Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1894 — Older than This Century. [ARTICLE]

Older than This Century.

Abraham Freeland died IssdSaturday, Dec. 23, at the home of his son, A. J. Freeland, in Newton tp. lie ; was born in Maryland, April 11, 1800, and his age was therefore 94 years, 8 months aad 12 days. ‘At the time of his death he was the old- | est man in the county, we believe, was nearly a year older than the 19th century. He was married inTjis native state, moved soon after to n ori hwest Ohio, came to Indiana' in 1847, and not long after bought and settled upon the farm where he di d. His surviving children besides the son mentioned above,‘are Mrs. Cole and Ms. Moyer, in Kansas; Mrs. Petty, in Nebraska;.. Mrs. Sjmuel Long, of Newton Co. Two sons, John, a Mexican war soldier, and Charles died before him. A. F. Long, a Rensselaer druggist, is a grand-son. The deceased was a man of great liberality and of the strictest integrity, Qand one who hated what he thought was wrong, and loved what he believed was right. The remains were buried in Weston cemetery, Renssslaer, last Monday.