Background
Pickens, William Augustus was born on July 22, 1858 in Owen County, Indiana, United States. Son of Samuel and Eliza (Baldon) Pickens.
Pickens, William Augustus was born on July 22, 1858 in Owen County, Indiana, United States. Son of Samuel and Eliza (Baldon) Pickens.
Student Indiana University, 1879-1881. Studied law, Columbian (now George Washington University, 1881-1882.
Admitted to bar, 1881, and began practice at Spencer. Member firm Pickens & Pickens, 1883-1886, Fowler & Pickens, 1886-1893. Moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, 1893.
Member firm Pickens, Cox, Conder & Bain, 1895-1931.
Corporate Counsel, Indianapolis, 1914-1917. Judge Superior Court of Marion County, Indiana, term 1931-1934.
Mason, Knights of Pythias. Member of committee of two which drew up the secret ballot law of Indiana, passed in 1889, the first secret ballot law adopted in the United States.
Married Anne Jennings Wiles, September 29, 1886. Children: Virginia Anne (Mistress Don East. Brewer), Eliza (Mistress Clifford West. Foote).