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The following brief sketch of e the life of Col. Friedley is taken, n mainly, from a book devoted to biographies of the noted men of n Indiana:George W. Friedley was born on a farm in Harrison county, In-e diana, Jan. 1, 1840. He attended a the common schools of his native county, and afterward graduated from Hartsville University, when he was twenty years of age, having taken a full scientific course. On leaving the university he commenced reading law with Judge John R. Morrledge, of Clarinda, la. After studying two years, the war breaking out, he entered the army as a private in Company K,Fourth Iowa Infantry, and was elected its second lieutenant, but after serving one year he was compelled to resign on account of ill-health, and returned to Indiana.In May, 1802, he re-enlisted in the1 Sixty-seventh Indiana Infantry, was elected Captain of Company I, and from that time was actively engaged until the close of the war,serving with distinction throughout. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Mumfordville,Ky.; the attack on Vicksburg by Sherman from Chickasaw Bayou, in December, 1162; capture of Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1*63; through the siege and capture of Vicksburg, and in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills and Black River Bridge. During the forty-seven days’ siege ol Vieks-burg and the Vicksburg campaign he served on* the staff of General Burbridge, of Kentucky. After the fall of Vicksburg he was atthe capture of Jackson, and the Thirteenth Army Corps, to which he belonged, was then transferred to the Army of the Gulf. At the close of the Vicksburg campaign, the Colenel of the regiment to which Mr. Friedley belonged was mitstered out on account of absence, and Captain Friedley, although the youngest captain in the regiment, was elected in his place. The colonel afterward returning, however, was reinstated. Colonel Fnedley was then on the Gulf, in the lied River campaign, at the sie^e and capture of Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan, Alabama, and at the storming of the works at Fort Blakely, the last pitched battle of the war, April 9,1865. A consequence of its fall was the capture of Mobile. He then, with his regiment, marched to Texas, and was mustered out at the close of the war in the following August In the fall he returned to Bedford, where he commenced practicing lawr, and soon acquired a State reputation as an orator. As a criminal lawyer he had few equals, and enjoyed a large practice in that line until four years ago, when he became the general solic-i.orof the Louisville, New Albany lt;fc Chicago road. He received many honors at the hands of the people, by whom he was regarded as a man without reproach, a gentleman of courteous manners and of the strictest honor, integrity and uprightness. In 1870 he was elected to the lower House of the Legislature, and served on the judicial committee of the House during that session. With others he induced thirty-four members to resign, thereby frustrating a measure brought by the Democratic party to defeat Governor Morton. In 1872 he was elected to the Senate over Judge Frank Wilson, for Monroe and Lawrence, designated “the University district.” As the special session of! he the Legislature convened in the sees November following, there being Th-a vacancy in the office of Lieuten- anc ant governor, he was elected Pres ate ident of the Senate. He served dal through a term of four years as ] Senator. In the memorable oat Hayes-Tilden campaign, of 1876, nec he was chairman of the Republi- HU can State central committee, and re-j in 1880 was a delegate at large to by the Chicago convention. His Re- fie] publicanism -was of the ardent of kind, that left no doubt in the minds of his party associates as to j the stand he would take in political questions. He was liberal in his on religious views, and took a great ^ interest in public schools, the town of Bedford being especially indebt-1 loi ed to him for securing the fine graded schools of that place. In person, be presented an imposing appearance, being six feet three inches in height, and well built and proportioned. He was married Jan. 16, 1867, to Miss EdithM. Kelly, daughter of a Bedford merchant, who, with four daughters, survives hiji. In late years, Mr. Friedley was much of his time in Chicago, but the residence of himself and family was at Lafayette.IS0»-*ISISIS*rt.Sie n-s-10 at c-n-iislivese!idtoeyanhtbeoflein-edresellndildheofsn-ds,chakgeldoenichhest-loted*ip-llyhesbym-fiuftllythickerPrintercolumnpatientfacts.Sout tigated before author privile of the is a ve isiana Chand long, IJ. 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Bedford Lawrence Mail
Bedford, Indiana, US
Fri, Mar 01, 1889
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