Photos
The Suiters and Freemans
Links to photos on other websites are at the bottom of the page.
Agnes Freeman's two youngest children, LeClaire and Agnes May, in Beatrice, Nebraska, ca. 1891.
The Suiter home in LeClaire, Iowa, where Agnes, her parents, and her five brothers lived. Thank you to Betsy Williams Menzel and Sara C. Johnston.
The Suiter home in LeClaire, Iowa, in recent times. Courtesy of Janet Miller.
Homestead Centennial envelope with stamp. Courtesy of Janet Miller.
William A. Suiter of LeClaire, Iowa, brother of Agnes Suiter Freeman. Courtesy of Janet Miller.
Agnes and Daniel's eight children, in a quilt made by a Freeman descendant in 1991. From top: Eliza, Samuel, James, John, Daniel, George Francis, LeClaire and Agnes May. Two other scenes from the quilt: the homestead and the Freeman brick home.
Daniel and Agnes S. Freeman's gravestone, on the homestead. Agnes's epitaph reads, "A True Pioneer Mother".
Links to photos on other websites:
Daniel Freeman as an older man, on www.nebraskastudies.org
Freeman Family Scrapbook from Homestead National Monument site.
Video Tour of Homestead Visitors' Center (click "RealPlayer" or "QuickTime") Note: the man on the "Homestead Hopes" picture is Daniel Freeman
Virtual Freeman School. Enter the school that Agnes's children and grandchildren attended. After clicking the photo at the bottom of the page, the Virtual School will take about 10 minutes to load. More information about the Freeman School.
Drawing of Daniel Freeman's homestead in The Pioneer Record (click the "next" button). Below the drawing is an article about Daniel Freeman, written around the time of his 70th birthday in 1896.
Photo of Agnes's grandfather, Philip Suiter (click on his name), at SycamoreCreekDesign.com, the website of cousin Janet Miller. There is also information about Agnes's father, John Halford Suiter, and brother, William A. Suiter.
Old photos of LeClaire, Iowa at Scott County, Iowa, USGenweb project - click on thumbnails to view larger images.
Photo of letter and photo buttons
Tour of LeClaire river pilot homes (with sketches, including the John H. Suiter House and other Suiter homes)
Photo of Daniel Freeman and sketch of the homestead from Sheldon's History and Stories of Nebraska, at www.olden-times.com - click the two boxes marked "Image" to see the two pictures.
Photo, "Daniel Freeman Standing, Holding Gun, with Hatchet Tucked in Belt." Copyright 1904, at www.americaslibrary.gov - see also explanation with smaller photos (on 4 pages).
Joan Freeman, actress and descendant of Daniel and Agnes Freeman. She starred opposite Elvis Presley in the movie "Roustabout", as well as in several other movies and many television shows.
Daniel Freeman's homestead documents at www.archives.gov - see bottom of page. More explanation of these documents and the Homestead Act, at www.tustin.k12.ca.us
Map of Homestead National Monument (click "Freeman's T-shaped claim") at nematode.unl.edu
Gravestone of Daniel and Agnes Freeman at www.findagrave.com - click photos to see larger versions.
Small photo of Homesteader Daniel Freeman and his family at www.npr.org
Freeman School, large photo. Click on the small photo to see the larger one. Also on this page are found the Gage County Courthouse and other historic buildings and sites in Gage County.