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CHRISTIAN S. FREED, leading restaurant keeper of Souderton, was born on a farm in the vicinity of Schwenksville, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, the son of Isaac and Annie (Souder) Freed, both deceased, who were farmers at Schwenksville.

He was born February 22, 1861, and way educated in neighboring schools, and later in Hatfield schools. On leaving school he assisted his father on the farm for a time. Later he decided to start in the grocery business for himself at Souderton, and conducted that business successfully until 1898, when seeing the need for a first class restaurant in the place he established one, and has succeeded far beyond his expectations. He married, September 24, 1878, Miss Rosa Adleman, daughter of Cornelius Adleman, a farmer of Sumneytown, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, they having the following children: Howard, married Leah Harden; Elmer; Norman; Bertha, married Horace Landis, they having two children: Alice, Pearl and Lillian, the last two being twins.

Mr. Freed is an earnest Republican, and has recently been elected a member of the town council of Souderton by his fellow citizens. He is a public-spirited man, and enjoys the confidence of the whole community of which he is a valued member. He is emphatically a self-made man, owing whatever he has achieved to his own unaided exertions.

Isaac Freed (father) was born on the homestead at Schwenksville. He obtained his education in the schools of that vicinity, and then farmed on the home place. Later, however, he took up the trade of blacksmith, which he followed until the time of his death. He was a Republican in politics, and was always ready to do what was possible to aid it. He was a man of good business attainments, and was respected by all who knew him. He married Miss Annie Souder. The couple had seven children. Joseph Freed (grandfather) was a member of an old Montgomery county family. He resided in Franconia township. He was a farmer, and strictly attentive to business. Among his children was Isaac, the father of Christian S. Freed.