Mrs.
Anna (Brake) Frieden. The lady whose honored name
introduces this sketch is one of whom the biographer
esteems it a privilege to write, and deserves more
extended praise than the feeble pen of the writer can
indite. She is one of the most wealthy residents of
Clayton County, owning at the present time over one
thousand acres of valuable farming land, which is under
the management of her intelligent and capable step-son.
The subject of this sketch is a native of Switzerland,
and was born across the water November 5, 1835. She is
the daughter of Joshua and Catherine (Shirard) Brake,
also natives of Switzerland, where they were well-to-do
people. Mrs. Frieden was the youngest but one in her
parents' family of eight children, her brothers and
sisters bearing the respective names of Jacob, John
Ulrich, Peter, Andrew, Samuel, Joshua and Katie. They
were members of the Apostles' Church, and in his
political relations Mr. Brake was a Democrat after coming
to the United States.
Benedict Frieden, the deceased husband of our subject,
was born in Switzerland June 6, 1827, and emigrated to
the United States in 1848. He landed in New York City,
where he remained for a short time, and then made his way
to Monroe County, Ohio, where he followed farm pursuits
for two years. At the expiration of that time Mr. Frieden
came to Marion Township, Clayton County, purchasing
within its bounds one hundred acres of land, which he
cultivated in such a profitable manner that he soon
increased his acreage to nearly one thousand acres. He
was a man of prominence in his neighborhood. After a
useful life he died, lamented by his family and a host of
warm friends, December 3, 1893, in the sixty-sixth year
of his age.
Benedict Frieden was married in 1849 to Miss Annie
Baumgardner, and by her became the father of the
following named nine children: Fred, John, Samuel, Eliza,
Mary Ann, Frank, Joseph, Benjamin and Annie. The wife and
mother departed this life in 1870, and the lady to whom
Mr. Frieden was married two years later bore the maiden
name of Magdalene Garber. They were blessed by the birth
of one daughter, born February 16, 1875, who bore the
name of Salome. Mrs. Magdalene Frieden died in 1886, and
in 1891 Mr. Frieden married our subject. So universally
esteemed is she, and so well known, that these few lines
will find many interested readers.
~source: Portrait
and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton
Counties;Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co., 1894; pgs. 530-531
-transcribed by Becky Teubner
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