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Oscar Wilhelm Freed

Birth	:	6 Oct 1855 Sweden
Death	:	25 Apr 1928 Essex, Page County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Essex Cemetery, Essex, Page County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8358002, -95.2818985
Plot	:	Lot 206
Description	:	Oscar W. Freed was born October 6, 1855 in Bjalbo, Ostergood, Sweden. He married Josephine Anderson on November 24, 1881. He died April 25, 1928 in Page County, Iowa at the age of 71 years, 6 months, 19 days. Oscar and Fina had 5 sons and 3 daughters, Victor Emanuel, Frand Arvid Theofilus, Albin Nathaniel, Alice Theodora Hultine, Hilda Marie, Paul Gottfried, Carl Harold, and Mildred Josephine Lindquist. They had another daughter either still-born or lost soon after birth named Matilda. F630 Freed, Oscar W., b 06 Oct 1855 Sweden; d 25 Apr 1928 Ex; wed 1881 Josephine Anderson; i Ex.... Read More	Oscar W. Freed was born October 6, 1855 in Bjalbo, Ostergood, Sweden. He married Josephine Anderson on November 24, 1881. He died April 25, 1928 in Page County, Iowa at the age of 71 years, 6 months, 19 days. Oscar and Fina had 5 sons and 3 daughters, Victor Emanuel, Frand Arvid Theofilus, Albin Nathaniel, Alice Theodora Hultine, Hilda Marie, Paul Gottfried, Carl Harold, and Mildred Josephine Lindquist. They had another daughter either still-born or lost soon after birth named Matilda. F630 Freed, Oscar W., b 06 Oct 1855 Sweden; d 25 Apr 1928 Ex; wed 1881 Josephine Anderson; i Ex. CH 30 Apr 1928 Oscar W. Freed, living on Section 6, Tarkio Township, is well known as a representative farmer of that locality, and that his fellow townsmen regard him as one worthy of public trust is indicated in the fact that he is now serving as a member of the board of county supervisors. He was born in Sweden on the 6th of October 1865, and is the son of Andrew and Anna Freed. The father was a soldier of Sweden, serving in the standing army in that kingdom for thirty-three years. Both he and his wife are now deceased. Oscar W. Freed was reared at home, acquiring his education in the public schools of his native land, which he attended until fourteen years of age, when he faced the responsibility of business life, starting out upon a course that has eventually led him to success. The path that he has followed has not been a devious one for throughout the intervening years his undivided attention has been given to farming and kindred interests. He was first employed at farm work by the year but feeling that there was little future for him in his native land when compared with the opportunities offered in the new world, he bade adieu to friends, family, and country when twenty years of age and crossed the briny deep to the United States. Page County was his destination and in that year he arrived in Hepburn, where he worked by the money for three or four years. His diligence and industry enabled him to command good wages, which he carefully saved until he felt justified in starting out in farm life for himself. He first rented land and in 1880 purchased a farm of one hundred and forty acres in Nodaway township. Immediately afterward, he located thereon and made it his home until the spring of 1893, when he sold that property and purchased his present farm, a fractional quarter section of section 16, Tarkio Township. He has since resided thereon and is busily employed in cultivating the soil, raising the various crops best adapted to climatic conditions here. He also owns four hundred acres in land in Miner County, South Dakota. He had made a business of general farming, in which he has been very successful and for several years he has been feeding from one to three carloads of cattle yearly, his live stock interest being an important source of revenue to him. He is also vice president and one of the directors of the Farmers Savings Bank of Essex. In 1881, Mr. Freed took to his home as his bride, Miss Mary J. Anderson, of Douglas Township, Page county, but a native of Sweden. The children of this marriage are eight in number; Victor, who is assistant cashier of the Farmers Savings Bank of Essex; Frank, who follows farming in Miner County, South Dakota; Albin, also a farmer of Miner County; Alice, Hilda, Paul, Harold, and Mildred, all at home. The parents are members of the Swedish Lutheran Church, in the work of which they are deeply interested, Mr. Freed serving as one of the deacons. He votes with the republican party, which he has loyally supported since becoming a naturalized American Citizen. For some years he has been recognized as an influential factor in local politics and served for three terms as township trustee and in other minor offices. In 1906 he was nominated and elected a member of the county board of supervisors and received hearty endorsement for his official service in that capacity in his reelection in the fall of 1908, his second term beginning January 1, 1910. Citizenship is to him merely no idle farce and there is no native son of America more loyal to the stars and stripes. While he does not seek to become widely known in politics, in his home locality he never hesitates to do what he can for his party and the community at large and has made a most creditable record through his devotion to the public good.

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Oscar Wilhelm Freed's memorial is located at: Essex Cemetery, Essex, Page County, USA.
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Oscar Wilhelm Freed death on 25 Apr 1928 in Essex, Page County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.8358002
Longitude: -95.2818985

Family Members:

Spouse

Mary Josephine “Fina” Anderson Freed

(1859 - 1953)

Children

Victor Emanuel Freed

(1882 - 1957)

Paul Gotfried Freed

(1893 - 1972)

Carl Harold Freed

(1895 - 1977)

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