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GEORGE W. FREEMAN, farmer; P. O. Heyworth; was born in Oswego, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1827, where he lived about four years, when, with his parents, he moved to Wayne Co., where they lived until 1848; he then moved to Ohio and settled in Hancock Co.; engaged in railroading and lived there until 1853, when he went to California, going by overland route with ox-team; his object was mining, and he met with fair success; he remained there until summer of 1855. Nov. 14, 1850, he married Miss Martha Anderson, a native of Richland Co., Ohio; she remained in Ohio during his trip to California; on his return from there, he went to Ohio and sold out his place and started for Iowa; he stopped at Lyttleville, in McLean Co., on business, and, his wife being ill, he determined to remain until spring, when he rented a farm near his present place and lived on it a year; he then moved to a farm nearby, thence to Heyworth, and served as a Constable five years; he next moved to Funk’s Grove, thence again to Heyworth and thence to his present place, and has lived here since. He enlisted in the 94th I. V. I., but, upon examination, he was rejected, owing to his lack of teeth. He has held the office of Constable and Collector; he has also served three years, and is now on his fourth term as Supervisor. He owns 255 acres, located three miles west and a half-mile north of Heyworth, which he has earned by his own labor. His parents, Morris and Orinda Freeman, were natives of New Jersey and Vermont. He was a contractor and builder, and, owing to a certain contract, he failed; and, though but 14 years old, the son engaged on the farm at $5 per month, in order to assist his mother, who died in 1859.