Sevier-Millard-Salt Lake County UT Archives Biographies.....Freece, Margaret A. 1872 - 
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MARGARET A. FREECE, M. D.

    Dr. Margaret A. Freece is one of the well known physicians of Utah, who by
professional ability and force of character has become a credit to the calling
which she represents and an honor to her sex. Her parents, Peter F. and Margaret
(Sorenson) Freece, came to Utah in 1859 as members of a handcart company
crossing the plains. They first settled in Salt Lake but in 1861 removed to
Gunnison, casting in their lot with pioneer settlers of that district. About
that time the Indians were annoying the settlers very greatly and the family
were forced to leave that section. In 1867 they located at Scipio and there, in
1872, Dr. Freece was born. A member of a pioneer family, she was reared amid the
hardships and privations incident to frontier life and in her early girlhood she
was noted for her many acts of kindliness and helpfulness. Her preliminary
education was obtained in the graded schools and Presbyterian mission school,
after which she pursued a course in the Westminster Collegiate Institute of Salt
Lake City, from which she was graduated with the class of 1892. She then went
east to Chicago and pursued a medical course in the Northwestern University,
from which she was graduated with the class of 1897, her professional degree
being conferred upon her at that time. She put her theoretical knowledge to the
practical test by service as an interne in the Mary Thompson Hospital of Chicago
and later acted as interne in the Woman's Hospital of that city, both
institutions according her a diploma. Thus she became master of both the theory
and practice of her chosen profession. For six months she was also connected
with the Iowa Industrial School.

    In 1899 Dr. Freece returned to Utah, settling at Salina, where she has since
remained, and through the intervening period she has won a wide patronage, her
practice constantly increasing both in volume and in importance. She has
patients in all parts of Sevier and adjoining counties and her ability is
recognized not only by the laity but by all representatives of the profession in
southern Utah.

    It is not alone as a physician that Dr. Freece has won the enviable place
that she fills. She has done important service along other lines, for she was
induced to accept a position on the school board and did excellent work in that
connection for nine years, during which period Salina's beautiful high school
building was erected. During one of her terms she served as treasurer of the
board and was instrumental in having interest paid on school funds for the first
time, no previous board having ever attempted to secure this. Dr. Freece was
also one of the early directors of the First State Bank and is the secretary,
treasurer and the largest stockholder in the Salina Grain & Milling Company,
which has erected a fifty-barrel Flavo flour mill east of the depot in Salina.
The mill is equipped with the Flavo machinery and turns out the famous Flavo
fancy flour, generally conceded to be a superior product. The grain is put to
rigid tests to insure a perfect flour and the excellence of the output has won
for the industry a continued sale.

    As chairman for Sevier county of the Medical Women's Hospital Association
Dr. Freece's energy, ability and love of country was evidenced by her efforts
when her county alone raised nearly half of the state's quota for the American
Medical Women's Hospital of Europe during the World war. Since its organization
in March, 1917, she has been chairman of the Salina Red Cross Chapter, including
north Sevier county. In a professional way this busy woman has served as county
quarantine officer, as city physician and county physician, and she is a
councilor of the Medical Women's National Association and chairman of the
Medical Women's Hospital Association. She also belongs to the Utah State Medical
Association and the American Medical Association. Though possessed of unusual
business ability and acquired professional skill, she is in every way thoroughly
womanly and to her scientific knowledge adds a most kindly and gentle spirit
that has made her service of untold value in the sickroom. While honest and
positive in her business dealings, she possesses keen sympathy and broad
humanitarianism that have made her a valued and loved citizen of Sevier county.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920


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