William Gaylord was born on July 31, 1838, and grew
up on a farm in Morrow County, Ohio. He began studying medicine with Dr. J.D.
Buck of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1878, and later attended the Pulte Medical College
in Cincinnati. While studying medicine during the day, he worked
as a locomotive engineer during the evening, at the throttle of an express
engine that ran from Cincinnati to Richmond.
After graduating from
Pulte Medical College in 1883, he soon was appointed as lecturer on histology
and microscopy, eventually becoming the Chair of Dermatology and
Microscopy at his alma mater. Dr. Gaylord moved to Sandusky in 1885, and was
appointed visiting physician to the Good Samaritan Hospital in 1890.
In 1891 Dr. William Gaylord married Miss Loie A.
Childs, a Sandusky school teacher and graduate of Oberlin College. Dr.
Gaylord had a successful medical practice in Sandusky. He treated people from
all walks of life, and provided medical services even to those who were unable
to pay him.
On January 4, 1900, Dr. William Gaylord died of apoplexy (what we would call a stroke today). He had
been at the bedside of his ill wife, and was weary from overwork just prior to
the time of his death. A tribute was paid to the late Dr. Gaylord at the Proceedings of
the 36th Annual Session of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the
State of Ohio.
Dr. Gaylord was laid to rest at Oakland Cemetery. His
wife Loie died of pneumonia on November 13, 1916, leaving behind a son and
daughter.
