Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio
Age at Death: 53
Date of Death: September 5, 1906
Interment source:
Bay View Cemetery Association, Corpus Christi, Texas. Record of Interments
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Obituaries
JOS. H. LANGRIDGE
The last take is in and the hook is clear
The proof has been taken and all is okay.
The worn aged rule and the old rusty stick
Having finished their mission are laid away.
Died, in Corpus Christi, Sep 5, 1906, at 11 a.m. Jos. H. Langridge. The last copy has been furnished and take “thirty†has been approved and corrected, and a printer has gone before his Supreme Foreman to announce the last make-up. Among his associates Joseph Henry Langridge was recognized as a master in the “art preservative of all artsâ€- a printer equal to the best, an artist whose ability called him to fill many responsible positions in his chosen profession during the time he handled the “stick and rule.†Joseph Henry Langridge was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 25, 1853, and died at the age of 53. At the very young age of 14 years he went to Louisville, KY., where he entered the office of the Courier- Journal as an apprentice under Geo. D. Prentiss. Three years later he moved to Texas, locating at Waco, following his chosen profession. In 1872 he went to Rockport, where he accepted a position on the old Transcript with Capt. C. F. Bailey, later being married in that city to Miss Jennie Harrison, daughter of Col. Harrison, a well known packer. Shortly after his marriage he accepted a position as traveling representative of the San Antonio Express, resigning this position in 1875, when he came to Corpus Christi and occupied a position with Capt. W. H. Maltby on the Advertiser. When the Caller was established in 1883 he took the position of foreman of the job office. In 1886 he gave up his position on the Caller and went to San Antonio to accept the foremanship of the Express, later going to the Maverick Printing Co. where he remained several years. In 1895, he founded the Dispatch, the union organ in San Antonio. Later he went to Ft. Worth, where he secured employment on the Register and then accepted the foremanship of the Exline Printing Co. in Dallas. About three years ago, Mr. Landridge went to Monterrey where he remained but a short time and returned to Corpus Christi accepting a position in the Caller job office, which he held up to about six weeks ago, when he was taken with his last illness. Deceased had been in impaired health for some years past. Besides his grief stricken wife, he leaves the following children to mourn his loss, his wife and the latter two boys being with him at the time of his death: Mrs. J. E. Chambers of Guadalajara, Mexico; W. T. Landridge, Esq., of Mexico City; J. S. Landridge, mine superintendent at Pueblo, Mexico; George J. and Alex R. Landridge, of this city. To the bereaved relatives the Caller and many friends extend deepest sympathy. The funeral took place from his late residence west of Artesian Square at 10 o’clock yesterday morning and was well attended.
Source: Corpus Christi Weekly Caller, September 7, 1906, p. 4, col. 5
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription by: Geraldine D. McGloin, Nueces County Historical Commission
Joseph Henry Langridge, who was born in Cincinnati on October 25, 1853, died at his residence in this city at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning, September 5, 1906, and burial took place Thursday in Old Bay View Cemetery. He was one of the best printers in Texas and held the finest positions in the best shops in the state until failing health deprived him of strength although he never lost his artistic ability and his love for his profession. He founded the Weekly dispatch, the union labor journal still published in San Antonio, but his most secure memorial is the esteem in which he was held by all who ever associated wit him. He is survived by the widow and their five children, who are: Mrs. J. E. Chambers of Guadalajara, W. T. Langridge of Mexico City, J. S. Langridge of Puebla, and G. J. and A. R. Landgridge of Corpus Christi.
Source: The Corpus Crony, September 8, 1906, p. 1, col. 3
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription by: Geraldine D. McGloin, Nueces County Historical Commission