Patterson Family Groups

Shannon county, Missouri

Notes

Husband: Matthew Patterson

1840 census Ripley Co MO. Age 20-30.

1850 census Shannon MO. Age 39 b TN, with wife and 5 children.

1860 census Shannon Co, Newtown township, MO. Age 45 b TN, with wife and 6 children.

1870 census Shannon Co, Jackson township, MO. Not present in household, so prior death assumed.

Wife: Juretta Boze

Ripley Co MO marriage records, 24 May 1838 Matthew Patterson and "Doretty Boze"

1850 census, Shannon MO. Age 30, b TN.

1860 census, Shannon MO, Newton township. Age 35.

Did she inflate her age to marry or decrease it as she aged? I'm going with the older age.

6 Jun 1870 census, Shannon MO, Jasper township, Big Creek PO.

Age 44 b TN, keeping house, husband not in household. RE 800, PE 400. With George, Emily, John and Sarah at home.

Add'l person in hshld: Nancy Bar, age 6, b MO.

1880 census. Not found in Shannon Co Patterson listings, but Juretta could still have been living with a married daughter.

Child #1: William Patterson

1850 census, Shannon MO. Age 11.

1860 census, Shannon MO. Age 21, in parents' household.

1870 census, Shannon MO. Age 32, with wife and 3 children.

Add'l person in hshld: Clarissa Carter, age 22; sister-in-law?

Child #2: Mary Patterson

1850 census, Shannon MO. Age 8.

1860 census, Shannon MO. Mary is no longer in her parents' household; so probably married before age 18.

Child #3: George Patterson

source: 1870 census, Shannon MO. Age 21, worked on farm.

Cathy Patterson, Portland OR says George & Mary had 2 girls, 1 boy.

Child #4: Emily Patterson

1870 census, Shannon MO.

source: Cathy Patterson says she "is listed as having 5 girls and 7 boys."

Child #5: James Patterson

1850 census, Shannon MO. Age 6.

1860 census, Shannon MO. Age 16.

1870 census, Shannon MO. Age 25 with wife Jane, no children.

1880 census, Shannon MO. Age 35 with wife Nancy E. and 5 children.

Two Purcell children also in household. Kids' ages give rise to many questions.

Child #6: John Alford Patterson

family members. Died from drinking water from a contaminated well.

Child #7: Sarah Patterson

1870 census, Shannon MO.

Notes

Husband: JOHN ALFORD PATTERSON

Shannon Co 1880 census, Jasper twnshp

where a couple of his brothers had also moved (their parents were in Jackson, 1870).

Died from drinking from a contaminated well.

for date of death and middle name, John and Martha Patterson in Portland, OR, related by their dau-in-law, Cathy Patterson.

source: Cathy Patterson, Portland OR.

He is listed as having 4 boys and 3 girls.

Birthdate may have been 1854 - which is what Wm Vaughn's notes say is noted at his grave.

Wife: MARY D. GEORGE

1870 census Shannon MO Jasper township

shows the Georges along with some of the Summerses, Prices, Ranneys, Alex Deatherage and Geo Chilton.

The Jasper enumeration is very small.

grandchildren Don and Velma Patterson always spoke of her fine singing voice.

photos and her acquaintances. A slender woman with a remarkably large goiter in later life.

MO death certificate #36975. Informant: John Banks (son-in-law).

Cause of death: myocarditis and gall stones. WT Emdy, MD, was not attending her; last saw her in Sept.

Buried in Summers cemetery, no funeral director.

Mary's place of residence was still Round Spring, but place of death indicated is Eminence.

Child #1: GEORGE "COBBLER" PATTERSON

document from Martha Patterson, quoted by Cathy Patterson

Gives birth and death dates, location, wife's name, marriage date, children.

sources: brother Ed Patterson, info given abt 1962; niece Velma Patterson, info given abt 1978

said his wife's name was Aubela; had his birthdate as 1876

Child #2: ROSIE PATTERSON

1880 census Shannon MO

The name of the 2-yr-old dau is Priscilla - matching her father's supposed grandmother's name; but the dau this age we know of as Rosie.

Child #4: ANDREW JACKSON PATTERSON

Cathy Patterson, wife of a grandson of Andy's.

Child #5: ED PATTERSON

1870 census Shannon MO, Jackson township

Shows the Pattersons, near Purcells, some of the Summerses, and John Wells.

Child #7: Marada (Rady) PATTERSON

I believe she attended Ed's funeral in 1963; but if that Rady were she, she remarried after Banks.

Child #8: Newton PATTERSON

Ed Patterson, c1962. He died from a broken back as the result of a fall.

Child #9: CHARLES L. PATTERSON

source: 16 Jan 1920 census, Shannon MO, Jasper twnshp

Owns his house, no mortgage. Laborer - timber - wage worker.

Reports that his parents were both born in MO.

Neighbor is Alfred Patterson, 15 yrs older.

Notes

Husband: William S. "Billie" PATTERSON Jr.

1880 census, Shannon MO, age 6.

source: 1900 census, Shannon MO, Newton twnshp, Sinkin & Timber PO.

Married 6 yrs. Farmer. Owns his farm free of mortgage.

Parents b MO & TX.

1910 census,Jasper township, Shannon Co.

Farmer. Married 17 years. Says his mother was from TX.

Both the 1900 and 1910 censuses list him as Wm M - not Wm S.

Wife: Augusta "Gustie" BRANSON

1900 census.

Mother of 3 kids, 2 living. Parents b MO.

6 May 1910 census Jasper twnshp Shannon MO.

Mother of 7 kids, 4 living.

Child 1: Artie M. PATTERSON

6 May 1910 census Shannon MO Jasper twnshp 13 yrs old

marriage info from Cathy Patterson

Child 3: Stella F. PATTERSON

6 May 1910 census, 10 years old

Child 4: Cora Maude PATTERSON

1910 census

Shows "Cora M." b 1902, which is the yr Maude was born so guessing this is one and the same

Cathy Patterson simply has her as "Maude"

1920 MO census Shannon Co Newton twnshp

Hshld of Isac and Lillie Spurgin shows Maude Patterson as a boarder - also Charlie and Pearl Wells and one other. Reports she was a public school teacher. I believe that's this Maude.

Child 6: Leona PATTERSON

Age 2 in 1910 census.

Other marriages: Clarence SHOCKLEY

Child 9: Paul PATTERSON

They had 8 children, I have no record of them yet.

Child 10: Lorraine PATTERSON

They had 2 daughters. I have no record of them yet.

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Notes

Family group

Cathy Patterson, whose husband is the son of John William (child #4 above).

some death dates from SSDI

Wife: Winnie Victoria Fisher

source: Cathy Patterson, Portland, OR.

At the time of her death she had two living brothers, John Fisher of Berthoud, Colorado, and James E. Fisher of Laporte, Colorado. She had 22 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Child #2: Edith Ruth Patterson

source: Cathy Patterson - says she died from a ruptured appendix.

Notes

Husband: James Edward Patterson

known to this writer: my grandfather.

1870 census

shows the Pattersons were in the Jackson part of Shannon Co, along with Purcells, some of the Summerses, and John Wells.

soundex for 1910 census MO. St Louis City ref 108 0435 0446

Jas E age 24 b MO, Maude age 23 b TX, "Delina" age 3 b MO, "Vernone" b MO.

subject's sister. Ed married Rose --- in 1932 (in Salem, Dent, MO?) and divorced; no children.

subject's sister.

Ed and Maude first lived in Shannon Co on a farm on the Current River. Velma remembers watching the clubhouse being built at Pulltite Springs nearby. They had square dances once a week; Ed was a great caller. But Maude was tired of the country, and made Ed sell the farm, Velma says. They moved to Salem, where Ed tried working the Raleigh spice route, but he was no salesman; they went broke, and lost the big white house they'd been living in. Ed found work in St. Louis, for the streetcars, probably abt 1923. But Maude didn't want to live in St. Louis, Ed couldn't find work in Salem, and they divorced. They were in St. Louis in 1910, where Ed was working on the streetcars. When Donald was born, the family was back in the country. The second marriage lasted only about a year and a half; they were in St. Louis over that period. Ed continued to work in St. Louis and made it his home. He lived in north St. Louis, near the water towers.

Wife: Maude Helbert

known to this writer: my grandmother; she told me family stories, as have my aunt. and father.

Maude was born at the top of a hill outside town (Hillsboro) - in the wagon they were travelling in, in a wagon train. The family returned to TX after 6 months - so traveled back to MO in the winter. Later they briefly moved to Oklahoma, where Maude's brother Frank died of pneumonia at age 17. That should have been abt 1901.

Sometime around 1912-3, Maude contracted tuberculosis, and her doctor said that the only choice she had was to move to Denver for the thin air. Don says Velma remembers their packing lunches and other food for the long train ride out there. Once 6 feet of snow fell, and Ed had to dig a tunnel through the snow to get to the animals in the barn. Don guesses they must have stayed out there 18-24 months; they were back on the farm on the Current River when he was born. (Weather records might help date this trip.)

Maude's father died May 1913. Was she home then? Don remembers her crying because they couldn't put up a headstone for him.

A very independent, strong-minded woman, like her mother. A devoted mother to her children, she worked after her divorce. She sold insurance and real estate in Salem and worked as a nurse in St. Louis. She worked until age 70!

A collector by nature: of books, especially Western stories; English dinnerware; prints of ships.

She was always interested in current events and loved to discuss them.

In later life, in her city apartment and then in her house, she kept her gun handy - in a basket, under a lace handkerchief.

Child 1: Velma Elaine PATTERSON

the subject.

Velma remembers the family moving to Denver when she was abt 7 yrs old. Maude had TB, and the doctor thought that Denver's air offered her only hope. The family moved there by train, taking sandwiches for the journey, but moving with nothing other than their clothing. They must have stayed abt a year and a half or two years; Maude did recover, and they returned to MO. Two particular memories stand out: snowfalls that piled up over the rooftops; and the presence of her first black classmates at school.

Velma moved to Chicago when she was 18, and lived with her Uncle Charlie's family. She enjoyed being with her cousin Beulah, to whom she had always been close. She did well at work, and thought she had a good future there, but gave up her job and returned to St. Louis and her mother's house.

She met her husband at a dance party on the riverboat; she attended with a workmate, the two of them having been given tickets by her boss; and that workmate knew Fred from high school, and so introduced them. They were engaged after 2 weeks, and married after about a year. They were divorced within the decade.

A dutiful as well as loving daughter, she lived near or with her mother for the rest of Maude's life, and took great care of her. She remembers taking care of her Aunt Annie (Helbert) as well, back in the 1930's, living with her aunt during Annie's final illness.

Child 2: Vernon PATTERSON

death date from SocSec Death Index.

known to this writer.

Vernon was mugged; brain damage resulted, and he was institutionalized for the rest of his life, in CA.

subject's brother

Vernon was married and divorced in CA. A daughter was born to the couple.

Child 3: Donald S. PATTERSON

See Don's page.

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Notes

Husband: Charles L. PATTERSON

16 Jan 1920 census, Shannon MO, Jasper twnshp

Owns his house, no mortgage. Laborer - timber - wage worker. Reports parents b MO.

Neighbor is Alfred Patterson, 15 yrs older.

Wife: Carrie L. PATTON

16 Jan 1920 census, Shannon MO, Jasper twnshp

Reports parents b MO