THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 36. NOVEMBER, 1906. No. n 



Ir^ lyjeEnorian^ 



JONATHAN FREEMAN, AUSTIN, MINN., 



Died July 5, 1906, Aged 63 Years. 



Jonathan Freeman was born in Woodstock, Ulster Co., N. 

 Y., Oct. 9, 1843, ^^^ died in Grand Junction, Colorado, July 5, 

 1906, aged nearly sixty-three years. 



Mr. Freeman left his home in Austin, Minn., June 6, 1906. 

 intending to be absent from four to six weeks on a vacation for 

 rest and sight seeing. For nearly four weeks he intensely enjoy- 

 ed his trip among the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado, yiost of 

 this time he was with friends. On June 22d, he arrived at Grand 

 Junction. Colo., intending to remain a few days, visiting the fam- 

 ous fruit orchards surrounding that city. On June 26th he 

 was suddenly taken very ill with infectious erysipelas and acute 

 Bright's disease. He was taken to the St. Mary's Hospital, and 

 there he died July 5th, with no relative near him, attended only 

 by his physician and nurse. 



Mrs. Freeman and daughter Lena left Austin July 3rd, upon 

 receipt of a telegram informing them of Mr. Freeman's serious 

 illness, but they did not reach Grand Junction until twenty-six 

 hours after his death. The funeral services were held in Austin, 

 Minn., July 9, on Mr. Freeman's sixty-third birthday. The inter- 

 ment was made in Harlington Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa, on July 

 lOth, 



Mr. Freeman was one of seven children. All have passed 

 away, except the youngest, Mrs. Sara F. Loomis, of Camillus, 

 N. Y. A favorite nephew died in Chicago July ist. Mr. Freeman 

 leaves a wife and two children, Lena M. and Cecil L., who at 

 present reside on the home farm near Austin, Minn. The eldest 

 son, Irving H., died when three years old and is buried in Waver- 

 ly, Iowa. 



