Editing Freetown, Massachusetts (section)

==Notable people==

One [[Governor of Massachusetts|Massachusetts governor]], [[Marcus Morton]], has hailed from Freetown. The town has also boasted a number of representatives to the [[Massachusetts General Court|General Court]], the state's legislature.

{| class=wikitable
! style="text-align:left" width=20% colspan=2| Resident !! width=12% | Residence !! Born !! Died !! style="text-align:left" | Notoriety
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| style="text-align:left" | [[William Rounseville Alger]] ||align=center| [[Image:A genealogical history of that branch of the Alger family which springs from Thomas Alger of Taunton and Bridgewater, in Massachusetts. 1665-1875 (1876) (14763409432).jpg|50px]] ||  || 1822 || 1905 || style="text-align:justify" | Unitarian minister, author, editor, and abolitionist. 
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| style="text-align:left" | [[John M. Deane]] ||align=center| [[Image:JohnMDeane.jpg|50px]] || Assonet || 1840 || 1914 || style="text-align:justify" |  [[American Civil War|Civil War]]–era [[Medal of Honor]] recipient. 
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:left" | [[Thomas Gilbert (military officer)|Thomas Gilbert]] || Assonet || 1715 || 1797 || style="text-align:justify" |  Colonial soldier and [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] military leader in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].
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| style="text-align:left" | [[Marcus Morton]] ||align=center| [[Image:Marcus Morton.jpg|50px]] || East Freetown || 1784 || 1864 || style="text-align:justify" |  [[Governor of Massachusetts|Acting Governor of Massachusetts]] in 1825; governor from 1840 &ndash; 1841 and again from 1843 &ndash; 1844; namesake of [[Morton Hospital and Medical Center]] in [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]]; father of [[Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court]] [[Chief Justice]] [[Marcus Morton (jurist)|Marcus Morton]].
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| style="text-align:left" | [[Ebenezer W. Peirce]] ||align=center| [[Image:EWPeirce.jpg|50px]] || Assonet || 1822 || 1902 || style="text-align:justify" |  Civil War military officer.
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:left" | [[Dave Rezendes]] || Assonet || 1959 ||  || style="text-align:justify" |  [[NASCAR]] driver.
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| style="text-align:left" | [[Casey Patrick Tebo]] ||align=center| || East Freetown || 1974 ||      || style="text-align:justify" |  [[Emmy Award]] winning filmmaker.
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