Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Meers, Eneshia 1854 - 
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Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

ENESHIA MEERS, LL. B. 

The legal profession is represented in Joliet by several men of pronounced 
ability and erudition in the law, who are an honor to the legal brotherhood 
and to the community of which they form a part. When a young man assumes a 
prominent place among them, rising in the esteem of his associates and 
extending his practice, these facts indicate his possession of a high degree 
of professional skill and knowledge,and the manners which win success and 
respect. Such has been the case with the subject of this sketch, who began his 
practice in the city in the fall of 1876, and whose office in the Masonic 
Building is pointed out as that of one of the prominent and rising attorneys 
and counselors of the flourishing town. The parents of our subject, Dennis and 
Anna (Halloran) Meers, were born in Ireland and came to the United States soon 
after their marriage, their first location being in Massachusetts. They 
afterward lived in other Eastern States, the husband being engaged in railroad 
work and contracting. In New York City and the State of New Jersey the greater 
part of his life was spent. In 1875 with his family he removed to Joliet, 
Ill., where he engaged in the hardware business. He continued the same until 
his death, in June, 1888, having associated with him his son Robert, who still 
carries on the business. Mr. Meers belonged to the Democrat party, and 
although always ready to cast his vote, had never been an office seeking 
politician, being always a busy man, whose attention was given exclusively to 
his personal affairs. He had reached the age of seventy-two years, when he 
breathed his last; his widow still lives. Both belonged to St. Mary's Catholic 
Church before the division of the parish, after which they were numbered among 
the early members of the Sacred Heart Church, and helped to build the church 
edifice. The birth of E. Meers took place in Bloomsbury, N. J., February 15, 
1854, and his youthful days were spent in his native State and New York City. 
He was educated at Seton Hall College, a wellknown Catholic institution, 
located at Orange, N. J., and of which Father Corrigan, now Archbishop of New 
York, was President. After completing his studies in that institution young 
Meers assisted his father in his work of contracting until the removal to the 
West. He then read law with Messrs. Olin & Phelps, and with the late Judge 
McRoberts, taking his lectures at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, 
where he was graduated in the class of '76. Returning to Joliet Mr. Meers 
began the practice with C. W. Brown, a prominent attorney of this city, with 
whom he remained four years, or until the election of Mr. Brown to the 
position of States Attorney. He then opened an office for himself, and 
continuing to practice alone, has proved very successful in acquiring business 
and in winning cases which have been given into his hands. He is a vigorous 
pleader, able at will to employ the shafts of wit which are so peculiar to the 
Irish race, and which so thoroughly impress a point upon the hearers; he is 
well versed in the principles of equity and in legal precedents, and in all 
respects a worthy disciple of Coke and Blackstone. Mr. Meers served two terms 
as City Attorney, holding the office from 1879 until 1883. He has not run for 
any other office, although an active worker in the ranks of the Democrat 
party. During the Presidential campaigns he has always taken a prominent part 
in the canvass, making speeches and aiding his party as much as possible. He 
belongs to the Independent Order of Foresters; Catholic Order of Foresters; 
Ancient Order of Hibernians; and the Irish-American Club. He belongs to the 
Church of the Sacred Heart. Mr. Meers is still single, living with his mother 
in a fine home on Third and Eastern Avenues, a beautiful part of the city, 
where his father first built.

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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