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JACOB M. FREEMAN was born in Madison county, Ohio, Dec. 24, 1826. His father is a native of Virginia and his mother of Kentucky. They had eight children, the subject of this sketch being the seventh child. He was raised on a farm, and went to school only a short time in the winter months. His father and mother died when he was about fifteen years old. He had plenty of friends to go to, but hired out by the month and worked at that until he went to work for his brother and learned the shoe-making business, and worked at that in different places until twenty-six years of age. He then moved to Illinois and engaged in farming and trading in stock for twelve or fourteen years. He married Mary I. Hamline, June 12, 1850. She was the daughter of Marth Hamline, one of the very early settlers of Illinois, and was raised among the Indians. After Mr. Freeman married he moved to Jasper county, Mo., in 1867, and next moved to Mead county; then came back and settled on his present fine farm of 120 acres, 100 of which is under cultivation, with a good orchard and good improvements. Mr. Freeman is a member of the Masonic order; his wife is a member of the M. E. Church. Both are well liked and in the community stand high. They have nine children: John, Ella, William, Emma, Mary A., Flora, Fannie, Maud, and James.