1880 History of Polk County
Biographies - Des Moines
S. S. Etheridge
ETHERIDGE, S. S. — Deputy U. S. Marshal, was born in Sandwich, Carroll county, New Hampshire, on the first day of March, 1838, and was raised there. He was educated at Newbury, Vermont and at Middletown, Connecticut. He came to this State in 1863 and settled in Des Moines. He served his country during the rebellion in the Forty-seventh Iowa in fantry. He had previously commenced the study of law, and in 1865 was admitted to the bar. In February, 1874, was appointed Deputy U. S. Mar shal and served in that capacity for one and one-half years, and again, in 1877, was appointed to the same position and has filled the office to the entire satisfaction of those with whom he has business transactions. Mr. E. has large coal interests in the city and is president of the Eclipse Coal Company, and their mines are among the best in the county. He was married to Miss Mattie La Bosquet in 1874. She is a native of West Virginia. They have one child, Charles A.
Source: "The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880, pg. 801.
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