John Charles Freeman

John Charles Freeman, son of Charles W. (Wells or Waldo) Freeman and Charlotte Mercy Brockway, was b. at Lisle, NY., on Feb.14,1842; captain in the First NY Veteran Cavalry, and Inspector General in the Cavalry Corps, 1864-1865; prepared for college at Homer, NY.,1855-1858; Principle of Academy at Kinderhook, NY 1858-1860; B.A., University of Michigan, 1868; M.A.,University of Michigan, 1871; B.D., Union Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill.,1872; LL.D. ,University of Chicago, 1880; Associate Professor Greek in University of Chicago, 1868-1874; Professor of Latin in same, 1874-1879; Professor of English Literature in University of Wisconsin, 1879 to at least 1888; and published editions of Xenophon's Memorabilia, and Dialogues of Lucien, at Chicago, in 1872. He married at Geneva, Illinois, on July 5,1870, with Emma Belden, who was b. in the city of New York, on April 23,1843, dau. of Horace Belden and Julia Canfield. They dwelt in Chicago till 1879, then removed to Madison, Wisconsin and were there in April of 1888.

• 1880 census: J.C. Freeman (38, b NY) and wife Emma B. Freeman (27, b NY); in Madison, Wisc. with ch. Dwight (9, b Ill), Lottie (6, b Ill), Mary (4, b Ill), and Henry (0, b Wisc). Also there is wife's mother Julia A. Beldin (71, b Ct). He is Professor at University.
• 1910 census: J.C. Freeman (68, b NY) and wife Anna B. Freeman (67, b NY); in Madison, WIsc. with dau. Charlotte F. Leonard (36, b Ill) and her husband WIlliam E. Leonard (34, b NJ). Emma may have been on a home visit; or accounted for tho not actually there.

JOHN CHARLES FREEMAN ... Birth: Feb. 14, 1842 Lisle Broome County New York, USA Death: Apr. 10, 1911 Topeka Shawnee County Kansas, USA

Scholar. Professor of literature. He served in the Civil War as a Private enlisting in Company K of New York's 168th Infantry Regiment on 18 Septermber 1862. He was a Private for 6 months and then was commissioned an officer in Company M of the 1st New York Cavalry on 17 September 1863 and then he went to the 27th New York infantry. He mustered out of the military as a Captain. He died at the home of his son, John Dwight Freeman, who was a medical doctor at the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Cause of death: Nephritis. He was buried on April 12, 1911.

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Spouse:

 Emma Belden Freeman (1843 - 1923)*

Children:

 Charlotte Brockway Freeman (1875 - 1911)*

 Henry Belden Freeman (1879 - 1898)*

 Edmund Freeman (1886 - 1886)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: Father

Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Madison Dane County Wisconsin, USA Plot: Section 9, Lot 006, Grave 3

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• https://archive.org/details/brockwayfamilyso00pattThe Brockway Family:some records of Wolston Brockway,compiled for Francis E. Brockway (1890). Pg. 81-82, 107.His father is listed as Charles Wells Freeman on page 55; but Charles Waldo Freeman on pg 81.