. Compendium of history and biography of Linn County, Missouri. are of heroffspring and zealous in care and attention to them to the end of herdays, and when she died full of years and with a long record of use-fulness to her credit, she was one of the most revered matrons in thewhole county of Linn. John B. Patrick grew to manhood on his fathers farm in Livings-ton county and obtained his education in the public schools near hishome. After completing their course of study he followed farminguntil he reached the age of thirty years, then for ten years was engagedin the livery business and groc
. Compendium of history and biography of Linn County, Missouri. are of heroffspring and zealous in care and attention to them to the end of herdays, and when she died full of years and with a long record of use-fulness to her credit, she was one of the most revered matrons in thewhole county of Linn. John B. Patrick grew to manhood on his fathers farm in Livings-ton county and obtained his education in the public schools near hishome. After completing their course of study he followed farminguntil he reached the age of thirty years, then for ten years was engagedin the livery business and grocery trade at Wheeling in his nativecounty. At the end of the period mentioned he returned to farming andadhered to it three years. But his fondness for mercantile life remainedwith him and kept insisting on attention, and in 1907 he yielded to itspersuasive voice. In that year he moved to Laclede and purchased the mercantileestablishment of C. E. Hilton there, which he has ever since business includes grocery, furniture and hardware departments,. REV. CALYIX ALLEX HISTORY OF LINN COUNTY 405 and also a cream station and cold storage room which is the largest inthe county. He has given his business close and careful attention,pushing his trade to the limit of his opportunities, and making everyeffort in his power to keep pace with the progress of trade and therequirements of the community in which he operates, and all accountsagree in attesting that he succeeds admirably in these laudable designs. But Mr. Patrick has not confined his interest in business and thewelfare of the community to his merchandising operations. He hastaken part in other institutions of value much to their benefit and theadvantage of the people aroimd him generally. He is a stockholderin the Central States Life Insurance Company of St. Louis, and con-nected with other fiscal and promotive agencies in Laclede and else-where. He is a wide-awake and enterprising man, and always at thefront in beh
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