John Decator FreemanAge: 64 years1860–1924
- Name
- John Decator Freeman
- Given names
- John Decator
- Surname
- Freeman
 Birth | January 1860 23 23 |
 Census | June 12, 1860 (Age 5 months) |
 Birth of a brother | George E G Freeman 1862 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a sister | Adelia Catherine L Freeman 1865 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Alfred Whitefield Freeman June 20, 1868 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Uradice “Dicey” Shemwell July 26, 1869 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | August 24, 1870 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy L Freeman 1871 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Dugger Michael Freeman 1873 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 19, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
 Civil marriage | Eliza Grayson — View this family November 18, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Lucy O Freeman October 1881 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Jennie Freeman April 1885 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas S Long June 21, 1887 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Edgar Graham “Eddie” Freeman May 1888 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Gergie R Freeman August 1892 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Hester L Freeman July 1895 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Nancy M Freeman April 1898 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Walter McCurry — Lucy O Freeman — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 10, 1901 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Jane Long December 8, 1901 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Jennie S McCurry 1906 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a brother | Dugger Michael Freeman June 24, 1907 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Mamie E McCurry 1908 (Age 48 years) |
| Census | May 2, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a father | James Graham Freeman January 11, 1915 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 58 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a wife | Eliza Grayson February 19, 1919 (Age 59 years) |
| Census | January 19, 1920 (Age 60 years) |
 Death | June 20, 1924 (Age 64 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Graham Freeman Birth: December 17, 1836 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: January 11, 1915 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Jane Long Birth: June 13, 1836 38 38 — North Carolina, United States Death: December 8, 1901 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: October 1, 1856 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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-15 months elder brother |
William Nevins Freeman Birth: June 22, 1855 18 19 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: May 27, 1933 — Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years himself |
John Decator Freeman Birth: January 1860 23 23 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 20, 1924 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
George E G Freeman Birth: 1862 25 25 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Adelia Catherine L Freeman Birth: 1865 28 28 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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4 years younger brother |
Alfred Whitefield Freeman Birth: June 20, 1868 31 32 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: October 17, 1943 — Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Nancy L Freeman Birth: 1871 34 34 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Dugger Michael Freeman Birth: 1873 36 36 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 24, 1907 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Eliza Grayson |
| himself |
John Decator Freeman Birth: January 1860 23 23 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 20, 1924 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Eliza Grayson Birth: March 22, 1859 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 19, 1919 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: November 18, 1880 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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11 months daughter |
Lucy O Freeman Birth: October 1881 21 22 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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4 years daughter |
Jennie Freeman Birth: April 1885 25 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Edgar Graham “Eddie” Freeman Birth: May 1888 28 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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4 years daughter |
Gergie R Freeman Birth: August 1892 32 33 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Hester L Freeman Birth: July 1895 35 36 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Nancy M Freeman Birth: April 1898 38 39 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
John Decator Freeman has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (7)
Parents Joseph Cowan + Mary Malinda Long
Parents William Nevins Long + Clara O Melton
Parents Elisha W Long + Cynthia Baber
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - James Graham Freeman - Household
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - James Graham Freeman - Household
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Decator Freeman - Household
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Decator Freeman - Household
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
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