History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
He died in his eighty-sixth year, leaving several children and many friends to lament his loss.
Dr. Francis Fowler practiced in White Plains and vicinity about eighty or ninety years ago. He came from Newburgh, Orange County, N. Y., and soon after his arrival married a sister of ex-Sheriff" Amos W. Hatfield, of White Plains. His talents and practice are said to have been respectable and gave promise of good success, but in a few years after settling in White Plains, he died, leaving a widow, but no children.
Dr. Brewster also practiced in White Plains previous to or about the time of Dr. Fowler, but nothing further is known of him.
Dr. William Baldwin, late of New York City, lies beneath a large, plain, but handsome monument, in the yard of the first, or old Methodist Church, of White Plains. He was born in Northford, Conn., commenced ])ractice about 1800, and married Elizabeth, daughter of John Falconei', a prominent citizen of White Plains, where he practiced with considerable success for about fifteen years. He then removed to the city of New York and located himself in East Broadway ; became a prominent and successful practitioner in that section of the city, and gained a more than ordinary practice and honorable position among his })rofessional brethren. He left a widow, but no children.
Dr. Seth Miller, of Sing Sing, was born in April, 17(56. He came from Lower Salem, and, after practicing several years at New Castle, settled at Sing Sing, before 1700, being the first physician to locate in the latter village. Mrs. John Miller, who, in 1858, was eighty-six years old, stated that Dr. Miller had attended her husband when he was suff'ering from the yellow fever. It was the first case of the disease known in Sing Sing, and did not spread, Mr.