William Gulick
William Gulick (December 7, 1814 – March 15, 1904) was an American physician and politician from Watkins Glen, New York.
Life
[edit]Gulick was born on December 7, 1814, in Ovid, New York, the son of Samuel Gulick and Ann Sayre.[1]
Gulick attended common schools, Ovid Academy, and Homer Academy. After spending a year teaching school, he studied medicine under Dr. E. J. Busvine of Ovid and Dr. Lewis Post of Lodi. He then studied at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Fairfield. In 1838, he received a medical license and began working in Tyrone. In 1865, he moved to Watkins Glen and carried out a general practice there for the rest of his life. He received an M.D. from the State University of New York in 1878.[1]
Gulick was a Democrat until 1861 and the start of the American Civil War, when he became a Republican. He was school commissioner in 1855 and town supervisor of Tyrone in 1863. In 1875, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Schuyler County. He served in the Assembly in 1876[2] and 1877.[3]
In 1837, Gulick married Louisa Couch, daughter of Aaron Couch. They had two daughters, Anah and Anna E. Anah died before her father, and Anna was a music and painting teacher who published some of her musical compositions.[1]
Gulick died on March 15, 1904.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schulyer Counties, New York. Chapman Publishing Co. 1895. pp. 359–360 – via Google Books.
- ↑ McBride, Alexander (1876). The Evening Journal Almanac, 1876. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Co. p. 131 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ McBride, Alexander (1877). The Evening Journal Almanac, 1877. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Co. p. 146 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "DR. WILLIAM GULICK, OLDEST RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PASSES AWAY". Geneva Daily Times. Vol. 9, no. 244. Geneva, N.Y. 16 March 1904. p. 7 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
External links
[edit]- 1814 births
- 1904 deaths
- People from Ovid, New York
- People from Watkins Glen, New York
- 19th-century American medical doctors
- Medical doctors from New York (state)
- Town supervisors in New York (state)
- 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
- Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly