eorge Wentworth Freeman, of Portland, O. (son of Franklin Freeman, 1824-86, of Dover, NH, State Rep., Magistrate, and City Treas., m. 1847 Hannah Stevens, 1823-59, da. of Samuel and Phebe (Wentworth) Dame, of Dover, NH; son of James, b. 1790; son of Benjamin, b. 1762; son of Isaac, b. 1733; son of Ebenezer, b. 1687; son of Edmund, b. 1657; son of Maj. John Freeman, 1627-1719, served against the Indians, 1677, Major of Barnstable Troop, 1685, etc.)

Born at Dover, NH, Feb. 22, 1859; educated at Cornell Univ.; Capt. 2nd Regt. U.S. Vol. Engrs.; U.S. Assist. Engr.; served in Spanish-American War; m. Dec. 16, 1886, Mattie, da. of James Hearst and Martha J. (Gray) Foster of Albany, Oregon. [John Matthews, Complete American Armoury and Blue Book, (1903-23, reprinted 1965)]

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