William Patterson and Sarah Margaret Jackson

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Husband William Patterson ¹

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           Born: 4 Jan 1832 - Cross Creek Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hon. William Patterson (1796-1879) 2 3 4
         Mother: Margaret Lyle (1796-1883) 4 5 6

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       Marriage: 8 Jan 1856 1

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Wife Sarah Margaret Jackson ¹

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           Born: 22 Dec 1838 - Jefferson Co, OH 1
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         Father: James Jackson (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 F Mary Patterson ¹

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         Spouse: Eli Sheets (      -      ) 1

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2 F Sarah Ella Patterson ¹

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         Spouse: Newton Simpson (      -      ) 1

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3 M James J. Patterson ¹

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4 F Margaret Patterson ¹

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5 F Jennie Patterson ¹

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6 M Lewis Cass Patterson ¹

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7 F Annie Patterson ¹

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8 M Robert Lee Patterson ¹

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9 F Elvira B. Patterson ¹

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10 M William B. Patterson ¹

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General Notes: Husband - William Patterson

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He received a common-school education, assisting at the same time, his father on the farm and in the mill. He farmed in Independ­ence township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, for some time after his marriage, then moved to Ashland County, Ohio, remaining there several years, but again came to Washington County. He afterward located near Springfield, Ohio, but in the fall of 1875 returned to his native home, settling about two and a half miles south of In­dependence, Washington County, adjoining the West Vir­ginia line, where he thereafter resided. He en­gaged in farming, stock raising and in fruit and vegetable culture.
He enjoyed a reputation for integrity and veracity, as well as that of being an independent thinker, untrammeled by any creed, dogma, superstition, preconceived or inherited notion. He was not a member of any religious or secret organization, but claimed the right to investigate all questions (both secular and religious) for himself, subject to no dictator except instructed reason. He believed that faith without knowledge is a delusion and a snare. His motto, expressed in the language of the poet, was:
New occasions teach new duties,
Time makes ancient creeds untruth;
He must upward then and onward,
Who would keep abreast of truth.
Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis. (The times change, and we change with them.)

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1251.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 727.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 49, 183, 1251.

4 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 77.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 730.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 49.