Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . Joseph, born[685, married Mary Case. (V) Matthew, born1724, married Susanah Eno. (VI) Abel, born[756, married Rosene Cosset (above). Gillett.—(I ) Joseph Gillett married Elizabeth Hayes. Sims-bury, 1740. (II) Benoni Gillett, born 1762, mar-ried Penelope Hubbard; he was a Revolutionarysoldier. (Ill) Almon married Lurana Adams. Dr. Williams parents died before he reachedthe age of ten years, and since that time
Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . Joseph, born[685, married Mary Case. (V) Matthew, born1724, married Susanah Eno. (VI) Abel, born[756, married Rosene Cosset (above). Gillett.—(I ) Joseph Gillett married Elizabeth Hayes. Sims-bury, 1740. (II) Benoni Gillett, born 1762, mar-ried Penelope Hubbard; he was a Revolutionarysoldier. (Ill) Almon married Lurana Adams. Dr. Williams parents died before he reachedthe age of ten years, and since that time he hasmade his own way !n the world. His early lifewas mainly spent in Granby, Conn., and he after-ward went to Hartford to pursue his studies. Whennearly readv to enter a medical college in 1869he suddenly lost his hearing. This was a severeblow to the young man, but he persevered in hisefforts to obtain an education, supporting himselfin the meantime by working in printing officesand drug stores until 1874. when he was examinedand given a diploma by the Censors of the Connecti-cut Botanico Medical Society, and in 1880 receivedanother from the Connecticut Eclectic $ M }ru&. <Zl^v<^ A3 COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 87 He is a member of the National Eclectic Associa-tion, and has always had a large practice, especiallyin obscure and chronic cases. Dr. Williams mar-ried, in 1885, Janetta E. Hart, of Pleasant Valley,Conn., and has one daughter, Frances Hart, bornin 1886. The Doctor has not devoted himself exclusivelyto the study of medicine, but is an ardent studentof scientific subjects of all kinds, especially surfacegeology, anthropology and archaeology. He hasone of the finest pre-historic archaeological col-lections in the State, if not in New England. Hehas published Prehistoric Remains of the Farm-ington Valley. He takes a deep interest in allthings pertaining to the welfare of Bristol, and wasthe first to propose the formation of the BristolHisto
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