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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
(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.
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