The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Freifeld, George

FREIFELD, George, American judge: b. New York city, 1856; d. 17 Nov. 1917. Of German extraction, his father served in the Civil War. Freifeld was elected a municipal court justice in 1909, and was re-elected to the second district municipal court of Brooklyn in 1917 for a term of 10 years. For over a quarter of a century Freifeld was a prominent figure in Freemasonry; he was district deputy of the third district in 1906, and in 1914-15 was grand master of the Grand Lodge of Masons in the State of New York. He served 12 years as a member of the board of education, was a life member of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, and vice-president of the Manufacturers' Trust Company.