicine and in 17G.i removed to Sand- wich, Mass. , afterward studying law with James Otis. During the war of the Revolution he was colonel of militia in the expedition to Rhode Island in 1778 and was brigadier-general of mili- tia, 1781-93. He was a representative in the 4th and oth congresses, 1794-98; a judge of the pro- bate court for forty seven years and of the court of common pleas for thirty years. He published A Chnrije. to the. Grand Jury at Barnstable (1802). He died in S.andwich, Mass.. Sept. 20, 1827.

FREEMAN, Thomas J., juri.st, was born in Gibson county, Tenu., July 19, 1827. He attended an academy near his home, took up the studj' of law at Trenton, Tenu., and was licensed to prac- tise in 1848. At the beginning of the civil war he enlisted in the 22d Tennessee regiment and was made its colonel. He was wounded at the battle of Shiloh April 6, 1862, and after recover- ing from his wound served under General Forrest for the remainder of the war. After the war he practised his profession in Brownsville, Tenn. He was judge of the supreme court, 1870-86, and afterward became dean of the law department of the University of Tennessee. He died at the home of his .son in Dallas, Texas, Sept. 16, 1891.

FREER, Frederick Warren, painter, was born in Chicago, 111., June 16, 1849 ; son of Dr. Joseph Warren and Kathernie Fredericka (Gatter) Freer. He studied painting at the Royal acad- emy, JIunich, 1859-73 ; was made an associate member of the National academy of design, in 1887; a member of the American water color soci- ety in 1883 ; of the New York fencers' club in 1884 ; of the Salmagundi club in 1884, and of the New Y'ork etching club in 1885. He resided in New

York city, 1880-90, removed to Chicago in 1890 and taught painting in the Art institution of Chicago, 1893. He was married, June 16, 1886, to Margaret Cecilia Keenan. He became cele- brated for his pictures of beautiful women in oil and water color and as a painter-etcher. His works include: ^1 Lady in Black (1887); The Old Letter (1889); The Sisters (1889) and Consola- tion (1895).

FREER, Paul Caspar, educator, was born in Chicago, 111., March 27, 1862; son of Dr. Joseph Warren and Katlierine F. (Gatter) Freer; grand- son of Elias and Mary (Paine) Freer, and of Jo- hann Caspar and JIadeleine (Honold) Gatter; and a descendant of Thomas Paine who came from England in 1624, and of Hugo (Hughe) Frere, a Huguenot exile to Holland, who emigrated to New Amsterdam, settled at New Paltz on the Hudson river, and helj^ed to organize tlie Dutch cliurch there, Jan. 22-29, 1683. He was gradu- ated from the Rush medical college, Chicago, in 1882; assisted Dr. Perkin in Owens college, Man- chester, England, in 1887; was an assistant and an instructor at Tufts college. Mass., 1887-89, and became professor and lecturer on general chem- istry at the University of Michigan in 1889. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Munich in 1887. He is the avithor of : A Text Book of General Chemistry ; The Elements of Chemistry and numer- ous research pamphlets on chemical subjects published in the United States and Germany.

FREER, Romeo Hoyt, representative, was born in Bazetta, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1847 ; son of Josiah Dego and Caroline Persis (Brown) Freer; grand- son of Martin D. and Elizabeth (Dego) Freer ; and a descendant of Samuel Freer, and of Jonatlian Brown, lieutenant -colonel on the staff of General Washington. He was educated at Ashtabula county, Ohio, and at the Grand River institute, Austinburg, Ohio. He served in the Federal army, 1862-65, as private, and was private, ser- geant, cajjtain, major and colonel in the 1st regiment. West Virginia national guards. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and was assistant prosecuting attorney for Kanawha county, W. Va., 1868-70, and prosecuting attorne}', 1870-73. He was U.S. consul at Nicaragua, 1873-77, and a member of the state legislature in 1891. He was prosecuting attorney for Ritchie county, 1892-97; judge of the 4th judicial district, 1896-99; and a Republican representative from the fourth West Virginia district in the 56th congress, 1899-1901.

FRELINGHUYSEN, Frederick, senator, was born in Somerset county, N.J., April 13, 1753; son of the Rev. John Frelinghuysen (1727-84), a founder of Queens college. New Bninswick, N.J. ; and grandson of the Rev. Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuy.sen, founder Of the family in New Jer- sey, who emigi'ated from Freisland and settled