William Frees

FREES, ROTH

Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 11/6/2010 at 16:06:09

Frees, Wm., billiard hall, Spencer, was born in Germany, March 22nd, 1848, and came to America in 1869. Previous to coming to this country he had spent several years in the study of music, and when he came to the United States and located in Chicago he taught it for some time. He then went to Aurora, and worked at the barber trade, and from there he moved to Leroy, where he lived for two years, and then came to Spencer. He opened a barber shop, which he ran for about ten years. He was married in 1879 to Miss Sarah Roth. They have two children, Mabel and Elsie.

Source: A History of Clay County, by W. C. Gilbreath, 1889.