Samuel Etheridge
Samuel Etheridge (April 15, 1788 – February 18, 1864) was a state senator for the seventh district of the state of Michigan in 1838.
Etheridge was born in Adams, Massachusetts, on April 15, 1788 to parents of English lineage.[1] He received a common-school education and excelled in mathematics. He taught school for a time; and, subsequently, having a taste for mechanics, learned the trade of a millwright and machinist. He worked in West Schuyler, New York in 1815, and in Frankfort, New York in 1817. In 1833, when a resident of New York State, he became engaged in mercantile business; but, being unsuccessful, he moved to Coldwater, Michigan and settled there in March, 1837.[2]
He had a very extensive business in
In the senate he was ridiculed for advocating public enterprises which after his death were carried into effect. Among those were the
He married twice and had ten children. He died in Quincy, Michigan on February 18, 1864 at nearly 76 years of age. He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Coldwater, Michigan along with his wives and children.[5]
References
- ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estevan-evanoff.html#17G0G14SI Etheridge, Samuel (1788–1864)
- ^ American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men with Portrait Illustrations on Steel, Volumes I-II
- ^ American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men with Portrait Illustrations on Steel, Volumes I-II
- ^ American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men with Portrait Illustrations on Steel, Volumes I-II
- ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/estevan-evanoff.html#17G0G14SI Etheridge, Samuel (1788–1864)