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JOHN L. STREET, merchant, Cadiz, was born July 7, 1818, in Hanover County, Va.; son of the Hon. George Street, also a native of Virginia, and an early settler of this locality, coming to Trigg County in 1819, where he remained till his death, which occurred in 1831; he represented this county in the Legislature several terms. The subject of this sketch is the youngest child of a family of eight, he being the only remaining one living; he was raised on his father’s farm, where he remained till the age of fifteen; after attending college in Illinois four years, in 1837 he came to Cadiz and was employed as clerk for John Hill two years; he then engaged in the tobacco business with his uncle, Spotswood Wilkinson, continuing this business till 1843, at which time he engaged in general merchandising, and which he has since continued, and is now the oldest merchant in Trigg County. On commencing business his sales amounted to about $80 a day; from this small beginning his business has increased to over three times this amount. Mr. Street has often acted as Town and School Trustee, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Since the age of twenty-one years he has been a member of the Christian Church, and is now the oldest male member of that denomination. Mr. Street has been twice married; his first union was blessed with three children—two sons and one daughter—his son, E. R. Street, being a partner in this business.