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EVERS S. FREED, M. D., one of the leading lights in the medical profession of Shippensburg, is a native of Virginia, having been born in the Shenandoah Valley, Sept. 12, 1864. His paternal grandfather, William Freed, was a native of Germany; he married a Miss Dougherty.

Rev. John D. Freed, of the United Brethren Church, father of Evers S., was born in Rockingham, Va., in 1818. Arriving at manhood’s estate, he entered the ministry and devoted forty years to that calling, dying in 1891, at Shippensburg, Pa. His remains were interred at Mechanicstown, Md. The Rev. Mr. Freed married Miss Elizabeth Rhinehart, a native of Maryland, and daughter of Samuel Rhinehart, a prominent citizen of that State.

Dr. Freed was reared in his native place and received a portion of his education there and the remainder in Pennsylvania. His father being a minister, the family lived at the several places at which his charges were located. Leaving his literary course, Dr. Freed became a student of medicine, reading with Dr. Zimmerman of Frederick county, Md. He then entered the Baltimore Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1887. After graduation Dr. Freed located at Newburg, Cumberland county, but after a short time, he settled at Shippensburg, where he has devoted his entire time to his profession.

In 1887, Dr. Freed married Miss Violet Nissley, of Derry Church, Dauphin county, Pa., daughter of Jacob and Mary (Landis) Nissley. One daughter, Edith, has been born of this marriage. Dr. Freed is a member of the Shippensburg board of health, and he is a man widely known and most highly respected, not only as an efficient and popular physician, but also as an honorable and courteous gentleman.