Free, Alex (1860

----Source: Badger State Banner (Black River Falls, Wis.) 07/10/1885

Free, Alex (20 DEC 1860 - 7 JUL 1885)

(Note: Birth date taken from Neillsville City Cemetery listing)

Alex Free of Neillsville (Clark Co., Wis.) was drowned in Black River about a mile above the railroad bridge in this city Wednesday afternoon. He was employed in putting in logs on the river and was engaged with a gang of men in breaking a log jam that had formed from the rocks in the middle of the river just opposite the iron mine to the west bank. He and a younger brother fell in at the same time and struggled in the water together for some minutes. The younger man was soon rescued, but Alex seemed to have had a cramp in his right arm, and his strength seemed to utterly desert him; he sank helplessly beneath the surface and did not rise again. His body was recovered a short distance from where it went under. It was brought to the city and carried across the country the same afternoon to Neillsville, where two brothers and the mother of the deceased reside. He was about twenty-two years of age.

Copy photograph of a log jam on a river. A lone logger is sitting in the center.

Creator Name:Van Schaick, Charles / photo retained by the Wisconsin State Historical Society
City: Black River Falls
County:Jackson
State:Wisconsin

Alexander Free was born 28 Dec 1860 in Frampton, Dorchester County, Quebec, Canada per Frampton 1861 church records. He was baptized 2 Mar 1861. His parents were Richard Free (appr. 1815/1816 - 1889) and Jane Parham (approx. 1825/1826-alive in 1891). Sue Butterfield Picard

Richard Free Male 66 1815 Ireland Married Farmer Irish Irish Church of England Cranbourne
Jane Free Female 53 1828 Ireland Married Irish Irish Church of England Cranbourne
Alexander Free Male 19 1862 Quebec Farmer Son Irish Irish Church of England Cranbourne
Arnold Free Male 15 1866 Quebec Son Irish Irish Church of England Cranbourne
John Free Male 13 1868 Quebec Irish Irish Church of England Cranbourne
Ann Comber Female 48 1833 Ireland Widowed Female Farmer Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Murtagh Comber Male 26 1855 Quebec Farmer Irish Irish Church of England Cranbourne
Thomas Comber Male 24 1857 Quebec Farmer Irish Irish Church of England Cranbourne
Joseph Audet Male 29 1852 Quebec Married Farmer French French Catholic Cranbourne
Hariet Audet Female 36 1845 Quebec Married French French Catholic Cranbourne
Charles Ohara Male 27 1854 Ireland Farmer Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Philip Colgan Male 40 1841 Quebec Married Farmer Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Catherine Colgan Female 39 1842 Quebec Married Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Sarah Colgan Female 11 1870 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Ann Colgan Female 10 1871 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
James Colgan Male 8 1873 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
John Colgan Male 6 1875 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Catherine Colgan Female 4 1877 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Elizabeth Colgan Female 2 1879 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Patrick Colgan Male 0 days 0 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Martha Colgan Female 0 days 0 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
John Hynes Male 47 1834 Quebec Married Farmer Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Bridget Hynes Female 43 1838 Quebec Married Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Catherine Hynes Female 12 1869 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Bridget Hynes Female 11 1870 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
John Hynes Male 8 1873 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Patrick Hynes Male 7 1874 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Mary Ann Hynes Female 2 1879 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Mary Margaret Hynes Female 9/12 1880 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
John Connors Male 47 1834 Ireland Married Farmer Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Margaret Connors Female 43 1838 Quebec Married Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Richard Connors Male 15 1866 Quebec Farmer Son Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Thomas Connors Male 13 1868 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
John Connors Male 12 1869 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Margaret Connors Female 9 1872 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Bridget Connors Female 5 1876 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Michael Connors Male 2 1879 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Bartolomew Gorman Male 64 1817 Ireland Married Farmer Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Mary Gorman Female 48 1833 Ireland Married Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Martin Gorman Male 22 1859 Quebec Farmer Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Rose Ann Gorman Female 19 1862 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne
Elizabeth Gorman Female 17 1864 Quebec Irish Irish Catholic Cranbourne

Esther Free
Female
1850–1923

Richard Free III
Male: 1853–1922

William Free
Male: 1856–1935

Mary Free: Female

1858-1897

Alexander Free
Male: 1860–1885

Robert Free
Male: 1863–Deceased

Arnold Free
Male: 1865–1889

John Henry Free
Male: 1868–1932

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