The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1097 

EDWARD CALDER HESTON, M. D.

Dr. Edward Calder Heston, physician and surgeon practicing at Roslyn, was born
at State College, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1884, a son of Dr. John W. and
Mary (Calder) Heston, the latter now deceased. The father removed from the
Keystone state to South Dakota in 1890 and is a prominent educator of that
section, being now president of the State Normal School. He also served at one
time as president of the college at Pullman, Washington, and is recognized as a
man of pronounced ability in the educational field.

Edward C. Heston, after acquiring a public school education in Seattle and in
South Dakota, entered the Northwestern University at Chicago for the study of
medicine and completed his course by graduation with the class of 1909. He
afterward filled the position of interne in the Seattle General Hospital for a
year and thus put his theoretical knowledge to the practical test. In 1910 he
removed to Roslyn, Washington, to become a member of the medical staff of the
Roslyn & Cle Elum Beneficial Company and was made head surgeon in 1914. His work
in this connection is most valuable. He makes a specialty of surgery and has
developed his ability along that line to a notable point, doing surgical work
throughout the field covered by this company. He keeps in touch with the latest
scientific investigation and research and his knowledge of the principles of
medicine is comprehensive and exact.

In July, 1917, Dr. Heston was united in marriage to Miss Edith Murphy, of
Tacoma, and they now have a son, Neal. Fraternally Dr. Heston is connected with
the Elks Lodge, No. 1102, of Ellensburg and also with the Masonic Lodge of
Roslyn. He has many admirable traits of character manifest in social as well as
professional relations, and in his practice he displays a sense of conscientious
obligation that indicates the thoroughness with which each professional duty is
performed.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.