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Wllis Webster Munson

 
 
A Memorial to Wllis Webster Munson Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 12, 2024
1. A Memorial to Wllis Webster Munson Marker
Inscription.
A Memorial to
Wllis Webster Munson
Born at Otisco, August 13, 1841
Died at Bath, February 28, 1920
Served in the Civil War 44th Regiment
New York Volunteers 1862-1865
Graduated from Medical Department
Columbia University 1869.
Practiced medicine in Otisco
for a period of forty years.
Scholar • Patriot • Physician • Scientist
Soldier in Peace as in War

The Great of the Earth
Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by joint exertion of skill and humanity are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of the divinity since to preserve, any renew is almost as noble as to create. — Voltaire
 
Erected by Site donated Thomas J. and Mary Louise Dwyer.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Science & MedicineWar, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is August 13, 1841.
 
Location. 42° 51.747′ N, 76° 13.087′ W. Memorial is in Tully, New York, in Onondaga County. It is in Otisco. It is on New York State Route 80 0.2 miles north of Otisco Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1879 NY-80, Tully
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NY 13159, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Otisco Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Former Grange Hall (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hillsdale Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); West Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Otisco Southern (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Cardiff Giant (approx. 3½ miles away); a different marker also named Cardiff Giant (approx. 4.1 miles away); Amber Church (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tully.
 
Wllis Webster Munson Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 12, 2024
2. Wllis Webster Munson Marker
Wllis Webster Munson Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 12, 2024
3. Wllis Webster Munson Marker
Small Plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 12, 2024
4. Small Plaque
The site for this memorial was donated by Thomas J. and Mary Louise Dwyer
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 231 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 12, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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