Biographical Sketch of

Andrew Patrick

Transcribed by Robert Schieber

Source: Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography of Citizens of Columbia, 
Sauk and Adams Counties, Wisconsin, published 1901 by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1901, Pages 585 - 586
 

Andrew Patrick, an agriculturist of energy and ability residing on section 9, New Chester township, Adams 
county, Wisconsin, was born in Oneida county, New York, September 18, 1833, and is a son of Ralph and 
Marilla (Skinner) Patrick, also natives of that county, the former born June 25, 1801, the latter March 8, 
1801.  His paternal grandfather, Ralph Patrick, Sr., served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war under the 
commands of Washington and La Fayette.  After the war he settled in Oneida county, New York, where he spent 
the remainder of his life.

On leaving his native state the subject of this sketch came to Wisconsin in 1845, and made his home in 
Walworth county for five years, at the end of which time he removed to Adams county, locating on the place 
where he now resides.  As the country had not been surveyed at that time, he took a squatter's claim and 
resided thereon until the land came into the market, when he purchased one hundred and sixty acres from the 
government.  He has since placed one half of the amount under cultivation, and has erected thereon a fine 
residence, good barns and outbuildings, and made other improvements, which add greatly to the value and 
attractive appearance of the farm.

On the 6th of October, 1858, Mr. Patrick was united in marriage with Miss Fideliea Carringer, who died April 
6, 1863, and he was again married, March 14, 1865, his second union being with Miss Olive Carringer, by whom 
he has one child, Louis P.  The son was married, March 16, 1899, to Elsie Schieber, and resides at home with 
his parents.

Mrs. Patrick's parents were William and Irene (Churchill) Carringer, the former born in Mercer county, 
Pennsylvania, April 3, 1816, the latter in Vermont, May 3, 1813.  In 1844 they removed from Pennsylvania to 
Wisconsin and first settled in Walworth county, but in the spring of 1852 came to Adams county, locating in 
Lincoln township, on what is now known as the Eberhard place.  In the fall of 1855 they removed to New Chester 
township, and lived there until the spring of 1865, when they went to Minnesota.  In 1895 they returned to 
Wisconsin on a visit and remained here a year, but at the end of that time removed to California, where the 
father died May 19, 1900.  He was a farmer and carpenter by occupation, and was a member of the Close Communion 
Baptist church, to which his wife also belonged, her father, Samuel Churchill, being a minister of that church.  
She died in San Diego, California, April 23, 1899.  Mrs. Patrick's great-grandfather was a soldier of the 
Revolutionary war and her grandfather a soldier of the war of 1812.

Politically Mr. Patrick is a stanch Democrat, and has always taken considerable interest in local affairs, 
serving as chairman of his township for a number of terms and as assessor one term.  For a great many years 
he also served as postmaster of Grand Marsh, which is the oldest postoffice in the county.  He has been 
prominently identified with almost the entire growth and development of the county, and has ever borne his 
part in those interests calculated to advance the public welfare.  He is therefore numbered among the valued 
and useful citizens of the community, as well as one of its honored pioneers.


Transcribed by Robert Schieber






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