Bio of KEATING, William J. (b.1863), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 364
WILLIAM J. KEATING
William J. Keating, general agent for the Equitable Life Assurance Society, was
born in Janesville, Wisconsin, November 26, 1863, a son of Edward and Mary
(Breen) Keating. He obtained his education in the public schools of his native
city and after putting aside his textbooks worked in a jewelry store for four
years, while during the succeeding five years he traveled for the Aurora Silver
Plate Manufacturing Company. In 1889 he located in Watertown, South Dakota,
where he embarked in the retail jewelry business. In that city he served on the
school board for one term, was also elected city treasurer but declined to
accept the office and for one term acted as mayor of Watertown. The year 1898
witnessed his removal to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he again engaged in
the retail jewelry business. In 1901 he entered the service of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society as general agent, and on the 1st of January, 1907, was
transferred to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he has remained.
The marriage of Mr. Keating and Miss Elizabeth Hoffman of Fort Atkinson,
Wis­consin, was celebrated in 1889, and they have become parents of two sons and
two daughters. Mr. Keating holds membership in the Minneapolis and Interlachen
clubs.