Mrs. Laura A. Freeman, widow of Capt. Charles W. Freeman, died at her residence, 18 South Coalter street, early Sunday morning after an illness of eight weeks.
Mrs. Freeman was born in Augusta county in 1850, the youngest of ten children of the late Col. George Baylor and Isabella Coiner Baylor. As a young girl she attended Virginia Female institute, now Stuart Hall.
In 1871 she was married to Capt. Freeman and they went to Lexington to live. After a few years residence there, they moved to Kansas City, Mo. where they lived until 1891, subsequently residing in Washington, Buffalo, and Boston. They returned to Staunton in 1912, Capt Freeman dying in 1916. He was a captain in the Confederate army.
Mrs. Freeman is survived by one sister, Mrs. J.O. Hobbs, of this city, a son, Charles H. Freeman, of Norfolk; a granddaughter, Miss Virginia Freeman Eddy, of this city, and numerous nieces and nephews.
The funeral was held from the residence Monday afternoon at 4:30, the Rev. J. Lewis Gibbs, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Freeman was a member, officiating. Burial was in Thornrose cemetery.
Pallbearers were: active, E.J. Cushing, J.F. Sampson, H. McK. Smith, H.A. Jacob, W.B. Miller, J. Harry May; honorary, Jos. B. Woodward, H.D. Peck, Thomas W. Atkinson, McChesney Yarbrough, John D. Crowle Jr., W.M. Hilleary, Dr. Franklin M. Hanger, C.R. McGuffin.
Staunton News Leader -- Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia -- February 8, 1927 -- Tuesday -- Page #2.
Mrs. Laura A. Freeman, widow of Capt. Charles W. Freeman, died at her residence, 18 South Coalter street, early Sunday morning after an illness of eight weeks.
Mrs. Freeman was born in Augusta county in 1850, the youngest of ten children of the late Col. George Baylor and Isabella Coiner Baylor. As a young girl she attended Virginia Female institute, now Stuart Hall.
In 1871 she was married to Capt. Freeman and they went to Lexington to live. After a few years residence there, they moved to Kansas City, Mo. where they lived until 1891, subsequently residing in Washington, Buffalo, and Boston. They returned to Staunton in 1912, Capt Freeman dying in 1916. He was a captain in the Confederate army.
Mrs. Freeman is survived by one sister, Mrs. J.O. Hobbs, of this city, a son, Charles H. Freeman, of Norfolk; a granddaughter, Miss Virginia Freeman Eddy, of this city, and numerous nieces and nephews.
The funeral was held from the residence Monday afternoon at 4:30, the Rev. J. Lewis Gibbs, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Freeman was a member, officiating. Burial was in Thornrose cemetery.
Pallbearers were: active, E.J. Cushing, J.F. Sampson, H. McK. Smith, H.A. Jacob, W.B. Miller, J. Harry May; honorary, Jos. B. Woodward, H.D. Peck, Thomas W. Atkinson, McChesney Yarbrough, John D. Crowle Jr., W.M. Hilleary, Dr. Franklin M. Hanger, C.R. McGuffin.
Staunton News Leader -- Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia -- February 8, 1927 -- Tuesday -- Page #2.
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