Abraham Funkhouser Freed

Brief Life History of Abraham Funkhouser

When Abraham Funkhouser Freed was born on 20 December 1794, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, his father, John Freed, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Funkhouser, was 18. He married Susannah Showalter about 1817, in Beaver, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Big Beaver Township, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 10 July 1879, in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Homewood Cemetery, Homewood, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Funkhouser Freed
1794–1879
Susannah Showalter
1797–1867
Marriage: about 1817
John William Freed
1819–1906
William Stanley Freed
1820–1904
Nancy Freed
1823–1905
James Wilson Freed
1825–1872
Elizabeth Freed
1827–
Jonathan Freed
1828–1913
Mary Freed
1830–1914
Lucinda Freed
1831–
George Washington Freed
1835–1874
James Wilson Freed
1836–1914
Catherine Showalter Freed
1838–1862

Sources (9)

  • Abraham Freed in household of William Freed, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Abraham Funkhouser Freed, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Unknown in entry for James Freed, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1800

Historical Boundaries 1800: Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

Jewish (American): variant of Fried 1.

Americanized form of German Fried 2. Compare Fread .

English: habitational name from Middle English frede, fride, frith, friht ‘wood, woodland’. These are different forms of Old English firhthe, (ge)fyrhthe, ferhthe. Compare Firth , Frith , and Frick .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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