Freeman Thomas was enslaved until he was a teenager. Thomas joined the Union Army and was assigned to the 12th U.S. Colored Infantry regiment. The home Thomas built in Franklin still stands.

The InEVitable Podcast Episode 31: Design Legend and Meyers Manx CEO Freeman Thomas. We get into it without perhaps our most fascinating guest to date. Jonny Lieberman Writer Jan 15, 2023.

PEORIA, Ill. -- Services for Thomas J. Freeman, of Peoria, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Resurrection Mausoleum Chapel, Peoria. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 ...