Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James T. Patterson and Jennie E. Witherspoon




Husband James T. Patterson 1 2

           Born: 9 Apr 1851 1
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           Died: Bef 1910
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         Father: John Patterson (      -1880) 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane McClelland (      -Aft 1893) 2


       Marriage: 28 Sep 1876 5



Wife Jennie E. Witherspoon 5

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         Father: John Witherspoon (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Lenora Patterson

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2 F Lizzie Myrtle Patterson 5

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3 F Jennie Estelle Patterson 5

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4 M James Witherspoon Patterson 5

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           Died: when five months old
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         Status: Twin
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Emma Margaret Patterson 5

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           Died: when five months old
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - James T. Patterson


He received a common-school education in Hopewell township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and afterward attended Pleasant Hill Academy. He then studied medicine, but other matters taking his attention his medical course was never completed. After his marriage he settled on a farm in Hopewell township, remaining there six years. Later he opened an insurance office in Burgettstown, where he conducted fire and life insurance, and also dealt in real estate. He and his family were members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he was a ruling elder for over thirteen years. In politics he was a leading member of the Republican party, filling several township and borough offices, and was actively interested in all political questions. He was appointed notary public by Gov. Beaver, holding that office four years, and reappointed by Gov. Robert E. Pattison in 1893.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 773.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 584.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 774, 1129.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 191.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 774.


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