Leonard Howard Freeman (1913 - 1972)

Born 13 Nov 1913 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Died 15 Aug 1972 at age 58 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Leonard was born in 1913 in Georgia with his twin, Lena Freeman, to Milton Freeman and Margaret Unknown. In 1920, the family was living in Waycross, Ware, Georgia.^[1]

In 1930, he was living in Miami, Dade County, Florida, with his sister, Ruth Freeman Camp, and her family. He was sixteen, not in school, but was working as a packer for an ice company.^[2]

In 1940, Leonard registered with the WWII draft in Miami, Dade County, Florida.^[3] He listed his "sister", Mrs. Glynn Hamilton, as the person who would always know his address. This was Lena, his twin sister. She was living in Chillicothe, Ohio, at the time. Leonard had been working for Merchants & Miners Transportation Company, and living on the SS Dorchester Coastwise Vessel. He stated his date of birth as 13 Nov 1912., but numerous records for Lena show the year as 1913.

In the 1950 census Leonard (age 37), Cook, was the never married brother-in-law of Everett B. Angus in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States.^[4]

Leonard passed away in 1972 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States. The death record states he was single at the time of death.^[5] The SSDI states his birth year as 1912.^[6] Burial was in the Washington Cemetery, Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio. This is the same cemetery in which his sister Lena Freeman Hamilton is buried. His militay marker states he was a SC1 (USNR officer designation for Special Service, Special Communications Duties) in the US Navy during WWII.^[7] A photo of the actual grave has been requested.

His obituary stated: He resided at 265 W Norwich Ave in Columbus, Ohio. He had five sisters who survived him. Services were held in the Parrett Funeral Home in Washington Court House, Ohio. The Rev Dale Orihood, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, officiated.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJXG-KRJ : accessed 16 October 2015), Lenyard Freeman in household of Milton Freeman, Waycross Ward 2, Ware, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,283.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:S5Z6-BPZ : accessed 28 March 2015), Leonard Freeman in household of John E Camp, Miami, Dade, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0024, sheet 5B, family 96, line 64, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 309; FHL microfilm 2,340,044.
3. ↑ "Florida, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CP-JTGF : 16 August 2019), Leonard Howard Freeman, 16 Oct 1940; from records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry citing , Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; Roll: 3119; Enumeration District: 94-387
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #210010066 (accessed 23 January 2023)
   Leonard H Freeman (37), single brother-in-law, Cook, in household of Everett B. Angus (36) in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA. Born in Georgia.
5. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKVX-MRY : 8 December 2014), Leonard H Freeman, 15 Aug 1972; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 20995, certificate number 064582, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP2H-CP8 : 20 May 2014), Leonard Freeman, Aug 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 24 August 2019), memorial page for Leonard H. Freeman (13 Nov 1913–15 Aug 1972), Find A Grave: Memorial #188670444, citing Washington Cemetery, Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Names in Stone (contributor 47318282) .
8. ↑ Obituary in the Washington Court House Record-Herald, 17 Aug 1972, p 2