William E. Pickering

PICKERING

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Date: 11/8/2022 at 17:02:58

William E. Pickering

William E. Pickering, attorney at law, of the firm of Pickering & Hartley, located in Northwood, Worth Co., Iowa, in the fall of 1875. He is a native of Henry Co., Ind., born Aug. 28, 1849. His parents were Abner and Jennette (Saint) Pickering, his father being a native of Pennsylvania, his mother of North Carolina. His father died when William E. was three years of age, and his mother afterwards married Nathan Macy, who treated him with all the kindness a father could have bestowed. In 1862 William E. went to Springdale, Cedar Co., Iowa. In 1869-70 he attended the State University at Iowa City. He left in his sophomore year, returning home, where he remained until the fall of 1875, .when he came to Northwood and purchased an interest in a real estate and law business, as the firm of Butler, Smith & Pickering. In the meantime he attended the law department of the State University, graduating in the class of 1879. The real estate and law partnership of Butler, Smith & Pickering was dissolved in July, 1877, and in the fall of the same year, he formed his present partnership with Walter T. Hartley. They are young men, well posted, and have built up an extensive business in their profession. Mr. Pickering was married to Ella M. Hartley. They have two children-Ralph C. and Lulu. In 1882 Mr. Pickering was elected mayor of Northwood, on the republican ticket. The firm have had a branch office at Lake Mills, Winnebago Co., Iowa, under the firm name of Pickering, Hartley & Harwood since 1879, and in 1882 in connection therewith opened a private bank which has proved a financial success. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.850