John Patterson and Margery Jamison

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Husband John Patterson ¹

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           Born: Jan 1796 - Franklin Co, PA 2
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           Died: 25 Jan 1880 2
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         Father: Samuel Patterson (1766-      ) 3
         Mother: Catherine Campbell (1776-      ) 3

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       Marriage: Winter, 1841 2

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Wife Margery Jamison ²

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           Born: 1812 2
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           Died: 27 Jan 1899 2
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         Father: William Jamison (      -      ) 2
         Mother: [Unk] Workman (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Samuel Patterson ⁴

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           Born: 17 Nov 1841 4
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           Died: 11 Oct 1879 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M William John Patterson ⁴

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           Born: 22 Aug 1854 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - John Patterson

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He grew up on the farm of his father in Derry township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, which he helped to clear and to culti­vate. Being the eldest son the heavier burdens fell on him and these were never shirked or evaded. The other boys, as they grew to manhood, left the farm and began business for themselves, but John never left his parents. His education was limited as his father's frequent rheumatic attacks made it neces­sary for him to take his place in the farm labor. While his school days were few, he was a natural scholar, and improving such opportunities as he had, kept abreast of the time and was intellectually superior to many who had greater advantages. When his father Samuel died, he purchased the equities of his brothers and sisters, and became the owner. His mother remained with him on the farm until her death.

He was in his younger days very lithe and active in body, with a quick, correct eye, and decidedly of a mechanical turn of mind. He was always in demand at the “raisings” of the time, and always given the most important corner to plumb, which he did with his eye alone, without the aid of plumb or level. He was strictly opposed to the use of intoxicants and always denounced their use. One of his neighbors, whose wife was fond of her toddy, was ready to raise a new building and wanted John for his corner man. John would go only on the consideration that no whisky should be served or drunk. This was a hard condition, especially for the wife, but the building was raised, no drink served, and the old lady remained sober. John was equally severe in his condemnation of the tobacco habit, denouncing it in the severest terms. John was of an ardent disposition, keen and zealous. Negro slavery was a question he discussed with great fervor, and any one who defended it was sure to have an exceedingly spirited debate. John was a member of the militia of his day (often called the “Cornstalk Militia”). In his younger days he cast his ballot as a voter of the commonwealth, but in later years he became convinced that this was wrong and that every time he did so, he gave his consent and sanction to human slavery and the legalizing of the liquor traffic, which were both upheld and sanctioned by the laws of the country. He believed that God's law should be the basis of all civil law and that God should be recog­nized in the constitution of our country. After his awakening on these topics he ceased voting and connected himself with the Covenanter church of New Alexandria, to whose tenets he remained faithful until his death.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 379.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 382.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 378.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 383.