WILLIAM PATRICK
Was born on the Patrick homestead, in Augusta county, Virginia, near
Waynesboro. He was educated at Washington and Lee University,
studied law there, sessions of 1872-3, and began the practice on the
4th day of September, 1873, at Staunton, in which he has continued
ever since. He served as commissioner in chancery of the Circuit Court
of Augusta county about ten years, is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
In Staunton, on February 14, 1883, he married Annie Montgomery
Hendren, who survived the marriage only about a year, leaving
one child, Annie H.
Mr. Patrick's father, also named William Patrick, was born on the
Patrick homestead, near Waynesboro, on December 2, 1822, and he
died on September 6, 1862, of wounds received at the second battle of
Manassas. He was major of the 17th battalion of Virginia Cavalry,
mentioned with deserved praise in the reports of both Stuart and Jackson,
as published in McCleland's book. Major Patrick was a son of
Charles Patrick, who was a son of John Patrick, who was a son of
Robert Patrick by his wife Rachel Campbell, he coming from Pennsylvania,
and settling in Augusta county about 1744, on the estate where
this line of his descendents were born, and which still remains in the
family. The founder of the Patrick family in America came from County
Tyrone, Ireland. The mother of the subject of this sketch was born
in. Waynesboro, Hester C., daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Massie,
and his wife Mary Woods, she is living on the Patrick homestead.
The Hon. Nathaniel Massie was one of the Justices of the Quorum for
a number of years, and for several years represented Augusta county
in the legislature.
The wife of the subject of this sketch is a daughter of Judge John N.
Hendren of Staunton, Judge of the county court of Augusta, son of
Rev. John Hendren, D. D., a Presbyterian minister, of note as a theologian
and teacher of Augusta county. Her mother is Lucy G., daughter
of the Hon. John Howe Peyton, of Staunton, whose record is given
on another page of this work.
