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Below is a family biography included in Biographical Record of Oakland County, Michigan published by Biographical Publishing Company in 1903. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Harry C. Guillot, M. D., mayor of Pontiac, Michigan, serving in this highest municipal office for the third time, is the only person who has been elected to the office of mayor for three consecutive terms. He is a prominent physician as well as a leading citizen, and has been identified with the interests of Pontiac since 1891.
Dr. Guillot was born at Windsor, Canada, where he was reared and secured his literary education. In 1891 he graduated from the Detroit College of Medicine and served four years on the medical staff of the Eastern Michigan Asylum, under Dr. C. B. Burr. Since 1895 he has engaged in a general practice in the city, being favorably located in the North Building, and has been eminently successful. He is the medical examiner for a number of the leading insurance societies and mutual benefit organizations. Dr. Guillot belongs to the Pontiac, Oakland County and the Michigan State Medical societies and is fraternally associated with the Masons, belonging to Pontiac Commandery, No. 2, the Knights of Pythias, the Elks and others, being valued in all on account of his sterling character and genial good fellowship. In politics the Doctor is a stanch Republican. He was the successful candidate in the mayoralty elections of 1901, 1902, and 1903.
In 1890 Dr. Guillot was married in Canada, and has one son. The family belong to the Protestant Episcopal Church. A portrait of Dr. Guillot accompanies this sketch.
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