Steuben County, Indiana Biographies

William E Heckenlively

William E. Heckenllvely, of Angola, was born on a farm in Steuben County, Indiana, December 6, 1861. He is one of four children born to Henry M. and Mary (Kirk) Heckenlively. He was educated in the common schools of Steuben county and high schools of Angola, and graduated from Hlllsdale College, Michigan, in 1890. He read law with David H. Craig, of Rawliugs, Wyoming, and later with Best & Bratton, of Angola. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar at Angola where be has since practiced, uniting in the firm of Bratton & Heckenllvely in 1911. He served as prosecutor in 1903 and 1904. He is a member of the Steuben County Bar Association, a Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar, a Knight of Pythias, and a Republican. He married Miss Mary E. Main, of Perrysburg, Ohio. They have two children, Joan and Harold M. The family belongs to the Congregational church. Source: Courts and lawyers of Indiana, Volume 3 By Leander John Monks, Logan Esarey, Ernest Vivian Shockley

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