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THOMAS FREED, farmer, stock-raiser, and fruit-grower, section 26, post-office Carthage. He is a native of the Hoosier State, born in Lawrence county, Jan. 4. 1840; was there reared to maturity and educated in the schools of that county. He was married in Orange county, Ind., Sept. 6, 1860, and became a resident of that county, where he engaged at farming and stock-raising until 1879, when he engaged in the dray business at Saltilloville, Washington county, Ind. He sold out the following year and came to Jasper county, Mo.; he lived awhile at Carthage and came upon the farm where he now lives, situated in Madison township, three and one-half miles from Carthage, the shire town. It consists of 80 acres in a high state of cultivation, 30 acres in fruit of fine quality and of every variety grown in this climate. Mr. Freed is turning much of his attention to the horticultural branch of husbandry. Judging from the interest he is taking he will surely succeed. His family consists of one son and three daughters: Sarah L., Leroy E., Della M. and Clara. Mr. Freed has come to Jasper county to stay, and although what may be termed a new-comer, takes an active interest in the county and its affairs. He is enterprising, public-spirited and liberal minded. The paternal ancestors of Mrs. Freed were German. Her great-grandfather immigrated to the American colonies previous to the Revolution, settling in North Carolina. Her grandfather was a soldier under Marion. Her father, Dr. Richard D. Walters, came to Indiana at an early day, and practiced medicine for many years in Washington and adjoining counties.