[p. 939] who conducts a large grocery business at No. 226 Pittsburg Street, New Castle, has been a resident of this city since 1894, and is one of its representative citizens. He was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1850.
Mr. Patterson comes of Revolutionary stock, his grandfather, Thomas Patterson, and his maternal great-grandfather, John Stoughton, both serving as soldiers in the Patriot army. Mr. Patterson's mother was Hannah Stoughton, in her maiden days. and she could trace an uninterrupted ancestral line to New England settlers, who came to the colonies shortly after the landing of the Pilgrims, and also to the Hollanders, who settled the Island of Manhattan, now New York. After the family settled in Butler County, Pennsylvania, it became an agricultural one, and in the early years of manhood, William E. Patterson engaged in farming, alternating said occupation with teaching school. He then came to Lawrence County and went into a general mercantile business at Rose Point, which he continued for several years, coming to New Castle, October 1, 1894. Here he embarked in a staple and fancy grocery business, at his present location, and has built up a large and satisfactory trade, which is first class in every particular.
Mr. Patterson married Annie J. Macom, of Scott Township, Lawrence County, who died in January, 1905, leaving six sons and three daughters, all residents of New Castle.
Mr. Patterson has taken considerable interest in politics and in public affairs. He has served on the School Board and was a justice of the peace for eight years in Slippery Rock Township, and has been a member of the School Board of New Castle for ten years, and president of this body for three years. He is one of the leading members and liberal supporters of the Central Presbyterian Church. His fraternal connections are with the A. F. & A. Masons and the Knights of Maccabees, of New Castle.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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