Dr Van Patten was educated in Wayne county academy, and after completing his literary course he prepared for professional life in the Albany Medical College, in which he was graduated with the class of 1864. He first began practice in Hannibal, New York, in 1865, and a year later removed to Sterling, where he resided for three years. His next place of business was in Chatsworth, Livingston county, Illinois, where he was associated with Dr Hunt in practice and in the drug business for eight years. For four years he was a resident of Peoria, Illinois, where he engaged in practice as a regular. For the past twenty-two years he has ministered to the needs of suffering humanity as a homeopathic physician in Sterling, Kansas, coming to this place from Peoria, Illinois, in 1868.
In the meantime Dr Van Patten had engaged in military service. He enlisted at Sterling, New York, as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Tenth New York Infantry, in 1862, but in February, 1863, was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. After his return home he was united in marriage, in Hannibal, New York, in 1865, to Miss Ada Foot, who died in Kansas about 1874, leaving five of her six children, four daughters and one son, namely: Isabelle L, wife of Cassius Elliott, of Farmington, New Mexico, by whom she has six children; George, who is living in the same place; Mamie, the wife of Riley Peterson, of Hodgman county, Kansas, by whom she has two children; Fernette and Winnie, who are still under the parental roof. The Doctor was again married in 1887, his second union being with Miss Lettie M Muse, of Greenfield, Ohio, a daughter of a Presbyterian minister, and his first wife was a daughter of a Baptist preacher. The children born to Dr Van Patten by his second marriage are: Myndert, who is now thirteen years of age; Guy, a lad of nine years; and Lowell, who is seven years of age. Socially the Doctor is connected with the Grand Army of the Republic and is now serving his third year as commander of Mead Post, No. 14, a fact which indicates his present personal popularity, for the office is not usually accorded to one man for so long a time. In politics he is a Republican and has served as school director and as mayor of Sterling, exercising his official prerogatives in promoting the best interests of the city. In the campaign of 1900 he was chairman of the Republican committee and labored earnestly in the interest of McKinley and Roosevelt. For twenty-two years he has occupied his present residence in Sterling and is recognized as one of the most capable physicians and prominent citizens of the neighborhood. His devotion to his profession is marked and arises not only from his love of scientific research, but also from his desire to be a benefit to the world. His public and private relations are alike above reproach and as a friend and physician he has won the high regard of all and become a popular resident of his adopted county.
From A Biographical History of Central Kansas,
Vol. I, p. 188
published by The Lewis Publishing Co, Chicago & New York, 1902
Dr Van Patten was educated in Wayne county academy, and after completing his literary course he prepared for professional life in the Albany Medical College, in which he was graduated with the class of 1864. He first began practice in Hannibal, New York, in 1865, and a year later removed to Sterling, where he resided for three years. His next place of business was in Chatsworth, Livingston county, Illinois, where he was associated with Dr Hunt in practice and in the drug business for eight years. For four years he was a resident of Peoria, Illinois, where he engaged in practice as a regular. For the past twenty-two years he has ministered to the needs of suffering humanity as a homeopathic physician in Sterling, Kansas, coming to this place from Peoria, Illinois, in 1868.
In the meantime Dr Van Patten had engaged in military service. He enlisted at Sterling, New York, as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Tenth New York Infantry, in 1862, but in February, 1863, was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. After his return home he was united in marriage, in Hannibal, New York, in 1865, to Miss Ada Foot, who died in Kansas about 1874, leaving five of her six children, four daughters and one son, namely: Isabelle L, wife of Cassius Elliott, of Farmington, New Mexico, by whom she has six children; George, who is living in the same place; Mamie, the wife of Riley Peterson, of Hodgman county, Kansas, by whom she has two children; Fernette and Winnie, who are still under the parental roof. The Doctor was again married in 1887, his second union being with Miss Lettie M Muse, of Greenfield, Ohio, a daughter of a Presbyterian minister, and his first wife was a daughter of a Baptist preacher. The children born to Dr Van Patten by his second marriage are: Myndert, who is now thirteen years of age; Guy, a lad of nine years; and Lowell, who is seven years of age. Socially the Doctor is connected with the Grand Army of the Republic and is now serving his third year as commander of Mead Post, No. 14, a fact which indicates his present personal popularity, for the office is not usually accorded to one man for so long a time. In politics he is a Republican and has served as school director and as mayor of Sterling, exercising his official prerogatives in promoting the best interests of the city. In the campaign of 1900 he was chairman of the Republican committee and labored earnestly in the interest of McKinley and Roosevelt. For twenty-two years he has occupied his present residence in Sterling and is recognized as one of the most capable physicians and prominent citizens of the neighborhood. His devotion to his profession is marked and arises not only from his love of scientific research, but also from his desire to be a benefit to the world. His public and private relations are alike above reproach and as a friend and physician he has won the high regard of all and become a popular resident of his adopted county.
From A Biographical History of Central Kansas,
Vol. I, p. 188
published by The Lewis Publishing Co, Chicago & New York, 1902
Family Members
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Ellen Maria Van Patten Walsworth
1821–1848
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Margaret Ann Van Patten Hendrick
1822–1864
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Nancy J Van Patten Lyon
1823–1911
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Sarah Van Patten
1825–1847
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John A Van Petten
1829–1892
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Harmon Van Patten
1833–1910
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Susan J. Van Patten Blackwell
1839–1926
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James Wesley Van Patten
1841–1917
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Rachel Van Patten Marvin
1843–1926
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Isabell C Van Patten Duncan
1844–1906
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