James Dave Freemyer, son of Ruth Barnett and James David Freemyer, came to
  Kansas in 1879 to Reno County. James David died, and Ruth Barnett Freemyer
  married Gus Hegwer. They moved to Old Kiowa in the 80's. Gus Hegwer lost his
  life in the blizzard of 1886 while out hunting cattle, and Dave, who was a
  youngster at the time, was with him and last a leg due to the cold.
     Frances Hegwer Parker was their daughter. Old Kiowa moved to New Kiowa
  when the railroad went there. Dave made the Cherokke Strip Run in 1893 and 
  proved up a claim near Capron, riding 6 months for the Commanche Pool outfit
  and staying six months on his claim. This was before Oklahoma became a state.
     In 1906 Dave married Minnie Kincaid, a teacher in Kiowa. Dave ran a
  grocery store in Kiowa and worked in two banks. In 1907 a group of stockholders
  secured a charter for a bank at Lake City. Ed Smith and George Landis of Kiowa
  were among them. The bank failed in 1921. Dave was collector for Massey Harris
  Implement for several years and ran a general store at Lake Ciity for the last
  15 years of his life.
     The children of Dave and Minnie Freemyer, born at Lake City during the
  years he ran the bank are James O. Freemyer, Mary E. Freemyer Kuhlman, Roxie
  O. Freemyer Combs, and Ruth Freemeyer Martin.
     Dave's name is engraved on the Chisholm Trail marker at Enid, Oklahoma,
  and the Cimarron Cowboys marker at Freedom. Two pamphlets are in the State
  Historical Society on Old Kiowa. The books write very respectfully about him.
  He was a very volatile, aggressive person.
                 
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 181 
     Submitted by: Roxie O. Combs