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GIDDINGS, William H.

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p 155

William H. GIDDINGS, of Waterbury [Washington County, Vermont], was born 24 
October 1840 in Bakersfield [Franklin County, Vermont], son of William and 
Betsey (WALLACE) GIDDINGS, Jr. After the customary common school education 
in Bakersfield, he resolved to follow the medical profession and commenced 
his studies with Dr. W. R. HUTCHINSON of Enosburgh [Franklin County, 
Vermont]; entered the medical department of the University of Vermont, 
from which he graduated in the class of 1866; and commenced practice in his 
native town, where he remained actively engaged until April 1892, when he was 
chosen acting superintendent of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, and the 
wisdom of his selection to this position was confirmed by his appointment as 
superintendent a few months after; this office he continues to hold. Dr. 
GIDDINGS was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1870 and by 
the vote of his Republican constituents he was sent as town representative to 
the Legislature ten years after; and was elected senator from Franklin County 
in 1883, where he served with marked ability as the chairman of the committee 
on the insane. On 11 February 1868 in Bakersfield [Franklin County, 
Vermont], he [Dr. William H. GIDDINGS] was united in wedlock to Sarah A., 
daughter of John and Betsey (PIERSON) PERKINS; one child has been born to 
them, Florence E.

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