Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hnetkovsky, Frank 1869 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County 1914

Hnetkovsky, Frank – Coal City has made considerable progress commensurate with 
the growth of its population and the energetic spirit of its leading business 
men, and one of the improvements which adds to the attractiveness of the city 
and provides healthy amusement as well, is the new opera house of which Frank 
Hnetkovsky is stage manager.  In addition to this, he is owner of 120 acres of 
land in Braceville Township.  He was born in Bohemia in 1869, a son of Frank 
and Johanna Hnetkovsky, but in 1884 came to the United States, locating at 
Coal City, where he entered the mines and is connected with them.  An 
ambitious man, he supplemented his educational training obtained in his native 
land, with attendance upon the night schools of Coal City, and is now very 
well informed.  Liberal in politics, he believes in electing the man best 
fitted for the office.  For thirteen years he served as a school director in 
Braceville Township, and for five years was highway commissioner.  Having had 
to work hard himself and practice strict economy in order to get ahead, he can 
sympathize with the common people and has always exerted his influence in 
their favor.  On January 17, 1890, Mr. Hnetkovsky married Miss Anne Mekovsky, 
who was born at Chicago, June 26, 1872.  They have thirteen children:  Ann 
Rhoback, Joseph, Frank, Mamie, Rosa, James, Agnes, Anton, Louis, Josie, George 
who are living, and Frankie and George who died in infancy.  Mr. Hnetkovsky 
belongs to the Foresters, the C. S. P. S., the C. S. P. C., and the Turners, 
and is one of the leaders among the Bohemians in Grundy County.  His success 
in life has been earned by hard work and good management and he deserves his 
present prosperity.

Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914, p826

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