Col. Frank K. Patterson and Sadie E. Magill
Husband Col. Frank K. Patterson 1 2 3
Born: 1848 - Fawn (later Harrison) Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John Patterson (1822-1903) 3 4 Mother: Mary Cowan ( - ) 3
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Alice Mahaffey ( - ) 1 2 5
Wife Sadie E. Magill 5
Born: - Freeport, Allegheny Co, PA Christened: Died: 1883 - Freeport, Allegheny Co, PA 5 Buried:
Father: Dr. Thomas Magill ( - ) 5 Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] ( - ) 5
Children
1 F Mary E. Patterson 5
Born: Abt 1874 Christened: Died: Sep 1903 5 Buried:
2 F Hattie Patterson 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: E. N. Gillespie ( - ) 5
3 M Thomas Magill Patterson 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Col. Frank K. Patterson
He received his education in the country schools of Plum township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and while still a youth entered upon the military career which forms an important part of the record of his life. The military records disclose the following facts concerning his service:
He enlisted, February 12, 1864, at the age of fifteen years, in Battery H, Third Regiment of Pennsylvania Artillery; and was honorably discharged July 25, 1865. He became a private in Parson's Zouaves (afterwards Company H, of Fourteenth Infantry Regiment), August 27, 1870; a private in Dunc Karns Rifles August 21, 1872; appointed captain and aide-de-camp, Third Brigade, Eighteenth Division, October 14, 1873; major and aide-decamp, Ninth Division, August 19, 1874; to major and quartermaster, Ninth Division, December 29, 1875; mustered out on the reorganization of guard, June 12, 1878; appointed brigade inspector, Second Brigade, April 6, 1887, to rank from February 19, 1887; re-appointed brigade inspector, February 6, 1892; appointed captain and aide-de-camp, Second Brigade, November 26, 1895; major and ordnance officer, June 13, 1896; re-appointed January 26, 1897; commission expired, June 7, 1898; re-appointed, June 15, 1898; to general inspector of rifle practice, January 30, 1899; re-appointed, February 24, 1903, and again re-appointed, February, 1907.
Upon reaching manhood Colonel Patterson engaged in the hardware business at Freeport, Pennsylvania, for a period of about three years, and then engaged in the insurance business until 1884, when he was appointed special agent for the Royal Insurance Company.
He was a member of the Pittsburg Board of Trade, and belonged to the Sons of the American Revolution and the Grand Army of the Republic. He was identified with the East Liberty Presbyterian church.
General Notes: Wife - Sadie E. Magill
For a number of years she was teacher of languages in the Pittsburgh public schools.
1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 585.
2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 757.
3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 224.
4 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 642.
5
John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 225.
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