From The Deshler Flag, 10 October 1940:

(The following is not an obituary, but contains valuable information.)

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. FREED, who reside on their farm 2 miles west of Deshler, quietly celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home Wednesday. Mr. FREED was born near White House on January 7 1884, and his wife, Elizabeth HELZER, daughter of Jacob and Jeannette DIEHL HELZER, was born 2 miles northeast of Tontogany on March 11, 1870.

They were married October 9, 1890 and spent the first several years of married life in Lucas and Wood counties, after which they moved to Henry county and engaged in farming. ...They have 5 children, 20 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. There are altogether 9 fourth generation groups in their family, of whom one, Elmer Loyd HILLIARD, 9, has made his home with them since birth.

The five children are: Frederick FREED, of Ligonier, IN; Mrs. Sylvester HILLIARD, of McClure; George FREED, of Willard; Mrs. Paul SMITH, of Coldwater, MI; and Elmer FREED, of North Baltimore.

Grandchildren are: Harold, Raymond, Ruth and Esther FREED, and Mrs. Oscar WORTLEY, children of Frederick FREED; Loyd HILLIARD, of Flint, MI; Marion HILLIARD, of Cygnet, and Laurence HILLIARD, Roy HILLIARD, and Mrs. Byran SHUFELT, all of McClure; children of M/M Sylvester HILLIARD; Donald FREED, of Willard, son of George FREED; Mrs. Nelson BENNETT, of Battle Creek, MI; Mrs. Wayne CLINE, of Union City, MI; Elmer, Richard, Pauline, Leon, and Merlyn SMITH, children of M/M Paul SMITH, all of Coldwater, MI; and Reldon Alfred and Joyce Elaine FREED, children of Elmer FREED.

The great-grandchildren are Beverly Ann WORTLEY, daughter of M/M Oscar WORTLEY; Elmer Loyd, Glen Roger, and Donald HILLIARD, sons of M/M Loyd HILLIARD; Hazel and Eleanor Maxine HILLIARD, daughters of M/M Marion HILLIARD; Helen Marie and James L. HILLIARD, children of M/M Laurence HILLIARD; Ruth Ann HILLIARD, daughter of M/M Roy HILLIARD; Bruce BENNETT, son of M/M Nelson BENNETT; Ivan Wayne CLINE, son of M/M Wayne CLINE; and Gail Kay and Donna Jean SMITH, children of M /M Richard SMITH.

... Mr. FREED also has a brother in Tontogany, a sister in Toledo, and another sister who makes her home with him, while Mrs. FREED has two brothers, Fred HELZER, of Waterville; and Lewis HELZER, of Tontogany; and a sister, Mrs. Louise TWINING of Toledo, a niece, Mrs. Clara POWELL, a resident of Deshler.