Husband James L. Patterson 1 2 3
Born: 12 Nov 1824 - Smith Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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Died: Aft 1893
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Father: Robert Patterson (1784-1861) 2 3 4
Mother: Mary Linn (1790-1854) 2 3
Marriage: 20 Apr 1854 2 5
Wife Sarah A. Linn 2 6
Born: 7 Nov 1830 5
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Father: William Linn (1787-1873) 3
Mother: Mary Galbraith (1796-1867) 3
Children
1 M Robert Patterson 2
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Died: in infancy
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 M William Patterson 2
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Died: in infancy
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Mary L. Patterson 2 3
Born: 6 Feb 1855 3
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4 F Addie J. Patterson 2 3
Born: 27 Jan 1857 3
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5 F Elizabeth K. Patterson 2 3
Born: 20 Feb 1861 3
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6 F Anna G. Patterson 2 3
Born: 25 Nov 1862 3
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7 M James Fred. Patterson 3 7
Born: 20 Apr 1865 3
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General Notes: Husband - James L. Patterson
Burgettstown, Smith Twp, Washington Co, PA
After attending the common schools, he entered the academy at Florence, Pennsylvania, then took a course at Washington College, graduating therefrom in 1842. He always excelled as a pupil, having read Latin at the age of nine years, and graduated when but seventeen. After leaving college he read medicine at home a short time, and about the age of nineteen years he taught school in Burgettstown one winter. In 1849 he began business in a general store, remaining there three years, thence returning to rural life.
In 1865 Mr. Patterson was appointed the first agent of the P. C. & St. L. R. R. Co. in Burgettstown, also of the Express company, and opened a store at "the station" as it was then called. In 1867 he left the railroad company, and again began farming. In 1872 he organized the Burgettstown Savings Bank, of which he was secretary and treasurer, and in 1879 (the bank having become the Burgettstown National Bank), was made cashier. He was the sole manager of the bank business in Burgettstown, and was the prime mover in the success of the institution.
He inherited a tendency to consumption, and at the age of twenty years was examined by Dr. Lane, of Washington, who decided that he had symptoms of tuberculosis, and that, to preserve his life, he would have to go South. Agreeable to the advice of his physician, he set out in search of health, journeying to Louisiana in 1844. He arrived there in November, and engaged in teaching school in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, returning to his home the following spring. In June, 1845, he fell from a cherry tree on his father's farm, spraining his left hip joint, from which he never recovered. Soon thereafter he started with crutch and cane on a Southern trip. He proceeded to the eastern seaboard, and at Wilmington, North Carolina, embarked on a vessel for Charleston; thence sailed to Savannah, and after spending some time on the trip returned to his home, supposing he had not long to live. On June 18, 1892, he fell from a street car in Washington, and again injured his hip, besides having his shoulder injured, from which he suffered for a considerable time. Mr. Patterson was a victim of dyspepsia all his life, and did not have a day quite free from pain. He was a man five feet nine inches in height, weighing 144 pounds. He had sandy hair, eventually tinged with gray, and was possessed of a pleasant Roman cast of countenance. He lived on the farm where he was born, and which he came to own.
He was elected an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Burgettstown in 1862.