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WILLIAM M. FOLLET, M. D., a homeopathic physician and surgeon at Seneca Falls, is a native of the village, born August 25, 1861, and is a son of Gilbert Follet. The latter, born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1833, was there reared to manhood, learning the trade of a carpenter and joiner. Subsequently he came to Seneca Falls, where he was engaged as a contractor and builder for a number of years, and later moved to a farm two miles from the village, where he now lives a retired life. He married Miss Margaret McWilliams, who was born in the town of Seneca Falls, and was a daughter of Samuel McWilliams, a native of New York, but of Scotch descent. She died on the farm in 1892. The Follets are of English descent, the grandfather of our subject emigrating from England and locating near Albany, N. Y. To Gilbert and Margaret Follet were born two children: William M., our subject; and Mary B., the wife of Herbert S. Wilbur, an attorney at Rochester, N. Y.

In early childhood our subject removed with his parents to the farm where he grew to manhood. His early education was gleaned in the district schools, and later he entered Seneca Falls Academy, where he finished the course. On leaving school, he read medicine for a time, and then took a three-years course at Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, from which he was graduated in 1887. After graduating he served in the homeopathic hospital in Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery, and later in the homeopathic hospital at Buffalo, N. Y. From the latter place he went to Geneva, N. Y., where for one year he took charge of the practice of Dr. N. B. Cobert, who was ill. He then opened an office in Rochester, where he remained six months, and then returned to his old home at Seneca Falls, where he has since engaged in general practice, and has been highly successful.

Dr. Follet was married, December 26, 1888, to Miss Julia A. Uhlhorn, of New York City. The Doctor is a member of the Seneca County Homeopathic Medical Society; of the New York State Homeopathic Medical Society; of the Rochester Homeopathic Association, and of the Central New York Homeopathic Medical Society. For three terms Dr. Follet served as Health Officer of the village of Seneca Falls, two years as physician of the town of Seneca Falls, and one term as County Physician. He is a skillful physician, and has a large and constantly growing practice. He resides on Cayuga Street, one of the principal resident streets of the village.