Biographical Sketch of John A. Patterson, Greene County, Missouri,
Springfield

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Mr. Patterson is the son of Joseph A. and Martha (Alsup) Patterson, and
was born in what is now Webster County, Missouri, September 11, 1848.
He was educated in the common schools and at Dansville, New York semi-
nary.  In 1870 and 1871 he was elected to the office of school superin-
tendent of Webster County, upon the Liberal Republican ticket.  He was 
admitted to the bar at Marshfield, Missouri, in September, 1875, and in
October of that year came to Springfield.  He was elected city attorney
in 1877-8 upon the Republican ticket.  Mr. Patterson was married to 
Miss Lou M., daughter of Rev. J. P. Bridwell of Webster County, Mo.,
formerly of Louisville, Kentucky.  Their union has been blest with 
three sons and one daughter.  Mr. Patterson's father came from Nash-
ville, Tennessee, to Webster County in 1840.  They both died the same
year, 1881.  They had two sons, John A. and Gideon M., a dentist in
Springfield.

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