Mary Alice Munroe

1860 - 1936  (75 years)

• Name	Mary Alice Munroe  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	10 Sep 1860	West Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Jul 1936	Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I2178	Munro
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	James Boyd Munroe,   b. 8 Apr 1826, Minot, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1910, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Young,   b. 15 Apr 1830, Carthage, Franklin Co., Maine, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1907, West Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	1859  [1]
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederick Loring Dixon,   b. 21 Jan 1857, Jay, Franklin Co., Maine, USA ,   d. 9 Jul 1933, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	10 Sep 1887	Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Mary Munroe Dixon,   b. 1888, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA ,   d. 1 Dec 1959  (Age 71 years) + 2. Edith Libby Dixon,   b. 15 Jun 1891, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA ,   d. 16 Sep 1926, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York, USA  (Age 35 years) + 3. Ruth Munroe Dixon,   b. 12 Dec 1899, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA ,   d. 14 Sep 1985  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2009
  Family ID	F1047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alice graduated from Bradford Academy. She studied music and was interested in charities and in the city of Lewiston, Maine. Frank Dixon, Alice's husband, had great physical strength as a young man. He was well known as a boxer and wrestler and a man of iron will. As a physician, he completed his own appendectomy, with some assistance. He performed Mastoidectomies on infants before infant-sized instruments had been invented. He was a Mason, member of the Lewiston Commandery Knights Templar, the Kora Mystic Shrine and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1900, the family went to Denver, Colorado, where Dr. Dixon established a second medical practice after taking courses at the Cleveland Medical School. He was licensed in Utah, Colorado and Maine for surgery and was associated with the staffs of St. Marie's General Hospital and the Central Maine General Hospital (from which he retired as Surgeon Emeritus), and the Denver Hospitals. After sixteen years in Colorado, the family returned to Maine, where Dr. Dixon did outstanding pioneer surgery and founded a nursing school at the Hospital. They lived at 671 Main St., Lewiston, Maine. Alice was instrumental in establishing the first kindergarten class in a Lewiston Public School, the Dingley School. She was an active member of the Mary Dillingham Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was a supporter of the Lewiston United Baptist Church and the Cleff and Spinet and Philharmonic Clubs. She was a director of the Sarah C. Frye home for Aged Women, and the Stanton Bird Club. She personally managed her family's financial matters and left a considerable fortune at her death. Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer Yard, F. L. Dixon Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Clan Munro files - Hartley, John F., John F. Hartley, Cemeteries - p. 24 (Reliability: 3). [S49] Clan Munro files - Hartley, John F., John F. Hartley, Cemeteries - p. 37 (Reliability: 3). [S725] Clan Munro files - Madden, Jeffrey P., Jeffrey P. Madden, Membership application for Jeffrey P. Madden - 21 Apr 2009 (Reliability: 3).