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Rev. William Heyne, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Lake Creek, Mo., was born in Apolda, Saxony, Germany, June 5, 1860, and is the youngest of five children born to the marriage of Louis Heyne and Eberhardine Koppisch, who were also native Germans. He was educated in his native land, his studies being pursued in the institution of Pastor Fred Brunn at Steeden, Hessen, Nassau. In 1875 he immigrated to the United States, and entered Concordia College at Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he remained a student until 1879. He then went to St. Louis, Mo., where he was in a prominent educational institution of that city for three years longer. On the 17th of May, 1883, he was united in marriage to Miss Hedwig Schaller, of St. Louis, by whom he became the father of three children, two sons and one daughter: Ernest, Edwin and Ada. He received his naturalization papers on the 15th of April, 1886, and in his political views has since been independent. The church of which he is now pastor was established in 1842, and he entered upon his duties September 26, 1882, and has won the respect and esteem of his congregation.