James Patterson and Mary Miller

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Husband James Patterson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1773 - County Down, Ireland 2
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           Died: 1868 - Washington Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - North Buffalo Cemetery, Washington Co, PA

       Marriage: Abt 1802 - ? Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH

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Wife Mary Miller ^{1 5}

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            AKA: Elizabeth Miller 3
           Born:  - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1868
         Buried:  - North Buffalo Cemetery, Washington Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Alexander Patterson ^{4 5}

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2 M Thomas Patterson ^{4 5}

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3 F Margaret Patterson ^{4 5 6}

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         Spouse: Samuel H. Leeper (1821-      ) 6

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4 F Elizabeth Patterson ^{4 5}

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         Spouse: James Richmond (      -      ) 4 5

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5 F Jane Patterson ^{4 5}

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         Spouse: James Armstrong (      -      ) 4 5

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6 M James Patterson ^{3 4 5 7}

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           Born: 1816 - near West Middletown, Hopewell Twp, Washington Co, PA 5
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           Died: 1893 or 1895 - Beaver Co, PA 3 5
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         Spouse: Jane Leeper (      -1891) 6

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7 M David Patterson ^{4 5}

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8 F Mary Patterson ^{4 5}

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         Spouse: James Taggart (      -      ) 8

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9 M John Patterson ^{5 9 10}

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           Born:  - Hopewell Twp, Washington Co, PA
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           Died: 1880 10
         Buried:  - North Buffalo, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: Jane McClelland (      -Aft 1893) 10
           Marr: Feb 1850 11

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10 F Martha Patterson ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - James Patterson

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He was born in County Down, Ireland, and received his early education in his native land. At the age of fourteen years he came with his parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and they settled in Canton township, on the farm later owned by John McClay, erecting their cabin home in the wild woods of the new country.
After marriage he and his wife settled on a farm in Hopewell township, later owned by Lemon Patterson (a grandson).
Politically, he was first a Federalist, then a Whig, and finally an active worker with the Abolitionists. He was among the earliest members of the Seceder Church at North Buffalo, his parents being also members of that denomination; he was a member of and elder in that church for fifty years, holding that office at the time of the coalition of the Seceder and Union Churches, and was always very active in church work. He was also successful in business matters, having made his own way in the world.

He was born in County Down, Ireland. He came to the United States at the age of sixteen years, but was shipwrecked on his voyage over and lived for two months on an island before being rescued. He eventually settled in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a farm, upon which he eventually died at the age of ninety-two years. He lived for a time at Steubenville and while there married.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 773, 1129.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 190.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 454.

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

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

6 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 862.

7 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 863, 894.

8 Compiler's Speculation.

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

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

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