History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 855, Pleasant Township
William J. Gillett, physician and surgeon, is a son of Samuel
and Juda Gillett, and is a native of this State, and his birth occurred
July 23, '41. The Doctor began the study of medicine in 1861 under the
instruction of a brother in Chicago. He then read with Dr. Durant some
10 months, after which he attended lectures at the Iowa Medical
Institute and graduated in 1868. He came to this county in 1865 and
began the practice of his profession in Ipava in 1871, where he has
enjoyed a liberal practice since and has been eminently successful. The
Doctor also graduated from the St. Louis Medical College. On the 14th
of June 65, he was married to Martha E. Mitchell, a native of Illinois,
in 1847. They have had a family of 6 children born to them, 5 of whom
are living, Emma, Willie F., Georgia A., Keitha, Mattie, deceased, and
an infant. Dr. G. belongs both to the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders
and is a member of the Christian Church. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. E,
17th Ill. Inf., and served 3 years.
submitted by Glenene Brown
