Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Rielly, Patrick M 
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Author: Past & Present Will County, 1907

Patrick M. Rielly, foreman of the pattern and carpenter shops and foundry of 
the Illinois Steel Company, at Joliet, was born in Reed township. Will county, 
in 1863. His father was a native of Ireland and came to America in 1846, 
crossing the Atlantic to New York, whence he made his way to Will county, 
where the Chicago & Alton railroad was then being built. He took a contract to 
furnish wood for the road and settled in Reed township, where he spent his 
remaining days, his death there occurring in 1876. His wife, who bore the 
maiden name of Nora Mahar, was born in Ireland. Patrick M. Rielly acquired his 
education in the common schools and early became familiar with the duties and 
labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. For seven years he engaged 
in farming in Kankakee county, but, thinking to find other pursuits more 
congenial, he afterward worked at the carpenter's trade in Streator, Illinois, 
and subsequently became patternmaker with the Santa Fe Railroad Company. There 
he won promotion in recognition of his ability and was foreman for the coach 
and carpenter shop at Fort Madison, Iowa, for six years. From that place he 
came to Joliet to accept a position as journeyman patternmaker with the 
Illinois Steel Company and has since been a representative of this 
corporation. Gradually he worked his way upward and has been foreman of the 
pattern and carpenter shops and foundry for five years. They make all patterns 
and machinery and furnace castings of iron, steel and brass, employing one 
hundred and twenty-three men in the foundry and forty-six men in the carpenter 
shop, in connection with which the employes of this department do all kinds of 
rough outside work and finishing work for all the buildings. From practical 
experience Mr. Rielly is well qualified to direct the labors of those who 
serve under him and is giving excellent satisfaction in his present position. 
Mr. Rielly was married in Streator, in 1891, to Miss Anna G. Radigan, who was 
born in La Salle. They now have two sons, Arthur P. and Arnold D. Mr. Rielly 
and the family are communicants of the Catholic church and he belongs to the 
Knights of Columbus and the Modern Woodmen camp. As the years have gone by he 
has continuously promoted his efficiency in a business way and is a most 
trusted and capable employe of the corporation which he now represents.

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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