Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Jerbi, Hector ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 13, 2006, 6:23 pm Author: History of Grundy County, 1914 Jerbi, Hector, who holds prestige among Grundy County business men as proprietor of the leading general merchandise store of East Brooklyn, Ill., is still a young man, but has already won a measure of success in commercial circles that many have not attained even after a lifetime of business effort. He was born in Northern Italy, December 29, 1881, and is a son of Joseph and Johanna (Rivara) Jerbi. Joseph Jerbi was a coal miner by occupation and emigrated to the United States in 1881, locating at Braidwood, Ill., where he secured employment with the Chicago, Wilmington and Vermillion Coal Company, and continued in the employ of this concern for eight years. In the meantime, through thrift, economy and tireless industry, he succeeded in accumulating a sufficient amount of money to send for his wife and two sons, who joined him in 1889 at Clark City, Ill., to which city he had removed. The family consisted of the father and mother and three sons, the latter being: John and Hector, born in Italy, who accompanied their mother to America in 1889; and James, born in this country. The father was killed March 11, 1914, by being kicked by a horse belonging to his son, and the mother died March 10, 1906. Hector Jerbi was about eight years of age when he came to the United States, and his education was secured in the public schools of Suffernville, Ill. Following the completion of his studies he went to work in the mines for eight years, and then secured a position as clerk in the general store, at that time operated by Bottino Brothers. By close application, after three years he found himself competent to carry on the business of his own account, and in 1908 purchased the stock of goods owned by his employers, and has since become the leading merchant of East Brooklyn, Ill., handling a full and up-to-date line of groceries, dry goods, hardware, crockery and miners’ supplies. He is an exceptionally intelligent and well-informed man, thoroughly awake to modern business methods, and his honorable dealings and strict integrity have won the confidence and liberal patronage of the people of his locality. He is a self- made man in the truest sense, for whatever he has accomplished has been as a result of his own efforts. Mr. Jerbi was married March 21, 1908, to Miss Mary Bottino, at South Wilmington, Ill., at which place she was born, a daughter of Frank and Mary Bottino. To this union there have come two daughters: Jennie, who was born October 17, 1908; and Mary, born November 17, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Jerbi are faithful members of the Catholic Church. He is a Republican, but has found no time to enter actively into the affairs of the political arena. He has many friends in fraternal circles, being a popular member of the Foresters of America, at Coal City; the Fraternal Order of Eagles, at South Wilmington; Victor Emanuel III, at Coal City; and Minatore D’Italia, at East Brooklyn. pages 838-839 Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/jerbi841nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb