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Pattengill, Henry R – Patterson, Robert

Pattengill, Henry R

educator, journalist, author, was born Jan. 4, 1852, in Mount Vision, N. Y. He was professor of literature in the Michigan Agricultural college during 1886-89; and during 1892- 97 was superintendent of public instruction in Michigan. He is the editor and publisher of the Michigan School Moderator, and Timely Topics, of Lansing; and is the author of several text-books and educational manuals.

Patterson, Daniel Tod

naval officer, was born March 6, 1786, on Long Island, N. Y. In 1828 he was made naval commissioner, and in 1832-36 he commanded the Mediterranean squadron, after which he was, until his death, commandant of the navy-yard at Washington. He died Aug. 15, 1839, in Washington, D. C.

Patterson, David Trotter

lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1819, in Greene county, Tenn. He was elected a judge of the circuit court in 1854; and re-elected in 1862. In 1865 he was elected a senator in congress from Tennessee for the term ending in 1869, taking his seat on the last day of the first session of the thirty-third congress. He was son-in-law of President Andrew Johnson.

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.