Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013,
                           All Rights Reserved
                          U.S. Data Repository

    Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page:
                <http://www.us-data.org/fineprint.html>

Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott
for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/
=========================================================================
U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced
in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization.
Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain
the consent of the transcriber prior to use.
Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so.
=========================================================================
Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott
All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded.
==========================================================================
Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 531]

    W. J. PATTON has been identified with the interests of Cherokee County
    since the year 1883.  He was born in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania,
    November 4, 1855, and is a son of ANDREW and BARBARA (MORRISON) PATTON,
    both natives of Ireland, born in the year 1825.  When W. J. was ten
    years of age his parents removed to Will County, Illinois, and located
    on a farm.  There he passed his youth, and remained under the parental
    roof until 1883, when, as before stated, he came to Cherokee County.
    He bought a farm in Sheridan Township, and devoted his time and efforts
    to the improvement of the same.  He has a comfortable residence, and
    has erected substantial buildings for the care and protection of live-
    stock and grain.  Mr. PATTON was married March 1, 1883, to Miss CLARA
    M. CRAWFORD, a daughter of Rev. RALPH and NANCY E. (COATES) CRAWFORD;
    she was born October 5, 1862, in Will County, Illinois, and was reared
    in the county of her birth.  She received her education in the common
    schools and in the Onarga Seminary.  Three children have been born to
    Mr. and Mrs. PATTON: LESLIE L., ARTHUR C., RALPH A.  Mr. PATTON is a
    Republican, and is a stanch supporter of the issues of that party. He
    served as township assessor from 1886 to 1888, giving general satis-
    faction in his management of the office.  He is a member of the
    Farmer's Alliance.  He and his wife are members of the Methodist
    Episcopal Church, and have the respect and confidence of the community
    in which they dwell.

===========================================================================