Fredell Eugene Field, D. D. S. Biography


	This biography appears on page 1517 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	FREDELL EUGENE FIELD, D. D. S., a member of the state board of 
examiners in dental surgery and ex-president of the South Dakota State 
Dental Society, was born in South Acworth, Sullivan county, New 
Hampshire, on the 21st of June, 1866, and is a son of George B. Field, 
who likewise was born in the old Granite state, the family having been 
founded in New England in the colonial era of our national history. The 
Doctor passed his boyhood in his native state and duly availed himself 
of the advantages of the public schools, while in 1885 he took up the 
study and work of dentistry under the direction of an able instructor, 
in Brattleboro, Vermont. In the following year he came to South Dakota, 
locating at Sioux Falls, where he remained three years, at the 
expiration of which he returned to Vermont and opened an office in 
Putney, where he followed professional work for the ensuing two years. 
He thereafter was connected with dental offices in various cities and 
towns, finally entering a dental college in the city of Chicago, where 
he completed a technical course and was graduated in 1892, receiving the 
degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He then engaged in the active 
practice of his profession in Phillips, Wisconsin, where he remained 
until 1895, when the town was practically destroyed by fire, and he 
thereupon returned to Sioux Falls, where he has ever since been engaged 
in the practice of dentistry, having finely equipped offices and 
receiving a representative support. In 1901 the Doctor was elected 
president of the South Dakota State Dental Society and served in this 
capacity for one year, while in 1903 Governor Herreid appointed him a 
member of the state board of dental examiners, for a term of five years. 
In his political allegiance the Doctor is known as a stalwart 
Republican, while both he and his wife are valued members of the 
Congregational church. He is identified with the Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order 
of United Workmen. 

	On the 21st of November, 1894, Dr. Field was united in marriage to 
Miss Etta Belknap, who was born in Hancock, New York, being a daughter 
of George W. and Olive Belknap. Dr. and Mrs. Field became the parents of 
two children, Eugene Belknap, who is now attending the public schools; 
and Gladys Olive, who is deceased.