Patterson, James Willis – Patton, David H
Patterson, James Willis
educator, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born July 2, 1823, in Henniker, N. H. In 1862 he served in the New Hampshire legislature; and was elected a representative from New Hampshire to the thirty-eighth congress. In 1864 he was appointed a regent of the Smithsonian institution, and was reappointed in 1865. He was re-elected to the thirty-ninth congress; and in 1866 was elected a senator in congress for the term commencing in 1867 and ending in 1873.
He died May 4, 1893, in Hanover, N. H.; and his portrait hangs in the new library building of the state capitol.
Patterson, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1823 to 1825.
Patterson, John
state legislator, congressman. man. He was for four years a member of the assembly of New York; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1803 to 1805.
Patterson, John James
soldier, journalist, United States senator, was born Aug. 8, 1830, in Waterloo, Pa. He was editor of the Juniata Sentinel in 1852, and for ten years afterward was editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph. He was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1858, and the three succeeding years. He removed to South Carolina in 1869; and was elected to the senate of the United States for the term commencing in 1873 and ending in 1879.
Patterson, John Letcher
educator, poet, was born June 10, 1862, in Lexington, Ky. He is principal of the high school at Versailles, Ky., and is the author of a volume of poems.
Patterson, John Thomas
president of Hocker college, was born Dec. 22, 1826, in Winchester, Ky. In 1853 he built and put in operation what is known as the Patterson Female institute, which he still owns, situated at North Middletown, in Bourbon county, Ky., designed for young ladies. In 1876 he accepted the presidency of Hocker Female college.
Patterson, Josiah
soldier, state legislator, congressman, was born April 14, 1837, in Morgan county, Ala. He located in Memphis, Tenn., in 1872, where he has since resided. In 1882 he was elected to the lower branch of the state legislature; in 1888 he was an elector for the state at large on the democratic ticket; and in 1890 was a candidate for governor.
He was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Patterson, Minnie W
poet, was born in 1845 in Michigan. She has translated several volumes into English from the Norse language. She is the author of a volume of poems entitled Pebbles from Old Pathways.
Patterson, Morris
philanthropist, was born Oct. 26, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was active in the affairs of the presbyterian church; the founder of the Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men, and took active and substantial interest in philanthropic movements in Philadelphia. He died Oct. 23, 1878, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Patterson, Robert
soldier, educator, author, was born May 30, 1743, in Ireland. He was a brigade-major in the revolutionary war; professor of mathematics in the university of Pennsylvania from 1779 to 1814, and was for some time vice-provost. In 1805 he was made directtor of the United States mint. He published The Newtonian System; Treatise on Arithmetic; edited Ferguson's Mechanics; his Astronomy; John Webster's Natural Philosophy; and Ewing's Natural Philosophy. He died July 22, 1824, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Patterson, Robert
soldier, manufacturer, was born Jan. 12, 1792, in Ireland. In 1846 he was made majorgeneral of volunteers; and served with distinction in the Mexican war.
Patterson, Robert
lawyer, was born Feb. 4, 1819, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1845 he became clerk to the director of the United States mint in Philadelphia. In 1868 he drafted the plan of the Fidelity Trust, Safe Deposit and Insurance company, the first institution of that nature in Philadelphia, and became its secretary and treasurer.
Patterson, Robert
clergyman, author, was born in 1829 in Ireland. Since 1880 he has been pastor of a church in Brooklyn, Cal. His publications include The Fables of Infidelity and the Facts of Faith; The American Sabbath; The Sabbath, Scientific, American, and Christian; Christianity the only Republican Religion; Christ's Testimony to the Scriptures; and Egypt's Place in History.
Patterson, Robert Maskell
educator, was born March 23, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected professor of natural philosophy and chemistry in the university of Philadelphia; professor in the university of Virginia from 1828 to 1835; and director of the United States mint, Philadelphia, from 1835 to 1853. He died Sept. 5, 1854, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Patterson, Robert Mayne
clergyman, author, was born July 17, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia; and the author of History of Presbyterianism in Philadelphia; Paradise; Visions of Heaven; Elijah the Favored Man; and History of the Synod of Pennsylvania.
Patterson, Thomas
congressman, was born in Lancaster county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1817 to 1825.
Patterson, Thomas H
naval officer, was born in May, 1820, in New Orleans, La. He was commissioned captain in 1866, commodore in 1871, commanded the navy-yard at Washington, D. C., was president of the naval board of examiners in 1876-77, and in the latter year became rear-admiral. He was retired in 1883. He died April 10, 1890, in Chicago, Ill.
Patterson, Thomas J
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.
Patterson, Thomas M
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 4, 1840, in Ireland. In 1874 he was appointed attorney for the city of Denver, Colo. He was elected a delegate from Colorado to the forty-fourth congress; and upon the admission of Colorado as a state in 1876 was elected a representative from that state to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Patterson, Walter
state legislator, congressman, was born in Columbia county, N. Y. He was a member of the assembly of New York in 1818 from Columbia county; and a representative in congress from 1821 to 1823.
Patterson, William
congressman, was born in Maryland. He settled in Ohio; and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to
Patterson, William
congressman, was born June 4, 1789, in Londonderry, N.
H. He was elected a representative in congress from New York from 1837 to 1839. He died Aug. 14, 1838, in Warsaw, N. Y.
Patti, Adelina
vocalist, was born Feb. 19, 1843, in Spain. At the age of nine years Adele made a tour with Strakosch and Ole Bull, singing popular opera music.
She has since attained a reputation as the foremost vocalist of the time.
Patti, Carlotta
vocalist, was born in 1840 in Florence, Italy. She is a sister of Adelina Patti; and first made her appearance in concert in New York city. She has become very popular in the United States and has filled engagements in the principal cities.
Pattison, Everett W
soldier, lawyer, author, was born Feb. 22, 1839, in Waterville, Maine. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the west at St. Louis, Mo.; and the author of Missouri Digest; and numerous articles in law periodicals.
Pattison, Granville Sharp
anatomist, author, was born in 1791 in Scotland. He is a professor of anatomy in the university of Pennsylvania; and is the author of a work entitled Anatomical Atlas. He died Nov. 12, 1851, in New York city.
Pattison, John M
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born June 13, 1847, in Clermont county, Ohio. He was elected to the Ohio state legislature from Hamilton county in 1873; and was attorney for the committee of safety of Cincinnati in 1874-76. He was elected vice-president and manager of the Union Central Life Insurance company of Cincinnati in 1881 and president in 1891. He was elected state senator to fill a vacancy in 1890; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Pattison, Robert Emory
lawyer, governor, was born Dec. 8, 1850, in Quantico, Md. In 1882 he was elected governor of Pennsylvania for the term of four years from January, 1883.
Pattison, Robert Everett
clergyman, educator, author, was born Aug. 9, 1800, in Benson, Vt. He was successively a professor in Newton Theological seminary, in Shurtleff college, and in the Union Baptist Theological seminary, Chicago. He was the author of a Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians. He died in 1874 in St. Louis, Mo.
Pattison, T. Harwood
clergyman, educator, lecturer, author, was born Dec. 14, 1838, in Launceston, Cornwall, England. After graduating he took part in the political liberal movement in the north of England, and published his work entitled Present Day Lectures. In 1874 he traveled in the United States, and accepted a call to the First Baptist church of New Haven, Conn.; and thence was called to the Emmanuel church of Albany, N. Y. In 1881 he accepted the chair of homiletics and pastoral theology in the Rochester Theological seminary; and in 1.895 published The History of the English Bible; which was followed by other works.
Patton, Alfred Spencer
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 12, 1825, in England. In 1864 he was invited to Utica, N. Y., and there built the Tabernacle Baptist church. In 1872 he purchased the American Baptist, an anti-slavery journal, in New York city, changing its name to The Baptist Weekly. He wrote Light in the Valley; My Joy and Crown; Kincaid, the Hero Missionary: The Losing and Taking of Mansoul, or Lectures on the Holy War; and Live for Jesus. He died Jan. 12, 1888, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Patton, David H
soldier, physician, congressman, was born Nov. 26, 1837, in Fleming county, Ky. He was elected from Indiana to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.