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“Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County Pennsylvania”
Under the editorial supervision of: JOHN W. JORDAN, LL. D.
Vol. II
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914.
Pg. 718
PATTERSON - The surname of PATTERSON or PATERSON simply means the son of PATRICK, and belongs to a large class of surnames similarly formed. Many of the name are to be found in Scotland, in Stirlingshire, Aberdeenshire and Dumfriesshire, where the spelling is generally PATERSON; in Ireland this surname is very numerous in the counties of Antrim, Down, Armagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, where the spelling is usually PATTERSON. The coat-of-arms of the Bishop of Ross, a member of the PATERSON family is: Argent three pelicans feeding their young or in nests vert on a chief azure as many mullets of the field. The other PATTERSON arms vary slightly from this or are similar to it.
(I) JAMES PATTERSON, the first of the branch here under discussion of whom we have definite record, was born in county Armagh, Ireland, in 1779, died in Lawrence Co., Pa., in 1862. He settled in Lawrence Co., Pa., in 1815, having probably come to America in that year. He bought 200 acres of land from the government in Big Beaver Twp., paying at the rate of six dollars an acre. In addition to farming, he did a great deal of contract work, and constructed several miles of old Beaver Valley Canal. He and his family were Covenanters. He was the only child of his parents. MR. PATTERSON married twice, his first wife dying in Ireland, where he also married (second) JANE BAMMER, also born in Armagh. Children by his first marriage: WILLIAM, who lived Big Beaver Twp., Beaver Co., Pa.; GEORGE, lived in Neshannock Falls, Lawrence Co., Pa.; SALLIE, married JOHN PEOPLES, and lived in Lawrence Co., Pa.; MARY. Children by second marriage: JAMES, a farmer, carpenter and contractor in Lawrence Co., Pa.; JOHN, a carpenter, who lived in Hickory Twp., Lawrence Co., Pa.; ROBERT; JANE, married ROBERT McANLIS, and lived in Big Beaver Twp., Lawrence Co., Pa.
(II) ROBERT PATTERSON, son of JAMES and JANE (BAMMER) PATTERSON, was born in county Armagh, Ireland, Feb. 1, 1812, died in Big Beaver Twp., Lawrence Co., Pa., in February, 1877. He was about three years of age when he came to America with his parents, and he was reared on the homestead farm. Upon the death of his father he took charge of 100 acres of the family homestead as his share, and spent his life in its cultivation. He and his family were members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. For many years he led the singing at the “White Church.” In his younger days he was a member of the Whig party, joining the ranks of the Republicans when that party was organized. He married (first) MARTHA McCLURE, born in Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1821, died in 1856; he married (second) MARTHA GORMLEY, who died in 1879. Children by first marriage: JANE, married A. BEATTIE, and lived in Big Beaver Twp., Lawrence Co., Pa.; JAMES R.; JOHN, lives in Big Beaver Twp., Lawrence Co., Pa.. Children of second marriage: MARGARET, who died unmarried; ROBERT, a preacher of the Seventh Day Adventist denomination, and lives in Cleveland, Ohio; WILLIAM, died at the age of sixteen years; ANNA MARY, married JOHN McKINNEY, and lives on the original PATTERSON homestead.
MARTHA (McCLURE) PATTERSON was the daughter of JOHN McCLURE, JR. and the granddaughter of JOHN McCLURE, SR., the latter born about 1755, probably in Scotland. He came to Lancaster Co., Pa., between 1785 and 1790, and purchased a large farm east of the town of Lancaster, where he spent the remainder of his life, and which is still in the possession of some of his descendants. His children were: 1. JOHN, JR., a farmer in Lancaster Co., Pa., who became the father of MRS. PATTERSON. 2. WILLIAM, born in 1795, died in Dec. 1879; in 1818 he made his way on foot to Beaver Co., Pa., where he located in Big Beaver Twp., near the present town of New Galilee; he was the owner of a blacksmith’s shop there for many years, then bought a nearby farm of 359 acres, on which his son, WILLIAM J., still lives. 3. THOMAS, a merchant in Lancaster. 4. FRANCIS, was a merchant in Lewistown, Pa. 5. JOSEPH, lived on the homestead in Lancaster Co., Pa. 6. MARTHA, married THOMAS WITHERO, and moved to Lawrence Co., Pa., where their descendants still live.
(III) JAMES R. PATTERSON, son of ROBERT and MARTHA (McCLURE) PATTERSON, was born in Big Beaver Twp., Lawrence Co., Pa., Sept. 27, 1853. He attended McAnlis district school near his home, and worked on the homestead farm until his marriage. He then bought a farm in the same township, lived on it five years, then sold it and purchased a farm in South Beaver Twp., Beaver Co., and moved to that. At the end of three years, 1886, he moved to Beaver Falls, and there established himself in the lumber business. He, in association with some other men, organized a company which was called the Co-operative Planing Mill. MR. PATTERSON sold his interests in this concern at the expiration of three years, and engaged in the real estate business, with which he has been identified since that time. He is also a director and vice-president of the Dime Savings and Loan Association of Beaver Falls. His public service is as follows: Member of the common council of Beaver Falls, three years; member of the board of health, six years; constable, three years. He gives his political support to the Republican party, and is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and has been a member of the board of trustees of that institution for a period of three years. MR. PATTERSON married, Oct. 26, 1876, NANNIE (NANCY) E. LOUTHAN, born in South Beaver Twp., Beaver Co., Pa., Feb. 19, 1856. Children: ROBERT M., a physician in Beaver Falls, Pa.; JOHN LOUTHAN; BESSIE, married THOMAS CAMPBELL, and lives in Beaver Falls; JESSIE, unmarried, a clerk in the post office; ELDA, at home.
(IV) JOHN LOUTHAN PATTERSON, son of JAMES R. and NANNIE (NANCY) E. (LOUTHAN) PATTERSON, was born in Big Beaver Twp., Lawrence Co., Pa., Nov. 8, 1879. He was a pupil in the public schools of New Galilee for one year, after which the family moved to Beaver Falls, where he attended the public schools until he was 17 years of age. He then entered the employ of Chandley Brothers, plumbers, with whom he learned the plumbing trade, and remained with them until 1904. In that year he established himself in that line of trade at No. 1509 Seventh Aven., where he is doing a very successful business. His work is of general nature, and it includes all kinds of heating. MR. PATTERSON is unmarried, and is a member of the United Presbyterian Church.
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