Sadie Freije Hider may not have started out with much, but she lived long enough to see her children succeed in business and her grandchildren excel in Indianapolis’ public schools. George Syrian Orthodox Church, where she was a member. The connections among the Freije, Hider, and Kafoure families fueled the growth of Syrian charitable, social, and religious associations in Indianapolis, including St. Her son John wed Selma Freije, another resident of Willard Street. She also saw both of her boys get married. But working with her two boys, the family supported itself by operating a corner grocery store located on the 500 block of Blake Street. The Hider family grocery store was one of hundreds that sold school pins.Ī few years later, John Hider died. Black “struck his hand against the revolver and was injured.” According to the Indianapolis Star, Hider confronted the man, who was African American, and “commanded him to dance, pointing a revolver at the colored man’s feet.” Mr. On July 2, 1911, he was arrested for assault against a man named Obla Black. He may not have been the easiest man to live with. When the census was taken that year, 42-year-old John Hider, her husband, was listed as head of household. Mary Freije Kafoure.īy 1910, Saidie Hider had moved a few blocks away to 401 West Norwood Street, located just southwest of today’s Lucas Oil Stadium. The women of Willard Street were a hearty bunch who carried their own firewood and took care of one another. There were at least two other woman-led Syrian households there, and dozens of other female Arabic speakers in the immediate vicinity. It was fortunate that Sadie Hider had friends and relatives who lived, like she did, in the heart of Arabic-speaking Indianapolis. Just a few years after the 1900 census, Sadie’s son, Tom, died, and was buried in Holy Cross and St.
Her life on Willard Street must not have been easy. It was a “shotgun house,” only fifteen feet or so wide. She inhabited one half of a wood-framed duplex, which was one and a half stories high. Hider lived at 528 Willard, on the south end of the street near a large factory and Pogue’s Run creek. Sadie Hider’s house was located north of Pogue’s Run and a factory that later housed the Wizard Auto Company.
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