HENRY DAVISON PICKETT.
 


	Henry Davison Pickett is known in Moose Jaw as one of the leading
men of the community and a barrister of first rank. He has been prac-
ticing law in Saskatchewan for exactly twenty years, having been called
to the bar of the Northwest Territories shortly after his arrival in Moose
Jaw in 1904. With the exception of the period he spent with the Canadian
army during the Great war he has been active in professional circles
ever since and has won a prominent place among his colleagues at the
bar.
	Of United Empire Loyalist stock, Henry D. Pickett was born in King-
ston, Kings county, New Brunswick, on December 6, 1876, the son of
William Elias and Julia Hannah (Appleby) Pickett. His education was
obtained in the Superior School at Bloomfield, New Brunswick, and the
St. John Law School, where he took up the study of law under the direc-
tion of J. R. Armstrong of St. John, New Brunswick, taking his degree
of B. C. L. from the University of King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia,
in 1903, when he was called to the New Brunswick bar. Almost immedi-
ately the young barrister came to western Canada to build up a practice
in the new country, locating in Moose Jaw. He was admitted to the bar
of the Northwest Territories in 1904 and about two years afterward
formed a partnership with W. B. Willoughby that was continued for some
five years.  Following his withdrawal from the firm in May, 1911, Mr.
Pickett practiced alone for a short time, then in December, 1911, he took
into partnership H. J. Schull, practicing under the firm name of Pickett
& Schull.  Since his return from overseas service with the Canadian
army he has been practicing alone and enjoys a large clientele.
	When he was a young man living in the east, Mr. Pickett served with
the Eighth Princess Louise Hussars as. a trooper and staff clerk, and
later as a lieutenant with the 62nd (St. John) Fusiliers. In Moose Jaw
he became captain in the 95th (Saskatchewan) Rifles. Upon the or-
ganization of the 60th Rifles at Moose Jaw, he became major and assumed
command in October, 1915, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. On the
1st of December, 1915, he was given command of Recruiting Area D, in
Southern Saskatchewan. In March, 1916, he organized and took com-
mand of the 229th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces,
and went overseas with his command in April of 1917.  His unit was
disbanded in England shortly afterward and he returned to Moose Jaw
to his legal practice.
	Mr. Pickett has always displayed a keen interest in the life of the
city in which he has made his home for so many years and has played a
substantial part in its upbuilding. He was a trustee on the Moose Jaw
Collegiate Institute Board in 1910 and 1911 and held a similar office on
the Public School Board. For a number of years he was a delegate to
the Qu'Appelle Diocesan Synod, and has been a delegate to the Provincial
Synod of Prince Rupert's Land and to the General Synod of Canada.
These positions in themselves attest his position of recognized leadership
among the laymen of the Anglican church and indicate his close connec-
tion with church affairs. He is a Mason and also a trustee of the Grand
Lodge Home Fund, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As president of
the local branch of the Great War Veterans Association he supports the
efforts being made for the relief of needy war veterans and the promo-
tion of public interest in suitable memorials for our fallen heroes. He
has been a consistent supporter of the Conservative party, and for one
year occupied the position of president of the local organization. If he
were to be asked what he liked to do best, Mr. Pickett would be torn by
the claims on his affections of his bees and his garden. When the Horti-
cultural Association was formed in 1921 he was one of its most enthusi-
astic promoters and was chosen to guide its destinies during the first
year as its president.  At the end of the year he was reelected for a
second term.
	In 1907 Mr. Pickett was united in marriage to Miss Louisa I. H.
Bamford of Moose Jaw and they have become the parents of six children,
three of whom are living: Ruth Evelyn, George W. and Lewis D. Pickett.





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