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Edwin “King of Plungers” Pardridge

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Edwin “King of Plungers” Pardridge

Birth
Oneida County, New York, USA
Death
17 Apr 1896 (aged 60)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
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Edwin Pardridge of the Board of Trade firm of C.W. E. Pardridge, the "King of Plungers" in the wheat pit, died this afternoon at his Prairie Avenue residence of Bright's disease after an acute illness of ten days. He was sixty years old. He leaves a wife and five children.

Source: The New York Times April 18, 1896

Edwin Pardridge was son of Anson Pardridge 1804-1877 and Amanda Field 1804-1890. Along with his brother Charles, he was a merchant in Chicago. When burned out in the Great Chicago Fire, they rebuilt their stores.

He retired from the dry goods business to become a well known trader with the Chicago Board of Trade.

Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/d/w/C-E-Edwards/PHOTO/0006photo.html



Edwin Pardridge of the Board of Trade firm of C.W. E. Pardridge, the "King of Plungers" in the wheat pit, died this afternoon at his Prairie Avenue residence of Bright's disease after an acute illness of ten days. He was sixty years old. He leaves a wife and five children.

Source: The New York Times April 18, 1896

Edwin Pardridge was son of Anson Pardridge 1804-1877 and Amanda Field 1804-1890. Along with his brother Charles, he was a merchant in Chicago. When burned out in the Great Chicago Fire, they rebuilt their stores.

He retired from the dry goods business to become a well known trader with the Chicago Board of Trade.

Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/d/w/C-E-Edwards/PHOTO/0006photo.html





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  • Created by: Teddi Kella
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77402972/edwin-pardridge: accessed ), memorial page for Edwin “King of Plungers” Pardridge (24 Oct 1835–17 Apr 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77402972, citing Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Teddi Kella (contributor 47407489).