William John Patterson

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Husband William John Patterson ¹

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           Born: 22 Aug 1854 1
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         Father: John Patterson (1796-1880) 2
         Mother: Margery Jamison (1812-1899) 3

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General Notes: Husband - William John Patterson

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He was edu­cated in the township schools and at the summer and winter terms of New Alexandria Academy. From earliest boyhood he was a tiller of the soil. He was his father's valued assistant until his death, when William J. inher­ited the farm, his brother Samuel being dead. He never married. His life was given to the service of father, mother and brother, to whom he was especially tender and helpful, and whom he tended in his last illness with the tenderness of a woman and the skill of a trained nurse. He was, like all his family, a consistent member of the Reformed Presbyterian or Covenanter church, believing with that church that “Righteousness exalteth a nation,” that sin is a reproach to any people, and that to attain blessedness, in a nation, that nation's supreme laws must be enacted in accordance with Divine law. Believing this, he never voted, as in his public as well as in his private life he wished to “avoid even the appearance of evil.” He was a great reader and had a large and well stocked library of historical, theological and other works, by the very best authors.

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

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

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