DIGHT, Mrs. Mary A. G.

Mrs. Mary A. G.. Dight, also known as "Minnie," was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, on November 7, 1860.  A talented musician, she attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. When she decided to change career paths to become a physician, Minnie attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

After her graduation in 1884, she returned to Ohio.  Minnie married Benjamin C. Trago on May 9, 1885, but their marriage was not a happy one.  She left in 1886 for two years abroad, in Vienna and Paris, to hone her medical skills. Next, Minnie returned to Portsmouth and became president of the Hempstead Academy of Medicine. She married Dr. Charles F. Dight in 1892, and the couple lived in Faribault, Minnesota, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, New Orleans, Louisiana, Chicago, Illinois, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until their divorce in 1899.  In addition to her work as a physician, Minnie was involved with social reform.

During the first decade of the twentieth century, Minnie returned to Vienna and Paris.  When she came back to the United States in 1913, Minnie lived in New York City and had her summer cottage, Rocky Knoll, in Colebrook, New Hampshire. In 1921, Minnie planned to build a winter home in the Washington suburbs.  She passed away in Colebrook on February 8, 1923.

• Dight, Charles Fremong  SNAC

• Minnesota Historical Society Finding Aids - Charles Fremont Dight.

• New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]), 19 June 1921. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-06-19/ed-1/seq-39/>

• The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]), 11 Aug. 1921. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1921-08-11/ed-1/seq-9/>

• Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 18 May 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1913-05-18/ed-1/seq-71/>

• Mary A. G. Crawford Dight Find A Grave

• Mary Allice Glidden Crawford in the Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.   Film Number: 000292697.  Located on Ancestry.com.

  
   

• Mrs M A G Trago in the U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925/ , Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 281; Volume #: Roll 281 - 01 Apr 1886-30 Apr 1886.  Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.Original data: Selected Passports. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  

• Chamberlain, George Walter.  The Descendants of Charles Glidden of Portsmouth and Exeter, New Hampshire.  Compiled by George Walter Chamberlain.  Edited by Lucia Glidden Strong.  Boston, s.n., 1923, p. 166.  Located on Internet Archive.