Brief Life History of John Woodruff
When John Woodruff Freeman was born on 15 April 1836, in New Concord, Calloway, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Freeman, was 31 and his mother, Nancy Beal Smoot, was 29. He married Sarah Adeline Collins on 29 March 1858, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Snowflake, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1880. He died on 15 April 1905, in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in R V Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States.
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- John Freeman, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Woodruff Freeman, "Find A Grave Index"
- John W Freeman in entry for James Owen Freeman, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1841
Historical Boundaries: 1841: Non County Area, Missouri, United States 1841: Andrew, Missouri, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER William Melvin Flake BIRTH 20 Jan 1861 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA DEATH 20 Mar 1861 (aged 2 months) Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona, USA BURIAL R V Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona, USA MEMORIAL ID 66344143 · View Source
Name Meaning
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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