by Jeff Blakley Jean Taylor, in her book, The Villages of South Dade, wrote that in 1912, J.U. Free opened the People’s Telephone Company on the second floor of J.D. Redd’s dry cleaning shop. To establish his telephone company, J.U. … Continue reading →
by Jeff Blakley In Part I, I provided some genealogical information about J. U. Free and his family. In this part, I will delve into Free’s business ventures. John Ulric Free’s father died when he was just three years old. … Continue reading →
by Jeff Blakley Jean Taylor, who published her book The Villages of South Dade in 1984, was the first person to write a comprehensive history of this area. She wrote mini-biographies of over 260 families who lived as far north … Continue reading →
