Thomas W. Freeman

Thomas W. Freeman (1824 – October 24, 1865) was a Confederate politician. He was born in Anderson County, Kentucky. After studying law in Kentucky, he followed the gold rush to California, where he practiced as a criminal lawyer. In 1853 he moved to Missouri & was elected circuit attorney. In 1861 he was elected by Missouri's Confederate legislature to the Congress of the Confederate States of America & served 2 terms in Richmond. He died the 24th of October, 1865, in St. Louis, Missouri, and was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.