were born eight children: Valeria A., the wife of Clate Foster, of South Dakota; Mary Jane, the wife of Harvey Boughman, of Ames; Alice G., the wife of Mark Prine, of Nebraska; Arthur D., a farmer of Kelley, Iowa; Anna, the wife of William Prine, of Clinton, Iowa; Nancy Elizabeth, the wife of Joseph Goldberger, of Mapleton, Iowa; Flora C., the wife of Charles Antes, of South Dakota; and Kittie B., who is a graduate of the Iowa State College and is now librarian of the public library of Ames. The daughter Alice was for three years a student in the Iowa State College. Four of the daughters have been school teachers and all of the children are members of the Christian church.
For forty years Mr. and Mrs. Freed have held membership in the Christian church of Ames and for thirty-seven years he has been one of its elders. He has ever taken active and helpful part in the church work, doing all in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence. His political allegiance has been given to the republican party since 1856, when he supported John C. Fremont. The family residence is at No. 514 Fifth street and in addition to this Mr. Freed owns four other dwellings in Ames. He has always enjoyed good health and has been an active man. He and his family were one of a party of five families that came here together, but Mr. and Mrs. Freed are now the only representatives of the older generation now living. They have always enjoyed the warm regard, good will and confidence of those who know them and they are today among the most esteemed and venerable citizens of the county. They have witnessed many changes here, for at the time of their arrival Story county was largely an unimproved and unsettled district. They have seen towns and villages spring up, farms entered and improved and the work of general progress carried steadily forward.
CARL A. ROSENFELD.
Carl A. Rosenfeld, a representative and prominent agriculturist of Story county was born December 10, 1875, upon his present farm on section 33, Washington township, about a mile north of Kelley, and has always resided here, his time and energies being now given to the cultivation of a place of one hundred and ninety acres on section 33, and also to a portion of a tract of three hundred and seventy acres which belongs to him, his mother and sister. It is known as the Rosengift farm and is devoted to stock-raising.
His parents were George and Louise (Fritch) Rosenfeld, the former a native of Baden and the latter of Saxony, Germany. The father was born June 4, 1824, and in early manhood served for three years in the German army. He was a schoolmate of General Siegel, the distinguished German citizen, and because of his active participation in the revolution of 1848