Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Pettigrew, Charles 1844 - 
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Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

CHARLES PETTIGREW. 

On the opposite appears a portrait of this gentlemen, who is Superintendent of 
the Illinois Steel Works. He has for many years been intimately connected with 
the business interests of Joliet and is recognized everywhere as a man liberal 
and public-spirited and of more than ordinary ability. He was President of the 
first Building and Loan Association organized in the place and held the office 
until the press of other business compelled his resignation. One of the best 
countries on the face of the globe claims Mr. Pettigrew as her son, he having 
been born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, February 4, 1844. His parents were John 
and Agnes (Hislop) Pettigrew, who were likewise of Scotch birth and ancestry; 
they are both living and are now residents of Scotland. The father for many 
years was engaged in the grocery trade and was a man noted for his sturdy 
honesty and reliability. The parental household included eight children: John 
is a resident of Joliet; Charles, our subject, is the second child; Ellen, 
Mrs. Scott, lives with her husband in Melbourne, Australia; Isabel remains in 
her native Scotland; Gavin, who resides in the city of London, England, is 
engaged in the mercantile business; Andrew is proprietor of a dry-goods 
establishment in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. One child, also named Isabel, 
died in infancy, and Agnes when about twenty years of age. The subject of this 
notice spent his boyhood days in his native village of Lanark, and after a 
brief time spent in school went into the cotton factory of the Lanark Spinning 
Company, where he remained seven years and until a youth of eighteen. Then, 
determining upon a change of occupation, he repaired to the city of Glasgow 
and served an apprenticeship of five years at the trade of a machinist. Not 
yet satisfied with the condition of his prospects he, in 1867, crossed the 
Atlantic and making his way to Chicago, Ill., followed his trade there until 
1870. In August, of the year above mentioned, Mr. Pettigrew came to Joliet and 
entered the employ of what is now known as the Illinois Steel Company but what 
was then the Union Coal, Iron and Transportation Company, of which A. B. 
Meeker, was President. His fortunes now began to mend perceptibly and here he 
has since remained. By strict attention to his duties he secured the 
confidence of his employers and in 1872 was promoted to the foremanship of the 
machine shop. A year later he was made Master Mechanic with its attendant 
duties and responsibilities. In 1882 he became Assistant Superintendent and in 
1889, was appointed Superintendent, which office he still fills to the entire 
satisfaction of all. Upon becoming a voting citizen Mr. Pettigrew identified 
himself with the Republican party, but he has meddled very little in politics 
with the exception of serving as an Alderman of the First Ward for two years. 
He took unto himself a wife and helpmate in June, 1869, Miss Agnes, daughter 
of Daniel and Agnes (Stewart) Cameron. Mrs. Pettigrew, like her husband, is a 
native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was born in December, 1844. Her childhood 
home was in the same town as that of her husband. Her parents were of Scotch 
birth and ancestry and are now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Pettigrew there hare 
been born three children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Edith Stewart, is 
the wife of H. H. Delos and lives in Chicago. The other daughters, Agnes and 
Clara Belle, are at home with their parents. The Pettigrew family occupies a 
tasteful and commodious residence at No. 709 Collins Street, and is numbered 
among the first families in the social circles of the city.

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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