William
Posey
Freeman
Born in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Nellie Ann Julip Freeman, Henry Columbus Freeman, George Howard Freeman, [private sister (1910s - unknown)], [private sister (1910s - unknown)], [private sister (1910s - unknown)] and [private sister (1920s - unknown)]
Husband of
Sybil Pearl Freeman
— married
10 Oct 1929 in Butler, Missouri, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Ella Maxine (Freeman) Wheeler and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at age 66
in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Aug 2010
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Biography
William Posey Freeman was born on March 4, 1912, in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri.[1] He was the son of George Freeman and Cora Agnes Bannon. At age 7, he was in his parent's home in Johnson, Ripley County, Missouri, along with his siblings, Columbus-15, Evelyn-5, Eunice-3, and Hazel-1.[2]
He married Sible Pearl Freeman (1913-1993) on October 10, 1929 in Butler County, Missouri.[3] They had 2 known children.
- Ella Maxine (Freeman) Wheeler
- Willie Pauline "Polly" (Freeman) Shindeldecker (1932-2006)[4]
At age 18, he was married to Syble-16, and working as a laborer for the Electric Light Service in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan.[5]
He Married Laverne Helen Zachary (1915-2015).
They were living in Benton Harbor, Michigan in 1954, where he was working as a Crane Operator.[6]
He died on January 24, 1979, at the age of 66 in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan,[7] and was buried in the North Shore Memory Gardens in coloma, Berrien County, Michigan.[1]
Name
- Name: William Posey /Freeman/
Birth
- Birth:
- Date: 04 MAR 1912
- Place: Poplar Bluff, Butler Co. MO
- Birth:
Death
- Death:
- Date: JAN 1979
- Place: Benton Harbor, MI
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Posey Freeman (4 Mar 1912–24 Jan 1979), Find A Grave: Memorial #93219369, citing North Shore Memory Gardens, Coloma, Berrien County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by okieskater (contributor 47266844) .
- ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census; 1920; Census Place: Johnson, Ripley, Missouri; Roll: T625_942; Page: 1A; Dwelling 8; Family 8; line 22-29 (26); Jan 2-3, 1920; Enumeration District: 177; Image: 405; Ancestry's 1920 Census Image
- ↑ Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002; Ancestry's Missouri Marriage Records Ancestry Record 1171 #5445230
- ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DSX1-7XZM : 7 April 2021), William Freeman in entry for Howard Shindeldecker, 1949.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQTR-1HQ : accessed 3 November 2021), William P Freeman, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 11A, line 46, family 268, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 976; FHL microfilm 2,340,711.
- ↑ U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; Ancestry's U.S. City Directories Ancestry Record 2469 #429801650
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J165-TW5 : 9 January 2021), William Freeman, Jan 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Acknowledgements
William Posey Freeman was created through the import of David Freeman Wheeler 4-24-2009_2010-04-29.ged on 23 August 2010.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~6.25%
Stephen Freeman
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T499594 [compare], Ancestry member sfreem
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~6.25%
Barbie (Whistler) Fay :
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