Name |
Edward Byron PATTON |
Born |
24 Apr 1826 |
Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Obituary |
From the DuBois Evening Express of Friday last* we take the following notice of the death of Edward B. Patton, father of our townsman W. F. Patton:
Word was received at this place last night announcing the death of Edward B. Patton, of Curwensville. For the past few years Mr. Patton had been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. W. A. Murr, and his death occurred at her home.
At the time of his death the deceased was 81 years of age. He was a brother of the late General John Patton. Mrs. Catherine Dowler, of Burnside, is a sister of the deceased and is the last of the first generation of Pattons who came to Clearfield county.
Mr. Patton is survived by four living children, the wife having preceded him to the grave 45 years ago. The sons are William F. Patton, of Brookville and John H. Patton, of the state of Iowa. The two daughters are Mrs. Mary Lyons, of Indiana county, and Mrs. Murr, of Curwensville. [3] |
- *“Friday last” would have been May 31, 1907 [2]
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Census |
6 Sep 1860 |
Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA [4] |
Occupation |
Cabinetmaker (1860), Contractor & Builder [4, 5, 6] |
Find A Grave |
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67555434/edward-byron-patton |
Died |
30 May 1907 |
Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
Buried |
Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
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Edward Byron Patton Headstone Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, PA |
Notes |
- A 24 year old Edward Patton is listed as living with a Chambers family and neighbors of his mother Susannah Patton in the 1850 census. [7]
Mary E Mason, the sister of Esther Ann, is likely to be the seventeen year old living in the Edward Patton household in Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania in 1860. So it would appear to me that after Esther's death, a younger sister came to help her family with the four motherless children. [General source's data is most likely from Census records.] [8]
Edward always wore pin-striped pants, tails and an opera hat. [5]
Chief Burgess* of Curwensville, PA in 1856. [9]
Some of the Businesses of Clearfield County “Edw B Patton, cabinetmaker, Curwensville.” [10]
*Burgess is a magistrate of a borough; generally, the chief officer of the corporation, who performs, within the borough, the same kind of duties which a mayor does in a city. [11]
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Person ID |
I345 |
tree1 |
Last Modified |
20 Aug 2023 |
Father |
John "General" PATTON, Sr., b. 8 Feb 1783, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 2 Feb 1848, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 64 years) |
Mother |
Susanna "Susan" ANTES, b. 10 May 1791, Bald Eagle Township, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 29 Jan 1883, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 91 years) |
Married |
1811 or 1812 |
Family ID |
F631 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Esther Ann MASON, b. 1 May 1833, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 4 Jul 1860 (Age 27 years) |
Married |
13 Nov 1851 |
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA [12] |
Notes |
- Following Edward’s marriage to Esther they located in Curwensville, Clearfield, PA. Source incorrectly indicates Edward “died in 1908” [13]
His wife Esther was just 27 years old when she died [with her youngest child Mary just ten months old]. Edward, who was only 34 years old himself, never remarried and raised all his young children as a single father. [14]
Their second great-grandson, and compiler of this database, Richard Lee Gleason (B 1952) wrote about Esther's death on his personal blog. Click here to view it. [15]
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Children |
+ | 1. William Francis “Will” PATTON, b. 9 Feb 1853, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 13 Dec 1944, Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 91 years) |
+ | 2. Cornelia Ellen PATTON, b. 1854, d. 1938 (Age 84 years) |
+ | 3. Mayor John Harper PATTON, Sr., b. 8 Feb 1856, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 5 May 1935, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA (Age 79 years) |
+ | 4. Mary Jane PATTON, b. 21 Aug 1859, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 18 Oct 1943, Newburg, Preston County, West Virgina, USA (Age 84 years) |
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Last Modified |
20 Aug 2023 |
Family ID |
F273 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |