U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Heslep, William A. (b. 1857) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 547-548 WILLIAM A. HESLEP, M. D., a prominent physician of St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia, was born in Raleigh County, Virginia, now West Virginia, August 31, 1857, and is a son of Alexander Jackson and Mary E. (Ross) Heslep, both natives of Virginia. Alexander Jackson Heslep was a well known citizen of Raleigh County where he followed the carpenter trade through all his active life. In 1868 he moved to Fayette County and resided there until his death, in 1883, at the age of 65 years. His widow, a native of Montgomery County, Virginia, survived him some years, dying in 1899, aged 72. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Dr. Heslep was the eldest son of his parents' family of seven children. He was educated in the schools of his native locality and under his father's instruction became a skilled carpenter, working at the trade some 18 years. In boyhood he had cherished the ambition of becoming a physician and the inclination continued with him through all his early manhood. Finally he decided to enter upon the study of medicine, settling to it seriously in 1888. In 1891 he matriculated at Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tennessee, and he was there graduated in 1892, with his medical degree. Dr. Heslep located first for practice at Fayetteville, removed then to Gauley Bridge and continued there for five years, succeeding very satisfactorily in his profession. Since March, 1898, he has been located at St. Albans and there commands a good share of public patronage and has become widely known for his careful study of his cases. In 1882 Dr. Heslep married Cora A. Mahood, who was born in Giles County, Virginia, and three children have been born to them, namely: John Kenneth, Marjorie Cora and Frank Wysor. Politically, the Doctor is a stanch Democrat. He belongs to Lafayette Lodge, No. 57, A. F., & A. M., and Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 71, K. of P., of St. Albans, West Virginia. He is also a valued member of the Kanawha Medical Association. The religious connection of the family is with the Baptist Church. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Kanawha County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/kanawha/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------