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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Putnam County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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George A. Patrick, farmer and stock raiser, Section 4, Wilson Township, was born in Decatur County, Ind., March 22, 1836. His father, John Patrick, was born in Shelby County, Ky., in 1804, where he grew to manhood and married Nancy Osborn, who was born in Fairfax County, Va. The family moved to Indiana in the spring of 1838, and entered Government land and improved a farm in Decatur County, where Mrs. Patrick died in 1852. Mr. Patrick was thrice married, and in the fall of 1856 moved to Missouri, settling in Putnam County, in 1857, where he bought land and improved a farm upon which he lived until his death in August, 1884. George A. Patrick passed his youth in Decatur County, Ind., and came to Missouri with his father in 1856. After an eighteen months’ residence in Missouri he returned to Decatur County, Ind., where he was married April 15, 1862, to Martha A. Moore, daughter of Turner Moore, formerly of Hamilton County, Ohio, where Mrs. Patrick was born. She was brought to Decatur County, Ind., by her parents when a child, and during her youth was a playmate and school friend of Mr. Patrick. After his marriage he continued to farm in Decatur County until 1867, when he moved to Missouri. In March, 1868, he bought land, where he now resides. He now owns 143 acres of land in the home place, which is well cultivated and improved. He lives in a comfortable one-and-a-half story house, and has an eighty-acre tract of finely improved land adjoining his home place. He is interested in educational matters in an humble way in his immediate neighborhood. To Mr. and Mrs. Patrick four children have been born: Millard M. (who is married to Miss Annie Stucky, of Putnam County), Frank G., Clinton L. and Perry E. Mr. Patrick is a worthy and conscientious member of the Presbyterian Church.
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This family biography is one of 139 biographies included in the Putnam County, Missouri portion of the book, The History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam, and Schuyler Counties, Missouri published in 1888 by Goodspeed Publishing Co. For the complete description, click here: Putnam County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps
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