Biographical Sketch of Fayette Patterson, Lafayette County, Missouri >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** Fayette Patterson, P. O. Lexington, Mo., was born in Rochester, N. Y., November 26, 1826, where he grew to manhood and was educated. His father being a brick mason, he learned that trade under him. In 1847 he engaged with his father in merchandising at Tonawanda, near Niagra Falls, where he continued in business for ten years. In 1860 he came to St. Louis, where he remained four years speculating. In 1865 he came to Lexington, in this county, and entered into his present business, and for years has had a large and flourishing trade, selling goods to the amount of $75,000 per annum, and has made all he has by his own energy and good management. He has been an Odd Fellow for twenty-five years. He has been a church member since he was a small boy. In 1865 he was married to Miss Phoebe Johnson, of Schuyler county, New York, and has had four children, three of them now living: Robert B., Mary E. and Oliver H. ==================================================================== 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 (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================