When Samuel Russell Freed Jr. was born on 9 September 1833, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Russell Freed Sr., was 33 and his mother, Nancy Jones, was 34. He married Margaret Garner on 24 May 1856, in Franklin, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Muddy Election Precinct, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1880 and West Muddy Township, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1910. He died on 17 April 1911, in Stella, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska Territory, United States.