Fred McPherson Newman, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1073 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				FRED McPHERSON NEWMAN, M. D. 

	Dr. Fred McPherson Newman, a leading and prosperous citizen of 
Lyman county, South Dakota, has been actively engaged in the practice 
of medicine at Presho during the past decade, also owns the city's 
largest drug store and is now serving as its mayor. His birth occurred 
in Clarksville, Iowa, on the 25th of January, 1873, his parents being 
Hiram and Euphemia (Gabby) Newman, who were natives of Ohio and 
Pennsylvania respectively. The father made his way to Iowa in 1858, 
covering the distance of ninety miles from Dubuque to his homestead on 
foot and becoming one of the pioneer agriculturists of the state. His 
demise occurred in 1909, when he had attained the age of eighty-two 
years, while his wife passed away in 1912, when sixty-nine years old. 
They became the parents of five children, of whom our subject was the 
fourth born. His surviving sister, Mary, is the wife of Oscar 
Heiserman, of West Union, Iowa, and he also had two half brothers: 
Frank, who is deceased; and Granville, a resident of Vienna, South 
Dakota. 

	Fred McPherson Newman acquired his early education in the grammar 
and high schools of his native town and subsequently attended the 
University of Iowa for two years, while later he spent a similar period 
as a student in the Northwestern University of Chicago, which 
institution conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in 1903. He had 
devoted two years to preparatory work in Cornell College of Mount 
Vernon, Iowa, and acquired a liberal education through his own efforts, 
earning the money with which to pay his expenses. Well qualified for 
the practice of his chosen profession, he opened an office at Rembrandt 
and at the end of a year went to Stacyville, Iowa, where he spent 
another period of twelve months. In 1905 he removed to Presho, South 
Dakota, which place has since remained the scene of his professional 
labors and where he has been accorded a gratifying and growing practice 
that now covers a territory many miles in extent. He is widely 
recognized as an able and successful representative of the profession 
and keeps in close touch with its steady advance through his membership 
in the district and state medical societies and the American Medical 
Association. The financial success that has come to him is indicated in 
the fact that he is now the proprietor of Presho's largest drug store 
and also owns a half section of land in Lyman county. 

	On the 29th of June, 1904, Dr. Newman was united in marriage to 
Miss Maggiebell, daughter of Edward Lonie, of Stacyville, Iowa. They 
have two children, Fred Kenneth and Ruth Nedra. Politically the Doctor 
is a progressive republican but at local elections casts an independent 
ballot. His fellow townsmen have honored him by election to the office 
of mayor and his administration has brought many needed reforms and 
improvements. He is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity, 
belonging to Butler Lodge, No. 84, A. F. & A. M., of Clarksville, 
Butler county, Iowa, and he is also a charter member of Alpha Omega 
Alpha. In both professional and social circles of the community he 
enjoys an enviable reputation.