Written in 1920 by H. H. McKenney
Pages 31-39
Columbus Marion PATTON was born in Monroe County, West Virginia, March 9, 1828. His wife, Miss DUNSMORE, was born Dec. 28, 1828, in the same county. They were married Nov. 25, 1852, and lived in Monroe County, W. Va. until the spring of 1857, when they started for Iowa. They traveled twenty six miles by stage, then by steamboat down the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers to the Mississippi, then up this river, and the "Old Muddy" to Council Bluffs, arriving at Magnolia, June 14, 1857, coming to the Grove in Nov. 20, 1857, buying 200 acres in Sec. 2. They moved into a cabin built by Michael ROGERS, that stood on the northeast corner Lot 18, Sec. 2. Selling to David VANDERHOOF in 1864, they moved to the Missouri bottoms, then to a farm in Willow Valley, in 1865, where Mrs. PATTON died Jan. 27, 1890. Mr. PATTON was a carpenter by trade, and since the passing of his wife, lived with his own son Frank W. and a daughter, Rilda DONN.
Mr. PATTON was put to rest Jan. 8, 1923, at the ripe age of 95.
Their children:
Mary Alice died many years ago
Rilda Jane married Wm. B. DONN
Austin N. married Lillie R. GEITH
Maggie Ellen married Frank E. STEPHENS
Nelson F. married Anges GEITH
Annie Laura married George H. MAIN
Franklin Webster married Mary LEONARD
Edward Everett was drowned
Written in 1920 by H. H. McKenney
Pages 31-39
Columbus Marion PATTON was born in Monroe County, West Virginia, March 9, 1828. His wife, Miss DUNSMORE, was born Dec. 28, 1828, in the same county. They were married Nov. 25, 1852, and lived in Monroe County, W. Va. until the spring of 1857, when they started for Iowa. They traveled twenty six miles by stage, then by steamboat down the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers to the Mississippi, then up this river, and the "Old Muddy" to Council Bluffs, arriving at Magnolia, June 14, 1857, coming to the Grove in Nov. 20, 1857, buying 200 acres in Sec. 2. They moved into a cabin built by Michael ROGERS, that stood on the northeast corner Lot 18, Sec. 2. Selling to David VANDERHOOF in 1864, they moved to the Missouri bottoms, then to a farm in Willow Valley, in 1865, where Mrs. PATTON died Jan. 27, 1890. Mr. PATTON was a carpenter by trade, and since the passing of his wife, lived with his own son Frank W. and a daughter, Rilda DONN.
Mr. PATTON was put to rest Jan. 8, 1923, at the ripe age of 95.
Their children:
Mary Alice died many years ago
Rilda Jane married Wm. B. DONN
Austin N. married Lillie R. GEITH
Maggie Ellen married Frank E. STEPHENS
Nelson F. married Anges GEITH
Annie Laura married George H. MAIN
Franklin Webster married Mary LEONARD
Edward Everett was drowned
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Mary Ann
Patton
1828 - 1890
Family Members
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Mary Alice Patton
1853–1873
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Mary Alice Patton
1853–1873
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Marelda Jane Patton Donn
1855–1945
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Austin Neel Patton
1857–1939
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Margaret Ellen "Maggie" Patton Stephens
1859–1937
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Nelson Freeman Patton
1860–1901
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Anna Laura "Annie" Patton Main
1863–1912
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Franklin Webster "Frank" Patton
1866–1894
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Edward Everett Patton
1871–1874
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