Dr. William T. Constant
Dr. William T. Constant was a versatile genius. He was born on a farm (as nearly all of the subjects of these sketches were), in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1842. His father was raised in old Kentucky. After finishing his common school education he began teaching. He was a steamboat engineer for a time. He then with his small savings, entered the "O. W. U." here, in Delaware, and graduated in 1861. He enlisted in Company I. Fourth O. V. I., as a private, and was promoted rapidly from private to second, to first lieutenant, and to the captaincy of the company. He was in the battles of Rich Mountain, Greenbriar, Romney and the Wilderness, and Fredericksburg. After being honorably discharged, he returned to Delaware and finished his medical education in the Cleveland Medical College, in 1868. His office reading was done in the office of the illustrious Dr. T. B. Williams, whose biography is in the old Delaware County history and he was a student of Dr. J. H. White also. Dr. Constant was at one time first assistant superintendent in the old Central Lunatic Asylum under the eminent Dr. Ralph Hills. Dr. Constant was an indefatigable worker, and was filled with unbounded energy. He worked up to his final sickness. He was at one time assoiciated in the practice of medicine with the old Mestor. Dr. J. H. White, and afterwards for a short time with Dr. J. A. Caruthers. He served as U. S. pension examiner for eighteen years. He held many official positions in city affairs. Early in life he united with William Street Church, and was a member until the time of his death. He was an active member of the G. A. R. and of the I. O. O. F. He died at the age of forty-eight years.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens by James R. Lytle, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908