Woodbury County IA Archives Biographies.....Headington, H. A. 1876 - 
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Author: Iowa Its History and Tradition

IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804-1926
 
H. A. HEADINGTON

The most elaborate history is necessarily an abridgement, the historian  
being compelled to select his facts from a multitude of details; so in 
presenting the biography of an individual in a work of this character the writer
 needs only touch the most salient points, leaving out much that is superfluous.
 In recording the following facts in the life of Henry A. Headington it is  found 
that his record has fully entitled him to the high place which he holds in  
the business circles of his city and that he has well deserved the prosperity  
which he now enjoys.  Mr. Headington is a native son of the state in which  he 
now lives, having been born at Decorah on the 1st day of March, 1876, and is  
a son of Thomas and Caroline (Wepler) Headington, who were early settlers in  
Winneshiek county, where the father engaged in farming to the time of his 
death,  in 1890.  He was survived many years by his widow, who passed away in  
1917.

Henry A. Headington acquired his education in the public schools of  Decorah 
and Mason City, and entered upon the study of law in the office of  Cliggett & 
Rule, at Mason City.  In 1895 he came to Sioux City, and  entered the office 
of the New York Life Insurance Company, being in the accounts  department two 
years.  He then went to the Northwestern National Bank,  where he served as 
bookkeeper and teller for three years, after which he joined  the Warfield, 
Pratt, Howell Company, with which he remained two years.  In  1904 Mr.
Headington engaged in the produce business under the firm name of Mable  &
Headington, which a year later became Headington & Hedenbergh, and of  which
firm he is secretary and treasurer.

On September 21, 1898, in Sioux  City, Mr. Headington was married to Miss 
Cora Anderson, and they now have two  children, Dorothy, who is the wife of 
Thomas F. Harrington, Jr., and Thomas.  Mr. Headington is a stanch democrat in
his political views, while  fraternally he is a member of Tyrian lodge No. 508,
A. F. and A. M.; Columbian  Commandery, No. 18, K. T.; Sioux City Consistory, 
No. 5, A. A. S. R.; and  Abu-Bekr Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; and also Sioux City 
Lodge, No. 112, B. P. O.  E.  He belongs to the Sioux City Boat Club, the 
Cosmopolitan Club, the  Nebraska and Iowa Fruit Men's Association, and the 
Western Fruit Jobbers'  Association.  He is devoted closely to his business
affairs, but does not  permit the pursuit of wealth to interfere with his duty
to his community and his  neighbors, for he has always maintained a commendable 
interest in everything  pertaining to the progress and welfare of Sioux City. 

Mrs. Headington also  is public-spirited in her support of worthy local 
institutions, being president  of the library board and a member of the board of 
directors of the Maternity  Hospital.  Their home is characterized by a spirit
of hospitality and good  cheer and they are extremely popular members of the
circles in which they  move.

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