Freedom, Indiana
Owen County
Freedom, Indiana
Owen County
Many of our ancestors were born here:DYAR/DYER:
Bertha Belle who married Earl L. FRANKLIN
Charles MILTON
Clifford
Edythe Almae who married Roy BURKETT
Fawn Everette
George Earl who married Nora Belle SCOTT
Grover Ivan
Jacob Elmer
James Bert who married Emma HAUSER
Joseph Amos who married Grace May BARNETT
Lanie Everett
Laura Ellen who married Amos JEAN
King Solomon who married Elizabeth Ellen NORRIS and Nancy Jane MITCHELL
Robert Emory
Sarah Alice who married R. Edward HANLEY
William Robert who married Mary Frances JESTER
William Joseph who married Emma JEANFiscus:
Nellie Ruth who married George POWELL
Willie who married Ruby PITTMANFulk:
Grace Ora who married John Ernest RAWLEY
Rosette who married Walker Harrison REEVESGreenwood:
Allen Nelson who married Katherine RAWLEY
Elza Edward who married Marie THOMAS
James Amos who married Florence A. Flibert SPENCER
John P. who married Celesta A. PAYNE
Joseph Newton who married Martha Ellen Fiscus (Gordon's grandparents)
Sullivan who married Rachael S. NEED
Walter Albert who married Elizabeth Delitha WILLIAMSOthers:
Bertie Clifton AULT who married Bessie Belle RAWLEY
Charles Long ABRELL who married Grace Lorene FULK, and their son,
Clinton Emory ABRELL who married Sarah Emma Louise LUCAS. I don't know if their other son, Donald Lee was also born in Freedom or not.
Herman LIGHT who married Della AULT
Charles MYERS who married Mildred Mae Doome
Fletcher THATCHER, JR. who married Reva Pauline WELLS
Rhoda Myrtle TRENT who married Harry Chase MARTIN
Some of them died here:
Clifford DYAR
Donald Virgil DYAR
King Solomon DYAR
Rachel Ann Gardner Dickinson DYAR
Emery FULKSome took their marriage vows here:
Laura Ellen DYAR and Amos JEAN April 27, 1893
Samuel Lewis DYAR and Sarah Louisa KELLER December 1884
Fletcher THATCHER and Reva Pauline WELLS July 26, 1947
Along with many of our ancestors, Tracy Thatcher Tarr's father, Fletcher Thatcher, Jr., graduated as a Freedom Ace in 1946. The school is no longer there.
Thanks to Russ Bickers for copies of these old postcards. Russ' Dyer ancestor is Susannah H.G. Dyer [1807-1896] who married William Trent [1796-1844], which makes Russ and Gordon 4th cousins, once removed.
Tracy Thatcher Tarr just told us what the H.G. stood for: Susannah "Her Grace" Dyar. It seems it was very common in the past to give this title to "certain" females. Whether she was given this before or after her death we don't know yet.
From Nancy J. Skinner White:More about this bridge
We had some interesting responses after creating this page.
I was very interested in the photo of the old Freedom Bridge over White River as my great grandfather George Edward Scott, born 1860 in Freedom, was one of the men who helped to build the wooden part of that bridge. He lived in the Freedom area all of his life. I have an oil painting of this old bridge in my home that my aunt had a local artist paint for my grandmother, Clara May Scott Skinner's birthday one year. I treasure it.
The old wooden part of the bridge no longer stands, but there is still a bridge there. I'm not sure if it's a completely new one or not. It's pretty close to being right downtown Freedom, if I remember correctly, and Freedom is not that big!
From Wayne Long:
My Dad grew-up in Freedom (Robert Long, born 1922). My grandfather (Clay Long, born 1894) had many stories about Freedom since he often went there as a boy and lived there from the mid 1910s to mid 1930s. He delivered the mail for the area, beginning his career in 1916 with a horse and buggy.
From Tracy Thatcher Tarr:
I can't wait for my father, Fletcher Thatcher, Jr., to see the picture of the school, since he graduated as a Freedom Ace in 1947. [Note: Tracy's great-great grandmother was Ruth Fiscus, and her great grandmother was Nancy Jane Mitchell, wife of King Solomon Dyar.]
From April Westcott:
I also have family from Freedom, Indiana. My great-grandfather was of the Myers-Fiscus line. He was born in Freedom and just passed away this year at 95 years old. He used to tell stories of all of the small schools and churches in and around Owen County. I have found in my research that the Fiscus line intermingles with almost every other family from the area. Almost everyone seems to have a Fiscus in their line somewhere. Great seeing your postcards.
Over land and sea
Yet a moonbeam on the water
Casts a spell o'er me
A vision fair I see
Again I seem to be
And it seems that I can see
The gleaming candlelight still shining bright
Through the sycamores for meThe new mown hay sends all its fragranceFancy paints on mem'ry's canvas
From fields I used to roam
When I dream about the moonlight
on the Wabash
Then I long for my Indiana home
Scenes that we hold dear
We recall them in days after
Clearly they appear
And often times I see
A scene that's dear to meBack home again in Indiana
And it seems that I can see
The gleaming candlelight still shining bright
Through the sycamores for me
The new mown hay sends all its fragrance
From fields I used to roam
When I dream about the moonlight
on the Wabash
Then I long for my Indiana home
Music by James Hanley, Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
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