According to a city sexton's report dated February 1, 1886, and published in the Weekly Clarion, General Freeman died of inflammation of the bowels at age 69 and was interred on January 27, 1886.
According to the 1870 federal census, he was a lawyer and native of New Jersey. One source states he was born in Cooperstown, N.Y.
From the Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss., Jan. 19, 1886, p. 2:
Gen. JNO. D. FREEMAN for many years prominent in the politics of this State, died at his home in Canon City, Colorado, yesterday. The first news of his illness preceded by only a few hours, the sad tidings of his death.
Gen. FREEMAN came to Mississippi in the fall of 1835, and settled at Grand Gulf, and in 1837 was elected District Attorney. In 1841, when the Judge D. O. Shattuck was the Whig candidate for Governor, and the Hon. Tillman Tucker was the Democratic candidate, Gen. FREEMAN was the nominee of the Democratic party for the office of Attorney General. That was the memorable canvass in which the question of the repudiation of the Union Bank bonds dominated all others, and the Democratic ticket being committed to repudiation, was elected by an overwhelming majority. Gen. Freeman was re-elected Attorney General in 1845 and therefore filled two terms of four years each.
In 1851 as the Union Democratic candidate for Congress from the Capitol District he defeated the Hon. Wm. McWillie, afterwards Governor, who was the candidate of the State Rights Democrats. He served one term only in Congress and after that devoted his time and talents to the practice of the law.
During the reconstruction period he was Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee when it was composed of Wiley P. Harris, T. J. Wharton, William Yerger, Amos R. Johnston, Geo. S. Potter, D. P. Porter and C. H. Manship, and conducted a successful canvass against the constitution which was submitted in 1868.
About four years ago he moved his residence to Canon City, Colorado, the place of his death, and was an applicant with strong endorsements for the position of United States Marshal for that State under the present Administration.
While Attorney-General and during his first term, Gen. Freeman married Miss Eliza Adams, the daughter of Judge George Adams, and a sister of Generals Dan and Wirt Adams. She was a woman of much culture and refinement and during the years of their prosperity, ante-dating the disasters of the war General Freeman's home was the scene of many delightful social entertainments. He was genial and generous by nature and was never happier than when surrounded by his friends beneath his hospitable roof, and he combined with his generous disposition a high order of physical courage, which made him fearless in doing the right as he understood it.
He was a devoted Democrat. One of these men who, during a long life in success and in defeat, never harbored thought of abandoning any of the principles of the party. He gloried in the very name of Democracy, and though advanced in years during the troublous times following the war was never surpassed in enthusiasm or zeal by the youngest members of the party.
The Clarion has lost in Gen. Freeman a life time friend, and extends to his bereaved family that condolence and sympathy which long acquaintance with his generous and brave nature, and a sincere admiration for his noble characteristics prompts.
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From the State Ledger, Jackson, Miss., Jan. 29, 1886, p. 4:
The body of Gen. John D. Freeman arrived Wednesday and was buried Thursday evening at 4 o'clock, a large concourse of friends of the deceased following the remains to the grave.
According to the 1870 federal census, he was a lawyer and native of New Jersey. One source states he was born in Cooperstown, N.Y.
From the Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss., Jan. 19, 1886, p. 2:
Gen. JNO. D. FREEMAN for many years prominent in the politics of this State, died at his home in Canon City, Colorado, yesterday. The first news of his illness preceded by only a few hours, the sad tidings of his death.
Gen. FREEMAN came to Mississippi in the fall of 1835, and settled at Grand Gulf, and in 1837 was elected District Attorney. In 1841, when the Judge D. O. Shattuck was the Whig candidate for Governor, and the Hon. Tillman Tucker was the Democratic candidate, Gen. FREEMAN was the nominee of the Democratic party for the office of Attorney General. That was the memorable canvass in which the question of the repudiation of the Union Bank bonds dominated all others, and the Democratic ticket being committed to repudiation, was elected by an overwhelming majority. Gen. Freeman was re-elected Attorney General in 1845 and therefore filled two terms of four years each.
In 1851 as the Union Democratic candidate for Congress from the Capitol District he defeated the Hon. Wm. McWillie, afterwards Governor, who was the candidate of the State Rights Democrats. He served one term only in Congress and after that devoted his time and talents to the practice of the law.
During the reconstruction period he was Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee when it was composed of Wiley P. Harris, T. J. Wharton, William Yerger, Amos R. Johnston, Geo. S. Potter, D. P. Porter and C. H. Manship, and conducted a successful canvass against the constitution which was submitted in 1868.
About four years ago he moved his residence to Canon City, Colorado, the place of his death, and was an applicant with strong endorsements for the position of United States Marshal for that State under the present Administration.
While Attorney-General and during his first term, Gen. Freeman married Miss Eliza Adams, the daughter of Judge George Adams, and a sister of Generals Dan and Wirt Adams. She was a woman of much culture and refinement and during the years of their prosperity, ante-dating the disasters of the war General Freeman's home was the scene of many delightful social entertainments. He was genial and generous by nature and was never happier than when surrounded by his friends beneath his hospitable roof, and he combined with his generous disposition a high order of physical courage, which made him fearless in doing the right as he understood it.
He was a devoted Democrat. One of these men who, during a long life in success and in defeat, never harbored thought of abandoning any of the principles of the party. He gloried in the very name of Democracy, and though advanced in years during the troublous times following the war was never surpassed in enthusiasm or zeal by the youngest members of the party.
The Clarion has lost in Gen. Freeman a life time friend, and extends to his bereaved family that condolence and sympathy which long acquaintance with his generous and brave nature, and a sincere admiration for his noble characteristics prompts.
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From the State Ledger, Jackson, Miss., Jan. 29, 1886, p. 4:
The body of Gen. John D. Freeman arrived Wednesday and was buried Thursday evening at 4 o'clock, a large concourse of friends of the deceased following the remains to the grave.
According to a city sexton's report dated February 1, 1886, and published in the Weekly Clarion, General Freeman died of inflammation of the bowels at age 69 and was interred on January 27, 1886.
According to the 1870 federal census, he was a lawyer and native of New Jersey. One source states he was born in Cooperstown, N.Y.
From the Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss., Jan. 19, 1886, p. 2:
Gen. JNO. D. FREEMAN for many years prominent in the politics of this State, died at his home in Canon City, Colorado, yesterday. The first news of his illness preceded by only a few hours, the sad tidings of his death.
Gen. FREEMAN came to Mississippi in the fall of 1835, and settled at Grand Gulf, and in 1837 was elected District Attorney. In 1841, when the Judge D. O. Shattuck was the Whig candidate for Governor, and the Hon. Tillman Tucker was the Democratic candidate, Gen. FREEMAN was the nominee of the Democratic party for the office of Attorney General. That was the memorable canvass in which the question of the repudiation of the Union Bank bonds dominated all others, and the Democratic ticket being committed to repudiation, was elected by an overwhelming majority. Gen. Freeman was re-elected Attorney General in 1845 and therefore filled two terms of four years each.
In 1851 as the Union Democratic candidate for Congress from the Capitol District he defeated the Hon. Wm. McWillie, afterwards Governor, who was the candidate of the State Rights Democrats. He served one term only in Congress and after that devoted his time and talents to the practice of the law.
During the reconstruction period he was Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee when it was composed of Wiley P. Harris, T. J. Wharton, William Yerger, Amos R. Johnston, Geo. S. Potter, D. P. Porter and C. H. Manship, and conducted a successful canvass against the constitution which was submitted in 1868.
About four years ago he moved his residence to Canon City, Colorado, the place of his death, and was an applicant with strong endorsements for the position of United States Marshal for that State under the present Administration.
While Attorney-General and during his first term, Gen. Freeman married Miss Eliza Adams, the daughter of Judge George Adams, and a sister of Generals Dan and Wirt Adams. She was a woman of much culture and refinement and during the years of their prosperity, ante-dating the disasters of the war General Freeman's home was the scene of many delightful social entertainments. He was genial and generous by nature and was never happier than when surrounded by his friends beneath his hospitable roof, and he combined with his generous disposition a high order of physical courage, which made him fearless in doing the right as he understood it.
He was a devoted Democrat. One of these men who, during a long life in success and in defeat, never harbored thought of abandoning any of the principles of the party. He gloried in the very name of Democracy, and though advanced in years during the troublous times following the war was never surpassed in enthusiasm or zeal by the youngest members of the party.
The Clarion has lost in Gen. Freeman a life time friend, and extends to his bereaved family that condolence and sympathy which long acquaintance with his generous and brave nature, and a sincere admiration for his noble characteristics prompts.
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From the State Ledger, Jackson, Miss., Jan. 29, 1886, p. 4:
The body of Gen. John D. Freeman arrived Wednesday and was buried Thursday evening at 4 o'clock, a large concourse of friends of the deceased following the remains to the grave.
According to the 1870 federal census, he was a lawyer and native of New Jersey. One source states he was born in Cooperstown, N.Y.
From the Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss., Jan. 19, 1886, p. 2:
Gen. JNO. D. FREEMAN for many years prominent in the politics of this State, died at his home in Canon City, Colorado, yesterday. The first news of his illness preceded by only a few hours, the sad tidings of his death.
Gen. FREEMAN came to Mississippi in the fall of 1835, and settled at Grand Gulf, and in 1837 was elected District Attorney. In 1841, when the Judge D. O. Shattuck was the Whig candidate for Governor, and the Hon. Tillman Tucker was the Democratic candidate, Gen. FREEMAN was the nominee of the Democratic party for the office of Attorney General. That was the memorable canvass in which the question of the repudiation of the Union Bank bonds dominated all others, and the Democratic ticket being committed to repudiation, was elected by an overwhelming majority. Gen. Freeman was re-elected Attorney General in 1845 and therefore filled two terms of four years each.
In 1851 as the Union Democratic candidate for Congress from the Capitol District he defeated the Hon. Wm. McWillie, afterwards Governor, who was the candidate of the State Rights Democrats. He served one term only in Congress and after that devoted his time and talents to the practice of the law.
During the reconstruction period he was Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee when it was composed of Wiley P. Harris, T. J. Wharton, William Yerger, Amos R. Johnston, Geo. S. Potter, D. P. Porter and C. H. Manship, and conducted a successful canvass against the constitution which was submitted in 1868.
About four years ago he moved his residence to Canon City, Colorado, the place of his death, and was an applicant with strong endorsements for the position of United States Marshal for that State under the present Administration.
While Attorney-General and during his first term, Gen. Freeman married Miss Eliza Adams, the daughter of Judge George Adams, and a sister of Generals Dan and Wirt Adams. She was a woman of much culture and refinement and during the years of their prosperity, ante-dating the disasters of the war General Freeman's home was the scene of many delightful social entertainments. He was genial and generous by nature and was never happier than when surrounded by his friends beneath his hospitable roof, and he combined with his generous disposition a high order of physical courage, which made him fearless in doing the right as he understood it.
He was a devoted Democrat. One of these men who, during a long life in success and in defeat, never harbored thought of abandoning any of the principles of the party. He gloried in the very name of Democracy, and though advanced in years during the troublous times following the war was never surpassed in enthusiasm or zeal by the youngest members of the party.
The Clarion has lost in Gen. Freeman a life time friend, and extends to his bereaved family that condolence and sympathy which long acquaintance with his generous and brave nature, and a sincere admiration for his noble characteristics prompts.
............
From the State Ledger, Jackson, Miss., Jan. 29, 1886, p. 4:
The body of Gen. John D. Freeman arrived Wednesday and was buried Thursday evening at 4 o'clock, a large concourse of friends of the deceased following the remains to the grave.
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