George Alfred PATRICK
Eda "Edith" COMBS

Husband: George Alfred PATRICK
Birth: 22 Jul 1896, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Death: (obituary) 23 Jan 1935, Bloomfield, Stoddard Co., Missouri           
Burial: 24 Jan 1935, Cline's Cemetery, Bloomfield, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Father: Jesse James PATRICK
Mother: Dora COLE

Marriage:   17 Jan 1915, Gray Ridge, Stoddard Co., Missouri

Wife: Eda "Edith" COMBS
Birth: 22 Jul 1894, Orel Twp., Wayne Co., Illinois
Death: (obituary) 15 May 1964, Bloomfield, Stoddard Co., Missouri         
Burial: Walker Cemetery, Bloomfield, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Father: Asariah Charles COMBS
Mother: Malissa Catherine MAYBERRY

Children:
1. Pauline PATRICK, b: 31 May 1915, Avert, Stoddard Co., Missouri
2. Arthur Wallace PATRICK, b: 18 Mar 1918, Bloomfield, Stoddard Co., Missouri
3. (Female) PATRICK, b: abt 1919, Avert, Stoddard Co., Missouri
                               d: abt 1919, Avert, Stoddard Co., Missouri
                            bur: (Unmarked) Cline Cemetery, Bloomfield, Stoddard Co., Missouri
4. (Female) PATRICK, b: abt 1920, Avert, Stoddard Co., Missouri
                               d: abt 1920, Avert, Stoddard Co., Missouri
                            bur: (Unmarked) Cline Cemetery, Bloomfield, Stoddard Co., Missouri
5. (Female) PATRICK, b: abt 1922, Avert, Stoddard Co., Missouri
                               d: abt 1922, Avert, Stoddard Co., Missouri
                            bur: (Unmarked) Cline Cemetery, Bloomfield, Stoddard Co., Missouri
6. Oscar Louis PATRICK, b: 25 Jul 1925, Avert, Stoddard Co., Missouri
7. Farrell A. PATRICK, b: 7 Jan 1928, Avert, Stoddard Co., Missouri
8. Robert E. Lee PATRICK, b: 16 Jun 1932, Clines Island, Stoddard Co., Missouri
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Notes:
George was a stubborn man and always wanted things his way.  He never went to school and could not read or write.  All he loved to do was farm and care for his mules.  He was said to care more for the mules than his wife and kids. He inherited farmland from the estate of his father, James J. Patrick in 1915. The estate records read:
   Patrick, George
   UNDER AGE: 21
   REAL ESTATE: A undivided interest in the Estate of James J Patrick, deceased
      and shown by the inventory of the Estate of James J Patrick, deceased now on file and of record in this office.
   GOODS: An undivided interest in the Estate of James J Patrick, deceased and shown by
      the inventory of the appraisement of said Estate of James J Patrick, deceased now on file and record in this office.
   DATE: 1 May 1915
   Guardian: W. E. Alexander

Edith's family moved to Stoddard County from Illinois and she graduated from the Clines Island Grade School, 8th grade. She was married when she was 18.  In 1932, she broke her hip coming into the house when she tripped over a tree root covered with snow and ice. George wouldn't let her go to the hospital to get it set because he didn't want to take care of the family while she was away. They put her to bed with weights on her hips.  But, with an old featherbed, she kept sliding in the bed and the weights were always on the floor, so her hip never healed correctly, leaving her a cripple the rest of her life.  She tried to get by after George's death by taking in washing, ironing, and cleaning house for other people.  She even picked cotton, which was very difficult being crippled. 

George and Eda were living with his mother, Dora, in 1920.

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0964, Page 5A), Castor Twp., Stoddard Co., Missouri,
                                                                                  Enumeration District: 201, Enumeration Date: 13-Jan-1920, Family #85

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_1248, Page 279B), Richland Twp., Stoddard Co., Missouri,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 24, Enumeration Date: 5-Apr-1930, Family #78

1940 Federal Census Data (T627_02159-00815, Page 339B), Richland Twp., Stoddard Co., Missouri,
                                                                              Enumeration District: 104-26, Enumeration Date: 15-Apr-1940, Family #81

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Sources:
1) Marriage - Stoddard County Missouri Vital Statistics - Marriages, Book 12, page 293
2) Husband Real Estate - P Guardian Records: Stoddard County, MO, page 2-40
3) Death - Husband: Stoddard County Missouri Vital Statistics - Deaths, Dist. #839, Cert. #004060
4) Death - Wife: Stoddard County Missouri Vital Statistics - Deaths, Dist. #338, Cert. #002172