When Lindsay Howard Freeman was born on 4 February 1846, in Grant, Indiana, United States, his father, Joshua Freeman, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Lytle, was 28. He married Nancy Elizabeth Howard on 17 September 1865, in Trigg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 3, Trigg, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 June 1912, in Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Trigg, Kentucky, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1853: Howard, Indiana, United States
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English: from Middle English freman, fremon ‘freeman, free-born man’ (Old English frēomann, frīgmann), used also occasionally as a personal name. As an African American surname it was in many cases adopted as a name denoting a man freed of slavery. See also Fryman and Free .
Irish: Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Ó Saoraidhe (see Seery ).
Americanized form of French Lafrenière (see Lafreniere ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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