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David Erwin Freeman

Birth	:	9 Jan 1808 Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	24 Mar 1896 Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.5006905, -97.7605362
Description	:	David was the son of William and Lucinda Irwin Freeman. Age at death was 87 years, 2 months and 5 days.∼The Muscatine Journal (Muscatine, IA) March 30, 1896 DAVID EARL FREEMAN was born at Butler, Pa., Jan. 19, 1808. The family tradition is that his ancestors came over on the Mayflower. His grandfather was killed in one of the skirmishes with the British around Boston before the revolution. His father crossed the mountains and settled in Western Pennsylvania before the year 1800. David E. Freeman, while yet a young man, became a conductor on... Read More	David was the son of William and Lucinda Irwin Freeman. Age at death was 87 years, 2 months and 5 days.∼The Muscatine Journal (Muscatine, IA) March 30, 1896 DAVID EARL FREEMAN was born at Butler, Pa., Jan. 19, 1808. The family tradition is that his ancestors came over on the Mayflower. His grandfather was killed in one of the skirmishes with the British around Boston before the revolution. His father crossed the mountains and settled in Western Pennsylvania before the year 1800. David E. Freeman, while yet a young man, became a conductor on the first Pennsylvania railroad. He came to Muscatine April 4, 1843. He was truly a pioneer. For many years he was employed by Thos. Isett to conduct a brick yard. Old settlers will remember him as having charge of the work of constructing the old Graded road, now Park Avenue. In 1848 he purchased off Thos. Isett the farm on the Island, to which he removed in 1853, which was till his death his home. In 1846, he returned to his native city and married Mary Campbell, who preceded him to the grave more than thirty years ago, after which he remained a widower. Five children survive him, being Mrs. Lucy Adams, of Fruitland; Mrs. Mira Klaiss, on the Island; Mrs. A.C. Craddock of Louisa county; J.C. Freeman, also of the Island and Wm C. Freeman, of New York City. In politics, Mr. Freeman early identified himself with the Free Soil party. Having spent a few years in the south, he saw the curse of slavery. His sympathies and aid were always with the fugitive slave, who, with his eye on the North Star and a description of the house and the man, where he would find a friend who, with the assistance of the late S.P. Hopson, would put him across the river, on his way to Canada and freedom, while others who professed to be Christians were hunting them to return them for a paltry reward. He was in at the birth of the Republican party and voted at every election except the last, because the managers of the party in Iowa were bowing down to the saloon. He was for more than fifty years a reader of the JOURNAL, and only a few weeks ago said it had always been right on every great moral question except one editorial in the campaign of 1852, opposing W.H. Seward's famous position in favor of a "Higher Law'' than the fugitive slave law. His religion, like that of his old neighbor, Stephen L. Foss, lasted seven days in the week, and was governed by one rule, "do unto others as you would be done by," and his daily life was a living exemplification of that rule. The Sunday evening preceding his death, on hearing read from the life of the Poet Whittier his words on immortality: "I do not positively assert immortality. I do not reason about it or try to prove it; but I perfectly trust that there is a life beyond more spiritual than this and of more perfect adjustments, because I entirely believe that the power which placed us here , and is over all life, is one of perfect justice and love." He said "that is my belief." Could anything be more beautiful? J.C.F.

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David Erwin Freeman's memorial is located at: Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian County, USA.
When did David Erwin Freeman death?
David Erwin Freeman death on 24 Mar 1896 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 35.5006905
Longitude: -97.7605362

Family Members:

Spouse

Mary Jane Campbell Freeman

(1823 - 1865)

Children

Nelson Freeman

(unknow - 1863)

Fred Freeman

(1849 - 1866)

Sarah Jane Freeman Craddock

(1857 - 1958)

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Coordinate: 35.6035660, -97.6375620

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Coordinate: 35.5372200, -97.5863310

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Coordinate: 35.6152000, -97.6215000

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