James Davis (Jim) Freeman, born January 16, 1879, Callisburg, Cook County, Texas. married first, March 18, 1900, Bessie Knight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Head. Bessie was born January 1880 and died 1909. She is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma. The five children that they had were either born dead or died shortly after birth and are buried on the same lot in Lakeview Cemetery.
Jim Freeman married second, Parthena (Thena) Prichard, May 23, 1910 in Marietta, Oklahoma. A copy of the Marietta Monitor containing news of their wedding is in the cornerstone of the Love County courthouse in Marietta. They met in the Baptist Church Choir in Marietta.
Jim Freeman continued in the family business in Marietta together with his younger brother, George Freeman. In the boom that resulted from World War I, the store prospered and they expanded the business to include stores in both Vernon and Wichita Falls. When the depression that affected the farm regions in 1922 occurred, Jim Freeman was forced to take bankruptcy. The family moved to Pauls Valley for a time and Jim Freeman worked for Willie Freeman in his real estate and land investment office. After a time the family moved to Davis and Jim worked for Robert Freeman in his store. Eventually, he secured a job in sales with Paul Jones Garments and the family moved to Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. Jim Freeman later worked for Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company, a company based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Jim Freeman died July 1, 1943, and the family relocated two years later to Fort Worth, where Thena Freeman died November 9, 1968. They are both buried in Parkdale Cemetery adjoining the Old Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Texas.
Jim Freeman married second, Parthena (Thena) Prichard, May 23, 1910 in Marietta, Oklahoma. A copy of the Marietta Monitor containing news of their wedding is in the cornerstone of the Love County courthouse in Marietta. They met in the Baptist Church Choir in Marietta.
Jim Freeman continued in the family business in Marietta together with his younger brother, George Freeman. In the boom that resulted from World War I, the store prospered and they expanded the business to include stores in both Vernon and Wichita Falls. When the depression that affected the farm regions in 1922 occurred, Jim Freeman was forced to take bankruptcy. The family moved to Pauls Valley for a time and Jim Freeman worked for Willie Freeman in his real estate and land investment office. After a time the family moved to Davis and Jim worked for Robert Freeman in his store. Eventually, he secured a job in sales with Paul Jones Garments and the family moved to Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. Jim Freeman later worked for Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company, a company based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Jim Freeman died July 1, 1943, and the family relocated two years later to Fort Worth, where Thena Freeman died November 9, 1968. They are both buried in Parkdale Cemetery adjoining the Old Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Texas.
James Davis (Jim) Freeman, born January 16, 1879, Callisburg, Cook County, Texas. married first, March 18, 1900, Bessie Knight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Head. Bessie was born January 1880 and died 1909. She is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma. The five children that they had were either born dead or died shortly after birth and are buried on the same lot in Lakeview Cemetery.
Jim Freeman married second, Parthena (Thena) Prichard, May 23, 1910 in Marietta, Oklahoma. A copy of the Marietta Monitor containing news of their wedding is in the cornerstone of the Love County courthouse in Marietta. They met in the Baptist Church Choir in Marietta.
Jim Freeman continued in the family business in Marietta together with his younger brother, George Freeman. In the boom that resulted from World War I, the store prospered and they expanded the business to include stores in both Vernon and Wichita Falls. When the depression that affected the farm regions in 1922 occurred, Jim Freeman was forced to take bankruptcy. The family moved to Pauls Valley for a time and Jim Freeman worked for Willie Freeman in his real estate and land investment office. After a time the family moved to Davis and Jim worked for Robert Freeman in his store. Eventually, he secured a job in sales with Paul Jones Garments and the family moved to Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. Jim Freeman later worked for Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company, a company based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Jim Freeman died July 1, 1943, and the family relocated two years later to Fort Worth, where Thena Freeman died November 9, 1968. They are both buried in Parkdale Cemetery adjoining the Old Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Texas.
Jim Freeman married second, Parthena (Thena) Prichard, May 23, 1910 in Marietta, Oklahoma. A copy of the Marietta Monitor containing news of their wedding is in the cornerstone of the Love County courthouse in Marietta. They met in the Baptist Church Choir in Marietta.
Jim Freeman continued in the family business in Marietta together with his younger brother, George Freeman. In the boom that resulted from World War I, the store prospered and they expanded the business to include stores in both Vernon and Wichita Falls. When the depression that affected the farm regions in 1922 occurred, Jim Freeman was forced to take bankruptcy. The family moved to Pauls Valley for a time and Jim Freeman worked for Willie Freeman in his real estate and land investment office. After a time the family moved to Davis and Jim worked for Robert Freeman in his store. Eventually, he secured a job in sales with Paul Jones Garments and the family moved to Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. Jim Freeman later worked for Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company, a company based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Jim Freeman died July 1, 1943, and the family relocated two years later to Fort Worth, where Thena Freeman died November 9, 1968. They are both buried in Parkdale Cemetery adjoining the Old Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Texas.
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