HERRICK, William Karl - 1914

HERRICK, FRENCH

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

WILLIAM KARL HERRICK.

Among the younger representatives of the legal profession in Cherokee county. is William Karl Herrick, who enjoys an enviable reputation as a member of the- firm of Herrick & Herrick, attorneys of Cherokee, which he joined in June, 1904. His birth occurred in that city on the 22d of June, 1878, his parents being Ernest C. and Marian A. Herrick. He supplemented his preliminary education by a course of study in Lake Forest College of Lake Forest, Illinois, which he attended from 1896 until 1898, while the following two years were devoted to a civichistoric course in the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 1902, in order to gain specific training in the field of his chosen profession, he entered the College of Law of the State University of Iowa, which institution conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1904. In June of that year he became a member of the firm of Herrick & Herrick at Cherokee, in which connection he has practiced during the past decade, enjoying an extensive and profitable clientage. He is a natural discriminator as to legal ethics, and he is so thoroughly well read in the minutae of the law that he is able to base his arguments upon thorough knowledge of and familiarity with precedents, and to present a case upon its merits, never failing to recognize the main point at issue and never neglecting to give a thorough preparation.

On the 28th of September, 1905, at Lake Forest, Illinois, Mr. Herrick was united in marriage to Miss Lucile F. French, a daughter of Dr. G. G. French,. of Lake Forest. They now have two daughters: Dorothy Lucile, born January 19, 1907; and Virginia Inez, whose natal day was December 19, 1909.

In his political views Mr. Herrick is a democrat, while his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. In Masonry he has attained the thirtysecond . degree of the Scottish Rite, belonging to Speculative Lodge, No. 307, A. F. & A. M., of Cherokee, and T. S. Parvin Consistory, S. P. R. S., of Sioux City, Iowa. He is likewise identified with the Knights of Pythias at Cherokee. Mr. Herrick is well known and highly esteemed in both professional and social circles of his native city and has an extensive circle of friends throughout the community.