C. E. HETHERINGTON, M.D., one of Piqua's well established professional men, has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery here for the past eight years and is the leading exponent of homeopathy. He was born at Piqua, in January, 1875, and is a son of William Hetherington and a grandson of William Hetherington.

It was the elder William Hetherington who established the family in Miami County, and in 1838 he built the old lime kiln in Piqua and for many years was engaged in business as a contractor. The second William Hetherington was born at Piqua in 1852 and for a long period was identified with the manufacturing interests of this city. He is now president of the Ohio Handle Company, which plant is located at Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Dr. Hetherington was reared in his native city, and after graduating with credit from the Piqua High School entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was graduated in 1896, with the degree of A. B., and later was granted the degree of A.M. He graduated in 1901 from the Chicago Homeopathic College, of Chicago. He immediately settled at Piqua, and has never had reason to regret his choice of business field. He is a member of the Miami and Shelby County Homeopathic and the Ohio State Homeopathic Societies and of the National Homeopathic Society, through them keeping in close touch with the remarkable scientific discoveries of the times in his profession. Mrs. Hetherington is a daughter of Elias Kerns, an old resident of Miami County. Dr. Hetherington is a member of the Green Street Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the Odd Fellows, and various other secret orders and to the Piqua Club.