Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Etheridge, Edward 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

EDWARD ETHERIDGE is a citizen of whom Joliet may well be proud, his life 
having been marked by uprightness, faithfulness and industry. He has won the 
attention of employers by the manner in which he has performed the work before 
him and shown that his was not eye service alone but was prompted by a sense 
of duty and self-respect. He was born in Worcestershire, England, in which his 
parents also opened their eyes to the light of day and wherein they died at 
advanced ages. The father was one of twenty-two children, and worked at the 
trade of a brick-layer. He of whom we write, learned the trade of his father 
at an early age and became a master workman. He came to America, landing at 
Portland, Me., and from there to Chicago, Ill., reaching the latter city April 
1, 1872. On the 4th of June following he came to Joliet and at once entered 
the employ of the Joliet Steel Company with which he continued until 1874. He 
then went to Pittsburg, Pa., becoming an employe in Braddock's Steel Works. On 
severing that connection he went to St. Louis, Mo., where he assisted in the 
construction of the blast furnaces of the Jas. Green Iron Works. Mr. Etheridge 
next returned to Joliet, but after a brief period went to Crystal City, Mo., 
coming again to Joliet by request and making the connection that has not since 
been severed, except for a short time in 1877, when the mills were closed on 
account of the financial panic. During the years in which he has sojourned 
here, Mr. Etheridge has assisted in the erection of all the structures that go 
to make up the splendid plant of the Illinois Steel Company. The pleasant home 
of Mr. Etheridge is presided over by an estimable woman whose many virtues and 
graces of mind and heart endear her to a large circle of friends. She was 
known in her maiden-hood as Miss Eliza Sawyer, and is a native of the Mother 
Country, in which her wedding took place in 1866. She is the mother of four 
children, as follows: Sarah is married and lives in Joliet; George, an 
estimable and industrious young man, is now in Chicago; Martha and James are 
still at home. Mr. Etheridge is devoted to his home and its attractions are 
foremost in his eyes. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and worships at 
the Ottawa Street Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an excellent citizen, 
interested in all that tends to advance the prosperity of his chosen home.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 

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