Following a stroke of paralysis, which occurred on Friday, John Fellows FREELAND, died at 10 o’clock last Saturday forenoon. He resided on East Spring Street and was one of Bloomfield’s native sons, and a well-known and highly respected citizen.
He was a farmer in the earlier years of his life, and later served as township and county assessor for several terms. When he was a young man he taught school and did clerical work. He had a good education and was a good penman, and was painstaking in all work that he undertook. He had patents on a cabinet design, air circulating stove, which he never manufactured, but endeavored to induce others to manufacture and his ideas were probably embodied in the cabinet designed stoves that are now in general use.
He was a son of Dr. William and Mary Ann (FELLOWS) FREELAND, and was born August 25, 1845, on the farm now owned by Joe MILLER, east of Bloomfield. The place was well known as a hospitable farm home in pioneer days and the road that passed it led to the old Richland Iron Furnace. Part of this old farm was used for several years as the Bloomfield Fairgrounds and a short distance east of the homestead was the well-known shelving rock, overhanging the hill from a bluff along the Ore Branch.
The deceased was aged eighty-one years and was married on October 31, 1872 to Mary E. SULLIVAN, who survives him. To this union was born eight children, six sons and two daughters. Three of the children have preceded the father in death, and five are left to mourn his departure.
They are Benjamin, of Peru;
John, of Indianapolis;
William, Harry and
Miss Arrie FRELAND, all of Bloomfield.
He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was truly a good citizen and a staunch friend. The funeral services were held at the family home last Monday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Guy V. HARTMAN, pastor of the M. E. church. Interment in the family plot in Grandview Cemetery.
He is also survived by one brother, Ed. FREELAND, of San Bernadino, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Emma EVELEIGH and Miss Myra FREELAND, both of this place.
He was a farmer in the earlier years of his life, and later served as township and county assessor for several terms. When he was a young man he taught school and did clerical work. He had a good education and was a good penman, and was painstaking in all work that he undertook. He had patents on a cabinet design, air circulating stove, which he never manufactured, but endeavored to induce others to manufacture and his ideas were probably embodied in the cabinet designed stoves that are now in general use.
He was a son of Dr. William and Mary Ann (FELLOWS) FREELAND, and was born August 25, 1845, on the farm now owned by Joe MILLER, east of Bloomfield. The place was well known as a hospitable farm home in pioneer days and the road that passed it led to the old Richland Iron Furnace. Part of this old farm was used for several years as the Bloomfield Fairgrounds and a short distance east of the homestead was the well-known shelving rock, overhanging the hill from a bluff along the Ore Branch.
The deceased was aged eighty-one years and was married on October 31, 1872 to Mary E. SULLIVAN, who survives him. To this union was born eight children, six sons and two daughters. Three of the children have preceded the father in death, and five are left to mourn his departure.
They are Benjamin, of Peru;
John, of Indianapolis;
William, Harry and
Miss Arrie FRELAND, all of Bloomfield.
He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was truly a good citizen and a staunch friend. The funeral services were held at the family home last Monday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Guy V. HARTMAN, pastor of the M. E. church. Interment in the family plot in Grandview Cemetery.
He is also survived by one brother, Ed. FREELAND, of San Bernadino, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Emma EVELEIGH and Miss Myra FREELAND, both of this place.
Following a stroke of paralysis, which occurred on Friday, John Fellows FREELAND, died at 10 o’clock last Saturday forenoon. He resided on East Spring Street and was one of Bloomfield’s native sons, and a well-known and highly respected citizen.
He was a farmer in the earlier years of his life, and later served as township and county assessor for several terms. When he was a young man he taught school and did clerical work. He had a good education and was a good penman, and was painstaking in all work that he undertook. He had patents on a cabinet design, air circulating stove, which he never manufactured, but endeavored to induce others to manufacture and his ideas were probably embodied in the cabinet designed stoves that are now in general use.
He was a son of Dr. William and Mary Ann (FELLOWS) FREELAND, and was born August 25, 1845, on the farm now owned by Joe MILLER, east of Bloomfield. The place was well known as a hospitable farm home in pioneer days and the road that passed it led to the old Richland Iron Furnace. Part of this old farm was used for several years as the Bloomfield Fairgrounds and a short distance east of the homestead was the well-known shelving rock, overhanging the hill from a bluff along the Ore Branch.
The deceased was aged eighty-one years and was married on October 31, 1872 to Mary E. SULLIVAN, who survives him. To this union was born eight children, six sons and two daughters. Three of the children have preceded the father in death, and five are left to mourn his departure.
They are Benjamin, of Peru;
John, of Indianapolis;
William, Harry and
Miss Arrie FRELAND, all of Bloomfield.
He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was truly a good citizen and a staunch friend. The funeral services were held at the family home last Monday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Guy V. HARTMAN, pastor of the M. E. church. Interment in the family plot in Grandview Cemetery.
He is also survived by one brother, Ed. FREELAND, of San Bernadino, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Emma EVELEIGH and Miss Myra FREELAND, both of this place.
He was a farmer in the earlier years of his life, and later served as township and county assessor for several terms. When he was a young man he taught school and did clerical work. He had a good education and was a good penman, and was painstaking in all work that he undertook. He had patents on a cabinet design, air circulating stove, which he never manufactured, but endeavored to induce others to manufacture and his ideas were probably embodied in the cabinet designed stoves that are now in general use.
He was a son of Dr. William and Mary Ann (FELLOWS) FREELAND, and was born August 25, 1845, on the farm now owned by Joe MILLER, east of Bloomfield. The place was well known as a hospitable farm home in pioneer days and the road that passed it led to the old Richland Iron Furnace. Part of this old farm was used for several years as the Bloomfield Fairgrounds and a short distance east of the homestead was the well-known shelving rock, overhanging the hill from a bluff along the Ore Branch.
The deceased was aged eighty-one years and was married on October 31, 1872 to Mary E. SULLIVAN, who survives him. To this union was born eight children, six sons and two daughters. Three of the children have preceded the father in death, and five are left to mourn his departure.
They are Benjamin, of Peru;
John, of Indianapolis;
William, Harry and
Miss Arrie FRELAND, all of Bloomfield.
He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was truly a good citizen and a staunch friend. The funeral services were held at the family home last Monday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Guy V. HARTMAN, pastor of the M. E. church. Interment in the family plot in Grandview Cemetery.
He is also survived by one brother, Ed. FREELAND, of San Bernadino, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Emma EVELEIGH and Miss Myra FREELAND, both of this place.
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