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Hecker, Frank Joseph
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Hecker, Frank Joseph

Born
7/9/1846
Birthplace
Freedom, Michigan
Titles and Honors
Colonel, Spanish American War - Chief of Division Transportation, U.S. Army
Detroit Police Commisssioner 1888-1890
Director - Peoples' State Bank / Union Trust Co. / Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Mills/ Detroit Lumber Co.
Member. Isthmus Canal Commission Mar-Dec 1904
Appointed Panama Canal Commissioner by President Theodore Roosevelt
Education
Public schools
Notes
House designed by Lousi Kamper in 1888; built 1888-1891
Pres. McKinley and Pres. Hayes were Hecker's guests there
Occupation
1869 Acting Division Super.
Union Pacific R.R. Agent
1870 Founder (1 of 4) of Penn-
insular Car Co.
To 1900 Pres. Michigan Penn-
insular Car Co.
Veteran of Civil War. A Colonel of the U.S. Volunteers at outbreak of Spanish-American War. Chief of Transportation during this time.
Father
Frank Hecker
Mother
Cynthia Shield
Spouse
Anna Marie Williamson, m. 1/8/1886, Omaha, Nebraska
Children
Frank Clarence (b. 1868)
Anna Cynthia (b. 1871)
Louise May (b. 1871)
Grace Clara (b. 1879)
Christine Henry (b. 1881)
Nationality
American

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