The following courtesy of findagrave contributor Tami:
HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES, Page 954
COLUMBUS M. PATTON
Columbus M. PATTON, a farmer living on section 11, of Magnolia Township, has been a resident of Harrison County, Iowa since June, 1857. He first settled in Harris Grove, LaGrange Township, where, in 1856, he had purchased two hundred and forty acres of land. The first year he came to the county he worked at the carpenter's trade at Magnolia. In 1856 he moved from LaGrange Township to Magnolia Township, and bought sixty acres of improved land on section 14, which he sold in 1866, and moved to his present home, where he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land. This land, on account of defective title was taken from him, and he had to repurchase it. To the original tract he has added until at one time he had seven hundred and twenty acres.
He was born in Monroe County, VA., in March, 1828, and remained at home with his mother until 1847, and then worked at the carpenter business until 1850, when he embarked in the mercantile business with his brother-in-law, and continued until 1857, when he came to Harrison County.
Per findagrave contributor Joyce J., Columbus Marion Patton and Margaret Jane Patton were twins.
The following courtesy of findagrave contributor Tami:
HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES, Page 954
COLUMBUS M. PATTON
Columbus M. PATTON, a farmer living on section 11, of Magnolia Township, has been a resident of Harrison County, Iowa since June, 1857. He first settled in Harris Grove, LaGrange Township, where, in 1856, he had purchased two hundred and forty acres of land. The first year he came to the county he worked at the carpenter's trade at Magnolia. In 1856 he moved from LaGrange Township to Magnolia Township, and bought sixty acres of improved land on section 14, which he sold in 1866, and moved to his present home, where he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land. This land, on account of defective title was taken from him, and he had to repurchase it. To the original tract he has added until at one time he had seven hundred and twenty acres.
He was born in Monroe County, VA., in March, 1828, and remained at home with his mother until 1847, and then worked at the carpenter business until 1850, when he embarked in the mercantile business with his brother-in-law, and continued until 1857, when he came to Harrison County.
Per findagrave contributor Joyce J., Columbus Marion Patton and Margaret Jane Patton were twins.
Family Members
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William Madison Patton
1809–1878
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Mary Brown Patton Neel
1810–1891
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Elizabeth Simpson "Eliza" Patton Ellis
1813–1900
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Robert Miller Patton
1814–1894
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John Jay Patton
1816–1893
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Louisa Amelia Patton Humphreys
1817–1903
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Thomas Beirne Patton
1822–1863
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Dr Washington Lafayette Patton
1824–1900
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Margaret Jane Patton Hill
1828–1906
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Sidney Ewing Patton Swope
1831–1899
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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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