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Historical Collections
Collections and Researches made by the
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society
Reprint VOL. XXI
Wynkoop Ballenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers 1912-1913

         [page 124-125]
         
         JOHN D. FREED died at his residence in Frontier, Mich., April
       29, 1892, aged fifty years, ten months and twenty-seven days.
       
         When but fourteen years of age his father died and left upon
       him, for the most part the care of the mother and the children,
       of whom there were six boys and two girls, he being the oldest.
       He never betrayed his trust but continued to be a loving and
       wise counselor and helper until his death. When seventeen years
       of age he removed from Stark county, Ohio, with the family to
       Woodbridge, Mich., where Frontier now stands, and encouraged
       by an uncle, set up in the sawmill business, besides running
       a small farm. His mother died in 1873.
       
         He assisted two of his brothers and became a partner with
       them in setting up a sawmill in the "north woods" in Montcalm
       county. His first wife dying, he married in 1874, Mrs. MATILDA
       ANDRIDGE. He leaves two children by his first wife and one by
       the latter. His gristmill in Frontier was erected in 1878, and
       in Hillsdale about seven years ago, he and his brothers erected
       a roller gristmill which has been a great help to the farmers
       of this county. He leaves the business which he built up in
       excellent hands. Two of his brothers preceded him to the spirit
       world. He embraced religion March, 1884, and united with the
       church of the United Brethren in Christ, of which he was a 
       faithful member until death.
       
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