Biographical Sketch of George Washington Patterson, Greene County, MO, Brookline Township >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** George Washington Patterson, M. D. Dr. Patterson is the twelfth son of Lewis and Mary Y. (Pearson) Patterson, and was born in Hamilton County, Tennessee, March 7th, 1850. He was educated at the Sale's Creek Acad- emy. He was engaged in farming until 1875, when he began the study of medicine under Dr. H. C. Rose, of Rhea County, Tennessee. In 1876 he entered the Kentucky school of medicine, at Louisville, and afterward practiced under Dr. Rose, and graduating from the Nashville medical college in 1878. He then started west, overland, making a short stop at Sprinfield, Missouri. Then continued west, and when the party got to the head of Clear creek they were stricken with malarial fever. As soon as they were able to travel they went to Newton, Kansas. The doc- tor returned to Greene County and began the practice of his profession at Cave Spring, where he remainded a year and then removed to Bois D'Arc, and in partnership with Dr. E. D. Robinson practiced for a year. He next moved to Republic, where he practiced a year, and then went to Bellevue hospital medical college and graduated in the class of 1881-82 and returned to Republic, where he is gaining the professional reputa- tion he so well deserves. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================