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James Bascome Freer

Birth	:	15 Apr 1843 Missouri, USA
Death	:	16 Jan 1924 Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial	:	Stanley Cemetery, Stanley, Buchanan County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.6371994, -91.8146973
Plot	:	Plot D Lot 009 Grave 02
Description	:	Los Angeles Times January 18, 1924 pg 10 Monrovian Forty-Niner "Goes West" "Uncle Jim" Freer Came over Old Truckee Route in Ox-Cart at age of 6. EL MONTE Jan. 17 - James Bascome Freer, pioneer resident of El Monte, known many years as "Uncle Jim," died at his home in Monrovia Wednesday, 81 years of age. Mr. Freer was 6 years of age when he came with his parents to California, so that he was a genuine forty-niner, and had lived in this State for almost three-quarters of a century. He was born in Missouri on April 15, 1843, and journeyed West in... Read More	Los Angeles Times January 18, 1924 pg 10 Monrovian Forty-Niner "Goes West" "Uncle Jim" Freer Came over Old Truckee Route in Ox-Cart at age of 6. EL MONTE Jan. 17 - James Bascome Freer, pioneer resident of El Monte, known many years as "Uncle Jim," died at his home in Monrovia Wednesday, 81 years of age. Mr. Freer was 6 years of age when he came with his parents to California, so that he was a genuine forty-niner, and had lived in this State for almost three-quarters of a century. He was born in Missouri on April 15, 1843, and journeyed West in 1849 in an ox-cart over the old Truckee route, the trip requiring five months. The family made its first settlement in Santa Clara county. In 1853, Mr. Freer came with his father on a prospect trip to southern California, and they were so favorably impressed that they moved with their family to San Gabriel Valley, where they, their children and their grandchildren have resided since. Mr. Freer was married to Miss Sarah Hoffer, daughter of another well-known pioneer family, on March 26, 1868, and leaves his widow and four children, Mrs. Ida Avis of Ramona Acres, Edridge Freer of Ojai, and Wallace and George Freer of Monrovia. "Uncle Jim" was a life-long member of the El Monte Baptist Church, established in 1858. Funeral services will be conducted at the Shakespeare Clubrooms, El Monte, tomorrow at 2 p.m., Rev. George Taylor of Los Angeles officiating. Interment will be in the old Savannah Cemetery.

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James Bascome Freer's memorial is located at: Stanley Cemetery, Stanley, Buchanan County, USA.
When did James Bascome Freer death?
James Bascome Freer death on 16 Jan 1924 in Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Latitude: 42.6371994
Longitude: -91.8146973

Family Members:

Parent

William H Freer

(1814 - 1902)

Zerelda Stucker Freer

(1824 - 1911)

Spouse

Sarah A Hopper Freer

(1850 - 1918)

Siblings

Hannah Jane Freer Dobyns

(1857 - 1889)

Children

Mary Jane “Mamie” Freer Miller

(1873 - 1931)

Eldridge Stucker Freer

(1882 - 1960)

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