Bio. of Montgomery E. Freeland ~ son of Francis A. and Eliza (Kirby) Freeland
A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIALTREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR,INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A.M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department ofIowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and NewYork
1931
MONTGOMERY E. FREELAND.The vital and attractive little City of MountAyr,
judicial center of Ringgold County, claims as one of its veteran businessmen
and honored and influential citizens the representative merchant whose name
initiates this paragraph and who has here been engaged in the mercantile
business more than forty years.
Mr. Freeland, who has been a resident of the Hawkeye State since he wasa
child of about three years, was born in Edgar County, Illinois, in the year
1861, and is a son of Francis A. and Eliza (Kirby) Freeland, both of whom were
born in the State of Indiana and both of whom were honored pioneer citizens of
Iowa at the time of their death, the father having here developed a pioneer
farmand his entire active life having been one of close association with
agricultural and live stock industry.The ancestral line of the Freelandfamily
touches both Scotch and English stock of sterling order.
Montgomery E. Freeland, as before stated, was about three years oldwhen, in
1864, his parents came to Iowa, the family home having been establishedon a
pioneer farm near Corydon, Wayne County.On that farm he passed theperiod
of his boyhood and early youth and in the meanwhile he profited by the
advantages of the common schools of the locality.His early experience in
connection with the activities of the home farm fortified him excellently whenhe
engaged in independent farm interprise, as a progressive exponent of
agricultural and live stock industry in Wayne County. In 1886 he married, and in the following year he and his wife established their residence at Mount Ayr, in which fine little community he initiated in 1891 his independent activities in the general merchandise business, of which he has here continued a successful and representative exponent during the long intervening years, his substantial
business having as its foundation fair and honorable policies and effective service.
Mr. Freeland has proved one of the liberal and progressive citizens ofMount
Ayr, where he has served not only as a member of the municipal council but
also as city treasurer, besides being called to other positions of community
trust.His political allegiance is given to the Republican party, and heis a
delegate to its state convention, at Cedar Rapids, when Hon. Albert B.
Cummins was made its nominee for governor of Iowa.Mr. Freeland isaffiliated
with the Masonic fraternity, and the religious affiliation of thefamily is with
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1886 Mr. Freeland was united in marriage to Miss Kittie McVeay,daughter
of John and Bettie (Hardy) McVeay.The death of Mrs. Freelandoccurred in
the year 1909, she having been survived by no children.In1911 was solemnized
the marriage of Mr. Freeland to Miss Marjorie Dowling, ofMount Ayr, and
their one child is a son, John, who is, in 1930, a studentin the high school of
his home city.Mr. and Mrs. Freeland took into theirhome and reared with
parental solicitude two little girls, Edna Freeland andEdna Dowling the
former being now the wife of Domino Roberts, with residence at Champain, Nebraska, and the latter being a student in one of the leading Iowa training schools for nurses. Later she married in Chicago and is now living in California.
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