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Some family members of today originally thought his name to be Edwin.
They lived in Lawrenceville and then moved to Seattle, WA in 1933. They had 3 children.
In a letter dated 01/29/1942 to Tillie, Stella states they heard through cousins, the Welbs, via Stella Klingler, via Lois Arthur about the death of Homer. Stella Ashbaugh (wife of Ed) had written Homer a number of times asking him to come home prior to Laura dying but he never replied in return. She and her husband ran a business in Lawrenceville that failed after eleven years due to the depression. After moving to Seattle, WA Ed taught for three years and she taught steadily to the time of the letter. She states she graduated from Southern Illinois Normal School in 1913 but had to go back to college to get her teaching certificate updated before teaching in Washington state. She further states that she was 54 and Ed 57 in 1942. Ed worked for the state as a highway inspector. They had an 8-1/2 acre ranch located on Lake Meridian and raised chickens. They sold eggs for .45 to .50 per dozen. Their locality was known as Meridian Heights and they lived in a nine-room house; mailing address was Kent, WA, R#1.
A 1942 letter from Stella to Tillie states he is 24 years (hence born abt. 1918) old and working in Alaska for the Alaskan Railroad. Two years prior to he was on Midway Island with the US. Engineers.
Last known residence in Portland, OR
Apparently once he moved south, he had no further contact with his family, including his parents. No found family member seems to know why.
He is described by family members as 6' 2", 155 lbs., with gray hair and eyes. No known middle name.
Occupation: He received his radio telephone operator license in 1941 and thereafter was employed as a radio engineer with WDAC.Buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Tampa, FL in a double plot.
Celestia Tillman "Tillie" FREEMAN
She and Homer were married at the home of her parents. However, her mother, Mattie Richardson Freeman, did not approve of the marriage and went next door for the duration of the wedding.
Celestia went by the name of "Tillman" or "Tillie".
After Homer's death she lived with her son Donald and his wife their entire married life. When her health began to fail she was sent to live with her daughter in St. Louis, MO and died there one year prior to her son's death.
Buried in the Freeman family cemetery in Dalton, Whitfield Cty, GA.
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