George W. Patrick is a son of John Patrick, a native of Burlington
County, N.J. He was born in 1828, and reared on a farm with but limited
education. He removed to Gallatin County, Ill., in 1835, and settling on a
farm remained there until his death. He was married in 1848 to Margaret
Brown, a native of Kentucky, by whom he had seven children, George W., the
subject of this sketch, being the only surviving child.
George W. Patrick was born in Gallatin County February 23, 1861;and was
reared on his father's farm, attending the common schools of the county
until 1875. He then went to work on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad,
remaining thus engaged only a short time, however, when he began attending
school, and attended at Springertown, Enfield and Elizabethtown. After being
in school until 1879, he began teaching school, and while thus engaged he
studied law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1892. He immediately began the
practice of law, is still thus engaged, and is meeting with a fair degree of
success. Mr. Patrick was married June 14, 1884, to Sidney J., a daughter of
John and Mary Thornton, of Hardin County, Ill. To this marriage there have
been born four children, namely: Adda, Fannie, Frankie and Gladys. Mr.
Patrick owns a fine little farm of forty acres on section 6, township 12,
range 9. He is an active member of the Democratic party, and is a member of
Lodge No. 276, A.F. & A.M. and of Lodge No. 54, I.O.O.F. [1898. The
Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties, Illinois,
Chicago, Biograhical Publishing Co. 511]
Submitted by Wanda (Patton) Reed
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