Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Scully, Patrick V 1845 - 
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Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

PATRICK V. SCULLY is accredited one of the solid and enterprising citizens of 
Joliet and owes his prosperous and honorable position entirely to his own 
industry and integrity. His career in life has been a somewhat remarkable one 
and the example he has set of persevering pursuit of a natural bent, is one 
worthy of being followed by others who have a decided predilection for a 
certain kind of work. Mr. Scully was born on the Emerald Isle, February 15, 
1845, to Edward and Elizabeth Scully. The former died about 1870 and the 
latter afterward came to America and is still living in Joliet, happy in the 
possession of a prosperous and dutiful son, not the least of whose admirable 
qualities is a filial heart. Patrick Scully early in life evinced marked 
inclination toward mechanics and at the remarkable age of eight years was 
employed in light work in Sheffield, England, to which place his mother had 
removed. He was successively promoted in that great steel center until he was 
recognized as one of the best workmen there. At the request of a syndicate, 
Mr. Scully left England and started into successful operation the first 
rolling-mill in Steeltown, Pa., near Harrisburgh. He remained there until 
1871, and was then engaged for a brief period in steel works at Troy, N. Y., 
thence coming to Chicago, Ill., to act in the capacity of instructor in the 
Union Mills. In 1873, he was specially requested to start the rolling-mill in 
that city, from which has grown the Illinois Steel Company, one of the leading 
plants of its kind in America, and since that date he has been in continuous 
service with this company. In 1882-'83, Mr. Scully sought a respite from his 
toil in a trip abroad, and traveled over the European continent, re-visiting 
Sheffield, the scene of his early labors, and enjoying a banquet with his old 
friends und associates there. Soon after his return from Europe, in June, 
1883, Mr. Scully was united in marriage with Miss Agnes D'Arcy, a daughter of 
a prominent Will County family. Mr. and Mrs. Scully have four children, and 
are justly proud of the quartet, who are named respectively: Arthur, 
Florentine, Marguerita, and George T. The dwelling occupied by Mr. Scully on 
the West Side was destroyed by fire in 1886, and he built the pleasant 
residence on Collins Street, in which the family now dwell, and where the 
tokens of the presence of a refined womanhood are manifest to all who enter.

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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