Fresno County, California Biographies Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919) History By Paul E. Vandor Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919 Notes: Missing+page1185-1186 Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm SARAH FRANCES PUGH, D. O.� An osteopathic physician of un- usual ability, who has been successfully practicing her profession in Fresno since 1904, is Sarah Frances Pugh. the subject of this sketch. She is a de- scendant of a pioneer family of California, although a native of Lewis County, Mo. When California caused the world to vibrate with the news of its wonder- ful wealth, and caravans of prairie schooners drawn by slow going oxen were crossing the trackless plains, in the "days of old, the days of gold, the days of '49," it was then that Jane Pugh, the grandmother of Dr. Pugh, accompanied by the doctor's two uncles. Aaron and John Pugh, and two aunts, Esther and Eleanor Pugh, made her advent into the state of Cali- fornia. Grandmother Pugh returned to her old home in Missouri in 1875, where she passed to her reward in 1881. Four sons of the above pioneer John Pugh, are now numbered among the prominent men of San Joaquin Valley. Sarah Frances Pugh is the daughter of Matthias and Hannah (Mc- Williams) Pugh, natives of Ohio and Kentucky, respectively, who were pioneers in Lewis Co., Mo. The father entered government land and re- sided on it till he died at the age of eighty-two and one-half years. His wife having preceded him several years, passed away at the age of sixty-five. Matthias Pugh served in a Missouri regiment in the Civil War. Dr. Sarah F. Pugh received her early education in the common schools of Missouri, after the completion of which she became a teacher of in- strumental music. Being possessed of a kindly and sympathetic nature, she took up nursing the sick, which experience no doubt was a potent factor in leading her to the decision to become an osteopathic physician. Her first course in this interesting and helpful science, which has accomplished such wonderful and restorative results and alleviated the sufferings of humanity, was taken in Dr. Ward's School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo. It was in this town that the late Dr. A. T. Still, the discoverer of the science, formerly resided. In 1902, Dr. Pugh graduated from Dr. S. S. Still's College of Osteopathy at Des Moines, Iowa. Later she pursued a course in bacteriol- ogy and gynecology. Before locating in Fresno, Dr. Pugh practiced her profession in St. Louis. In 1916 Dr. Pugh took a post graduate course at Kansas City, Mo., in diagnosis and treatment of the eye, ear, nose, and throat; and in 1917 she supplemented her knowledge on these subjects by a course of study at Los Angeles, Cal. She is at present specializing on these treatments, for which she has been so thoroughly prepared. Dr. Pugh has built up a large practice in Fresno and other sections of the San Joaquin Valley. She is a member of the State and National Association of Osteopaths, also of the American Osteopathic Society of Ophthalmology and Oto Laryngology. Dr. Pugh is considered an expert on these subjects and is the author of several articles on these special treatments. Dr. Sarah F. Pugh is fast winning an enviable reputation as a skilful and conscientious practitioner, and can look forward to a long and useful career. Fraternally, she is a member of the Daughters of Veterans of the Civil War, and is Past Department President of California and Nevada. She is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and belongs to the Baptist Church.