Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Patterson, J. G. August 23, 1830 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      J G Patterson was born in Franklin Township, Fayette 
County, Penna, August 23, 1830. He is a son of James 
Patterson and Jane Smith Patterson, who were born near 
Philadelphia and of Scotch Irish descent. Mr Patterson's 
father was a farmer, his family consisting of nine children, 
of whom J G is the seventh. He was reared in Fayette County, 
Penna, attending Madison College at Uniontown, and Greene 
Academy at Carmichaels, Penna. He studied medicine with Dr W 
L Lafferty of Brownsville, Penna, and practiced one year at 
Havana, Mason County, Illinois. He then engaged in the drug 
business in Pittsburgh, Penna, for a period of eleven 
years. 
  
  In 1854 he married Miss Nancy J McAllister, daughter of 
John McAllister, and they are the parents of two children: 
Julian S Patterson, who is a physician at Carlisle, Penna, 
and Anna Patterson, wife of George L Denney of Fayette 
County, Penna. 
  
      In 1862 Mr Patterson enlisted in the One Hundred and 
Sixty eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. When the 
company was organized, he was elected First Lieutenant. In 
1863 he resigned on account of ill health, returned to 
Greene County, and engaged in the oil business, and 
subsequently in mechanical pursuits. 
  
      In politics Mr Patterson is a Democrat, in religion a 
Presbyterian. His wife is a devoted member of the M E 
Church.

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