Dr. Spencer M. Free, A.M., M.D. and May Irene Elway

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Husband Dr. Spencer M. Free, A.M., M.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1856 - York Co, PA 3
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         Father: E. W. Free (      -      ) 3
         Mother: V. A. Michael (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage:  - Elk Co, PA

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Wife May Irene Elway ³

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            AKA: Mary Irene Elway 2 3
           Born: Oct 1856 - Altoona, Blair Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1 Feb 1909 - DuBois, Clearfield Co, PA 2
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         Father: Thomas Elway (1820-      ) 2
         Mother: Anna Baer (1829-1893) 4

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Children

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1 M Edward Elway Free ^{2 3}

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           Born: 3 May 1883 - Dagus Mines, Elk Co, PA 2
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2 M Rhoe Chambers Free ²

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            AKA: Rohe Free 3
           Born: 15 May 1889 - Beechtree, Jefferson Co, PA 2
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3 F Virginia Free ²

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           Born: 15 May 1889 - Beechtree, Jefferson Co, PA 2
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           Died: 14 May 1890 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Spencer Michael Free ^{2 3}

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           Born: 17 Feb 1895 - DuBois, Clearfield Co, PA 2
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Spencer M. Free, A.M., M.D.

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He was reared in the county of his nativity, and attended its public schools until fifteen years of age, when he entered Dickinson Seminary, at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Subsequently he became a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University, and was graduated in the class of 1877, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He pursued his professional studies in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Baltimore, Maryland, where he matriculated in 1877, and graduated in 1880. He then engaged in practice, first serving as resident physician of the Maryland Maternite, in Baltimore, after which he located at Dagus Mines, in Elk County, Pennsylvania, and was connected with the North Western Mining & Exchange Co. at that place until 1885, when he returned to Baltimore and accepted the chair of Diseases of Children in the Post Graduate Medical School. In 1887 he began practice in Beechtree, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, subsequently removing to Helvetia, Clearfield County; and in 1892 moved to Du Bois. During the greater part of his professional career he was employed as physician and surgeon by mining companies, and in that capacity was connected with the Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Co. He was also surgeon for the different railway companies whose lines entered Du Bois.
He was a member of the State Medical Society; was at one time president of the Jefferson County Medical Society, and held membership in the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Medicine, the American Public Health Association, the American Electro-Therapeutical Association, the National Association of Railway Surgeons, the American Academy of Railway Surgeons, and the West Branch Medical Society. Of the last named, Dr. Ball, of Lock Haven, and Dr. Free were the originators.
He was connected with Olympia Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Mountain Cliff Lodge, K. of P., of Beechtree; and Echo Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle. He was prominent in Masonic circles, belonging to Washington Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., of Baltimore, the oldest lodge in that state; St. John's Chapter, No. 19, R. A. M.; Knapp Commandery, No. 50, K. T., of Ridgway, Pennsylvania; and Zem-Zem Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of Erie, Pennsylvania. He served as president of the city council of Du Bois in 1894; he was also a member of the Board of Health.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 981.

2 Daniel M. and Robert B. Bare, Genealogy of Johannes Baer (Harrisburg, PA: Central Printing and Publishing House, 1910), Pg 41.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 982.

4 Daniel M. and Robert B. Bare, Genealogy of Johannes Baer (Harrisburg, PA: Central Printing and Publishing House, 1910), Pg 39.