Rev. P. W. Free and Sarah Rodgers

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Husband Rev. P. W. Free ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1839 - Crawford Co, PA 1
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         Father: Richard Free (      -      ) 1
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       Marriage: 16 Jun 1870 1

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Wife Sarah Rodgers ^{1 2}

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         Father: Jacob Rodgers (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M J. Clark Free ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Ina S. Free ¹

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3 M George G. Free ¹

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4 F Lytte R. Free ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. P. W. Free

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Civil War: he enlisted in 1862, in the 145th Reg. P. V. I., and served in Hancock's Corps, Army of the Potomac; he participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, where he was taken prisoner, but exchanged at the end of four months, returned to his regiment and was through the battles of the Wilderness and in the siege of Petersburg; he was honorably discharged as Captain at the close of the war.
He commenced his ministry in the United Presbyterian denomination in 1870, and was located in a congregation in Waterford, organized in 1812. The congregation was in a flourishing condition, the church property worth probably $10,000, with a membership of 140 persons, among whom were some of the wealthiest residents of Waterford, Pennsylvania. Rev. Free was the owner of a fine residence in Waterford.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), BS 220.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 780.