FREEMAN, Harry Z. - 1914

FREEMAN, HILL

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Date: 7/1/2009 at 13:01:53

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

HARRY Z. FREEMAN.

Harry Z. Freeman, office manager for the Wixcel Manufacturing Company of Marcus and a stockholder in the concern, was born in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, November 28, 1888. He is a son of Charles E. and A. H. (Hill) Freeman, the former a native of Iowa and the latter of Missouri. The paternal grandparents, Z. P. and Mary Freeman, came to OBrien county, this state, in pioneer times and the grandfather took up a homestead claim in that locality, operating the farm until 1868. In that year he moved into Cherokee and engaged in the general merchandise business as a member of the firm of Freeman & Snell. He operated this until 1872, when the plague of grasshoppers ruined his business and he was obliged to discontinue it. He went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and he and his wife reside there at the present time, the grandfather having reached the age of seventyeight. The father of the subject of this review was a minister in the Christian church and preached the gospel in various localities. After two years in Cherokee county he abandoned the ministry and settled in Marcus, where he purchased the News, successfully editing this paper for eighteen months.

arry Z. Freeman acquired his early education in various parts of the United States and in 1905 entered Drake University in Des Moines, taking three years of the Liberal Arts course. When he had completed this he came to Marcus and for eighteen months engaged in the newspaper business with his father. For five months afterward he was assistant postmaster but at the end of that time went to Crete, Nebraska, where he conducted a newspaper for one year. When he returned to Marcus he purchased stock in the Wixcel Manufacturing Company, for whom he is now office manager. He discharges the duties of this responsible office capably and promptly and his work has been a helpful factor in the development of the concern.

Mr. Freeman gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is a member of the Christian church. He is well known in Marcus as a reliable and farsighted business man and he enjoys the respect and confidence of all with whom he is acquainted.