1868–1927

Introduction

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Born: Feb­ru­ary 28, 1868, Or­ange, In­di­ana.

Died: Oc­to­ber 1927, near St. El­mo, Il­li­nois, in an au­to­mo­bile ac­ci­dent, en route to a church con­ven­tion.

Buried: An­der­son Ce­me­te­ry, War­ren Park, In­di­ana.

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Biography

William was the son of Re­bec­ca Ma­ril­la Hus­ton Hac­kle­man, and hus­band of Pearl Da­mie Con­ner, daugh­ter of min­is­ter A. W. Con­ner (mar­ried 1899).

He grew up on a farm, and by age 17 was teach­ing sing­ing class­es and lead­ing the sing­ing in meet­ings.

Later he taught pub­lic school for four years, and stu­died mu­sic at the To­ron­to, Ca­na­da, Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic un­der Ita­li­an com­pos­er Fran­ces­co d’Au­ria, and with pri­vate teach­ers in New York Ci­ty.

He went on to com­pose, ed­it song books, and lead the mu­sic at state and na­tion­al con­ven­tions of the Chris­tian Church.

He was pre­si­dent of the Na­tion­al As­so­cia­tion of Church Mu­si­cians, sec­re­ta­ry to the In­di­ana Mis­sion­ary So­ci­ety for five years, and ran the Hack­le­man Mu­sic Com­pa­ny in In­di­an­apo­lis, In­di­ana.

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