[p. 653] attorney-at-law at New Castle and a member of the prominent firm of Akens, Wilkison, Lockhart & Chambers, and a member of the Lawrence County Bar Association, was born in Shenango Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, in 1872, and is a son of Joseph M. and Sarah (Akens) Wilkison. These two families are among the oldest and most honorable families of Lawrence County.
H. A. Wilkison was afforded excellent educational opportunities, his advantages including attendance at the Volant Academy and the Slippery Rock State Normal School. He entered upon the study of law in the office of his uncle, C. H. Akens, at New Castle, and he was admitted to the bar in March, 1898. He continued in the office of his uncle, engaged, however, in individual practice until April, 1907, when he became a member of the firm of Akens, Wilkison, Lockhart & Chambers.
In 1900 Mr. Wilkison was married to Miss Ella F. Davidson, who is a daughter of Thomas D. Davidson, of New Castle. Mrs. Wilkison was born and reared in North Beaver Township, graduated from the New Castle High School and for some five years was a very acceptable teacher in the public schools of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkison have three children: Katherine E., Walter D. and Loyal A. They belong to the Highland United Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Wilkison is secretary of the congregation and a member of the Board of Trustees. In politics he is a Democrat.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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