Background
Freedley, John was born on May 22, 1793 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Freedley, John was born on May 22, 1793 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States.
He attended the public schools and Norristown Academy.
He served as an assistant to his father, who operated a brickyard. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1820, and commenced practice in Norristown. He also became interested in marble and soapstone quarries.
Freedley was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses. He died in Norristown in 1851. He was interred at Montgomery Cemetery, in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Norristown.
There is a street named Freedley St. in Norristown.
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