Member of the prominent Church Family of Allegany County, New York. He was the youngest of the nine children born to Judge Philip and Anna Church. His grandmother was Angelica Schuyler Church and his great-grandfather was General Phillip Schuyler.

William Henry Church was a medical doctor. He graduated from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1849. He entered medical practice in New York City in 1851, where he was on staff at Bellevue Hospital. He joined the Union Army as Surgeon of Volunteers in August 1861, and was medical director in General Ambrose Burnside's Ninth Corps. Dr. Church contracted a very serious lung disease while in the army, and was mustered out in October 1863.

He first went to New Orleans in an effort to regain his health and then to Europe. He ended up dying at age 40 in the southern French city of Pau. According to a contemporary publication, Dr. Church was "laid to rest at the Episcopal Cemetery in Pau."

Member of the prominent Church Family of Allegany County, New York. He was the youngest of the nine children born to Judge Philip and Anna Church. His grandmother was Angelica Schuyler Church and his great-grandfather was General Phillip Schuyler.

William Henry Church was a medical doctor. He graduated from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1849. He entered medical practice in New York City in 1851, where he was on staff at Bellevue Hospital. He joined the Union Army as Surgeon of Volunteers in August 1861, and was medical director in General Ambrose Burnside's Ninth Corps. Dr. Church contracted a very serious lung disease while in the army, and was mustered out in October 1863.

He first went to New Orleans in an effort to regain his health and then to Europe. He ended up dying at age 40 in the southern French city of Pau. According to a contemporary publication, Dr. Church was "laid to rest at the Episcopal Cemetery in Pau."