John Sedwick Freeland (1826 - 1922)

Born 7 Aug 1826 in Spencer, Owen, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Lindsay) Freeland — married 12 Feb 1857 in Paris, Edgar, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1922 at age 96 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

John Sedwick Freeland was born August 7, 1826 in Spencer, Owens County, Indiana – the son of Thomas Freeland and Rebecca Priscilla Sedwick. He moved to Illinois in the Spring of 1946.then moved to Monmouth, Shawnee County, Kansas in 1854. He built a home on his homestead that same year and by 1883 he had 160 acres of timber, pasture land for his cattle and pigs and land where he raised oats. John served on the local school board many of the years that he lived there. February 12 1857, he married Mary Jane Lindsey in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. John and Mary had 10 children with 9 of them living to adulthood. Twins Heston Henry and Harriet A were born in 1857, Martin Luther in 1860, Lyra Rebecca in 1861, Mary Roxanna in 1863, Lydia Lindsey in 1865, Benjamin Franklin in 1867, John Sedwick Jr in 1869, May Elizabeth in 1871 and Julia Rowena in 1874. Sometime between 1900 and 1910 John and Mary followed the families of their daughters Lydia and May to Kingfisher, Oklahoma where the resided until they passed away. John Sedwick Freeland passed away at the age of 96 on October 16, 1922 and Mary Jane Lindsey Freeland passed away at the age of 91 on February 10 1924. They are both buried at Kingfisher Cemetery in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. John Sedwick Freeland joined the 2nd Kansas Militia in October 1864 to aid in defending Kansas from the the Confederate Army. He was captured by the Confederate Army at Locust Grove, but during the confusion he was mistaken for a Confederate soldier and was able to escape.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJB-7SC : 12 April 2016), John Freeland, Kansas, United States; citing p. 5, family 33, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,941.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5L-LLF : 12 August 2017), John Freeland, Monmouth, Shawnee, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 17, sheet 246D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0397; FHL microfilm 1,254,397.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYL-RCV : accessed 13 August 2017), John L Freeland, Monmouth Township, Shawnee, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 12A, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,500.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQH-YFV : accessed 13 August 2017), John S Fruland, Kingfisher Ward 1, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 84, sheet 6B, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1256; FHL microfilm 1,375,269.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJM7-MCV : accessed 13 August 2017), John S Freeland, Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 232, sheet 1A, line 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1467; FHL microfilm 1,821,467.

• Illinois marriage index

• Kansas State Settlers

• Kansas Census records

• Findagrave https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16862433

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