BIOGRAPHY: Garnet L. Higgins, M.D.; Utica, Oneida co., NY
surname: Higgins, Haley, Gay, O'Tooele

Transcribed by W. David Samuelsen
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AN INLAND EMPIRE AND THEIR PEOPLE, BIOGRAPHICAL, VOLUME IV, W. FREEMAN GALPIN,
PH.D.
Publishers, LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., NEW YORK, 1941, expired
copyright.

     GARNET L. HIGGINS, M. D. C. M. - Since 1929 Dr. Garnet L. Higgins has
been engaged in general practice of medicine and surgery in the town of
Sauquoit and the city of Utica, where he is a member of the medical staff of
the Faxton Hospital and is identified with several other large professional
organizations.

     Dr. Higgins was born at Brockville, Province of Ontario, Canada,
February 18, 1899, the son of Richard J. and Ada (Haley) Higgins, and nephew
of the late John O'Toole, well-known Canadian contractor who built the
aqueduct at Ottawa, Canada. His father, who still resides in Canada, is a
successful and prominent interior decorator in Brockville. Dr. Higgins
attended the public schools of his native community, and completed this part
of his studies at the Kingston High School. He then matriculated at Queen's
University, studied in the medical school of the institution and was graduated
from here with an M. D. C. M. degree in the class of 1927. That year be came
to the city of Utica and began as an interne at the Faxton Hospital,
continuing in this capacity until 1929. Since that time he has conducted a
highly successful medical and surgical practice. In the fall of 1939 he
purchased the Brownell estate at Sauquoit, where he now makes his home and
office.

     At present Dr. Higgins is health officer for the town of Paris and holds
membership in the American Medical Association, the New York State Medical
Society, the Oneida County Medical Society and the Utica Academy of Medicine.
Socially he is a member of the Cedar Lake Club and fraternizes with the
Masonic Order in which he is identified with Queen's Lodge of Kingston,
Ontario, and Warren Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Waterville, New York, and
Utica Commandery, No. 31, Knights Templar. In his religious convictions he
adheres to the Presbyterian faith.

     In 1935, at Utica, Dr. Higgins married Florence Gay, and they are the
parents of two children, both born in this city: 1. Nancy, born June, 1936. 2.
Betty Haley, born in August, 1938.