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George Phil Freeman
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- Born: 15 Apr 1828, , , Yorkshire, England 4 8 9 11 13 15
- Christened: 16 Aug 1829, Methley, , Yorkshire, England 16
- Marriage (1): Anna Jane Rathbun on 9 Sep 1869 in Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States 1 2
- Died: 19 Jul 1918, Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States at age 90 4 8 9 17
- Buried: After 19 Jul 1918, Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States 8
General Notes:
Brothers George & John Freeman Move to America
Brothers George & John Freeman came to America seperately, but ended up living very near one another for the remainder of their lives.John Freeman came over first in 1858 at 27 years of age. The first census that he is discovered in is the 1860 census living with the Sarah Dye family in Richland Co., Ohio. His eventual wife, Ann Elizabeth Trump, also lived in Richland Co., Ohio and moved to Worth Co., Missouri after the Civil War with her large family. Ann Elizabeth Trump & John Freeman were married in 1866 and later that same year, George Freeman arrived from Yorkshire, England to Worth Co., , Missouri. George was born in 1828 making him three years older than John. Not much is known about their family in England or why they decided to move to America. George married Anna Jane Cunningham, a young widow with five children in 1869. She had lost her husband the prior year. George & John lived a few farms apart and both began to raise large families in Worth Co., Missouri. They are said to have helped set up the town of Grant City and actively involved in their new community.
Noted events in his life were:
• Alt. Birth, 15 Apr 1829, Methley, , Yorkshire, England.
• Residence, 1841, Pontefract, , Yorkshire, England. 11
• Residence, 30 Mar 1851, Reydon, Suffolk, England. 14
• Immigration: from Yorkshire, England, 22 Oct 1866, New York, United States. 13 18 Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Destination: United States of America
Ship Name: Manhattan
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Microfilm Series: M237 Roll: 272 List Number: 1179
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: English
• Residence, 1876, Fletchall, Worth, Missouri, United States. 19
• Occupation: Farmer, 22 Jun 1880, Fletchall, Worth, Missouri, United States. 6
• Residence, 22 Jun 1880, Fletchall, Worth, Missouri, United States. 6
• Occupation: Farmer, 1 Jun 1900, Fletchall, Worth, Missouri, United States. 20
• Residence, 1 Jun 1900, Fletchall, Worth, Missouri, United States. 13
• Residence, 15 Apr 1910, Fletchall, Worth, Missouri, United States. 21
George married Anna Jane Rathbun, daughter of Edmund Rathbun and Mary Dye, on 9 Sep 1869 in Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States.1 2 (Anna Jane Rathbun was born on 17 Apr 1838 in , Jay, Indiana, United States,1 3 4 9 22 23 24 25 died on 24 Jan 1924 in Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States 9 22 24 26 27 and was buried on 28 Jan 1924 in Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States 1 3 9 24 27.). The cause of her death was Chronic Myocarditis.
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Sources
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Newspaper Obituary notice for Anna J. Rathbun Dated March 5, 1924 (Name: Un-named newspaper clipping dated Wednesday March 1924;). Source Medium: Newspaper
Source Quality: Originial
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Missouri State Archives, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002," database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 26 July 2008), George Freeman and Anna C. Cunningham; Ancestry.com; Marriage Ceremony performed by bride's brother, Justice of the Peace, George M. Rathbun.
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Missouri State Certificate of Death for Anna Jane Freeman (Name: Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death;). Source Medium: Official Document
Source Quality: Certified copy of Original
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Compiled by Ben Glick, Grant City Cemetery, Fletchall Township, Worth Co., Missouri. Source Medium: Internet
Source Quality: Internet record
The cemetery is just west of Grant City on Hwy 46.
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Chautauqua Co., Heritage Association, editor, Chautauqua County, Kansas, Volume 1 (Kansas: Chautauqua County, Heritage Association, 1987), Volume 1: 627; Jesse Adam Rathbun was the youngest son of George Marshall and Tamar Ann Rathbun. He was born August 17, 1880, in Chautauqua County. He met and married Tishie Abigail Freeman while she was visiting relativesin Sedan. Tishie was born February 12, 1880, in Grant City, Missouri. Her parents were George and Anna Jane Freeman.
Jesse and Tishie Rathbun lived all their married lives in Sedan. Six children were born to this union. Freeman Earl was born December 6, 1906. Freeman Hylas arrived on October 19, 1908. Rosa Olive was born January 21, 1911, and John Freeman was born April 26, 1913. A baby girl named Pauline was born March 7, 1915, but lived only a few days. Olin Freeman arrived November 29, 1920. All the boys were given their mother's maiden name as part of their names. Earl and Hylas have Freeman for their first names and John and Olin have Freeman for their middle names.
All of the children attended Sedan public schools but soon after quiting school they moved away from Sedan. Earl, John, and Olin served inWorld War II and Hylas worked in a defense plant in Toledo, Oregon. At the close of the war, Earl and John settled in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Olin stayed at home with his mother, but after her death, he and his wife moved to Idaho Falls.
Earl met and married Hope Jackson in Idaho Falls, they had five children, Jesse Earl, Logan John, Paul Wayne (who lived but a few months), Bererly Ann, and Jeannie. Hylas went to New Mexico where he met and married Myrtle Elizabeth Wells of Van Houten, New Mexico. Myrtle was in Albuquerque attending business college at the time they met. They had three children, Mary Jane, Elizabeth Ann, and Daniel DeLancy. Olive married Jake Hilty and they had one daughter, Lois Rae. John married Norma Stevens, a girl he met in South Dakota while he was in the service. Olin married Barbara Osburn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Osburn of Peru, Kansas, and later moved to Idaho.
The Jesse Rathbun family was very active in the First Baptist Church of Sedan where all of them were members. Jesse worked as a pumper in the oil fields, and a rural mail carrier and ran the village blacksmith, a trade he passed on to his son Hylas. The old blacksmith shop waslocated on the back part of the lot where the Sedan State Bank is now. Jesse was still working as a blacksmith at the time of his death January 20, 1948. Tishie died December 25, 1954. They are both buried in Greenwood
Cemetery in Sedan.
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1880 U.S. census, Worth, Missouri, population schedule, Fletchall township, enumeration district (ED) 283, p. 17, dwelling 153, family 165, George Freeman; digital images (accessed 26 July 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll T9_741.
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"Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Jan 2012), George Freeman; Ancestry.com.
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"Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 May 2012), George Freeman.
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Tomb stone, Burial: Grant City, Cemetery, Grant City, Worth County, Missour.
10
Kansas Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, death certificate 54 017727 (1954), Tishie A. Rathbun.
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1841 census of England, Yorkshire, Pontefract, folio 3, page 2, John Freeman; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Dec 2013); citing PRO HO 107/1310/9.
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1876, Worth, Missouri, population schedule, Worth County, p. 19, family 721, George Freeman; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com); George Freeman, Anna J. Freeman, Levi J. Cunningham, Gideon Cunningham, Benjamin Cunningham, James Freeman, Olive Freeman, and Edmund Freeman
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1900 U.S. census, Worth, Missouri, population schedule, Fletchall Township, enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet 1, p. 1A, dwelling 12, family 12, George Freeman; digital images (accessed 17 January 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623_908.
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1851 census of England, Suffolk, Reydon, folio 787, page 1, George Phil Freeman; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Jun 2015); citing PRO HO 107/1803.
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"One World Tree," database(ancestry.com : accessed 24 February 2009), Entry for George Freeman; ancestry.com.
16
West Yorkshire England, George Freeman; digital image, "West Yorkshire Parish Records," Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com: 25 Dec 2013).
17
Western Union Telegram - Death of George Freeman (Name: Western Union Message - July 19, 1918;). Source Medium: Official Document
Source Quality: Originial Document
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"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Nov 2010), Geo Freeman; Ancestry.com; Ship Name: Manhattan; Passenger manifest # 226, Arrival Date 22 Oct 1866
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1876, Worth, Missouri, population schedule, Fletchall, p. 19, family 721, line 1, George Freeman; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Jan 2012); citing Ancestry.com.
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1900 U.S. census, Worth, Missouri, population schedule, Fletchall township, enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet 1, p. 1A, dwelling 12, family 12, George Freeman; digital images (accessed 17 January 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623_908.
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1910 U.S. census, Worth, Missouri, population schedule, Fletchall, enumeration district (ED) 147, p. 1B, dwelling 19, family 19, George Freeman; digital images, The Generations Network (ancestry.com : accessed 20 March 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 828.
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Genealogical Record for Anna Jane Rathbun, Dated 1956. Obtained from Mrs. Leona Hope Rathbun, 507 E. Main Street, Goldendale, Washington 98620. Source Medium: Other
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1880 U.S. census, Worth, Missouri, population schedule, Fletchall township, enumeration district (ED) 283, p. 17, dwelling 153, family 165, Annie Jane Freeman; digital images (accessed 26 July 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll T9_741.
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"Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 May 2012), Anna Jane Rathbun Freeman.
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1900 U.S. census, Worth, Missouri, population schedule, Fletchall, enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet 1, p. 1A, dwelling 12, family 12, Anna J. Freeman; digital images (accessed 6 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 908.
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Missouri State Certificate of Death for Anna Jane Freeman (Name: Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death;), Died at 10 P.M. Source Medium: Official Document
Source Quality: Certified copy of Original
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Western Union Telegram - Death of Anna Jane (Rathbun) Freeman (Name: Western Union Message;). Source Medium: Official Document
Source Quality: Copy of Originial