Biography of William J. Redmond
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A DESCRIPTIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE SARATOGIAN
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1899
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WILLIAM J. REDMOND. WILLIAM J. REDMOND, who died at Ballston Spa, March 9, 1893, was one of the self-made men of Saratoga county.
He was born at Chatham, N. Y., and came to Ballston in 1874, with no capital save a fund of inexhaustible energy,
perseverance, and indomitable will power. He soon placed himself among the foremost business men of the place,
and his death in the prime of a useful life was a blow to the entire business community. Mr. Redmond was engaged
in many enterprises, all of which contributed in a measure to the prosperity of the village. With Thomas Kelsey
he erected the Opera House block, which adds much to the architecture of the village.
He married, in 1881, Mary J. McKittrick, daughter of Capt. William Henry and Caroline (Holmes) McKittrick. Of their
union are four children: Caroline, John McKittrick, Bernard Holmes and Mary Shafter.
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