W. D. Patton, Auburn, Illinois, was born in this township on the 23rd day of January, 1845; son of Mathew and Margaret (McElvain) Patton, natives of Kentucky. His grandfather Patton emigrated to Sangamon county in 1820, and located about two and a half miles east of Auburn. The family consisted of three sons and two daughters. When his father came to the county was a small boy; reared on a farm to manhood, married and settled in the township, and raised a family of six grown children, two daughters and four sons. He remained on a farm until a few years previous to his death, when he moved to Auburn, where he died September 16, 1879; mother died June 2, 1865. On January 23d, 1867, married Sarah J. Mackey, who still lives.
The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and received a liberal education. In 1873, went to Pawnee township, where he engaged in farming for several years, when he embarked in merchandising, where he remained two years, and in the spring of 1875 came to Auburn where he engaged in the drug business the following November, and in 1880 the firm of Patton & Stout was formed.
In August, 1865, married Miss Addie M. Black, daughter of John Black. She was born May 25, 1847. There was one child, Minnie F., born December 24, 1867. His wife, Addie, died January 26, 1875, loved and respected by all who knew her. For his second wife he married Caroline A. Jones, daughter of M. A. Jones of Ball township, born in Christian County, March 7, 1849. The fruits of this union was one child, Mabel Jones Patton; she was born in Auburn, Illinois, on the 7th day of November, 1879.
Mr. Patton is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Ark and Anchor Lodge, No. 354, and of Auburn Chapter, No. 92. Mr. Patton is a man with good business abilities, and has been identified with the county all his life, and has seen it change from its broad wild prairies, to one of the best cultivated counties in the State. At this writing the firm Patton & Stout are doing an extensive business in the line of drugs, medicines, and druggists’ sundries, wall paper, books and stationery, pocket and table cutlery, jewelry and hardware; also a complete line of groceries, handled in connection with country produce.
SOURCE: History of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens; Chapter XXVIII-Auburn Township; Page 775.
The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and received a liberal education. In 1873, went to Pawnee township, where he engaged in farming for several years, when he embarked in merchandising, where he remained two years, and in the spring of 1875 came to Auburn where he engaged in the drug business the following November, and in 1880 the firm of Patton & Stout was formed.
In August, 1865, married Miss Addie M. Black, daughter of John Black. She was born May 25, 1847. There was one child, Minnie F., born December 24, 1867. His wife, Addie, died January 26, 1875, loved and respected by all who knew her. For his second wife he married Caroline A. Jones, daughter of M. A. Jones of Ball township, born in Christian County, March 7, 1849. The fruits of this union was one child, Mabel Jones Patton; she was born in Auburn, Illinois, on the 7th day of November, 1879.
Mr. Patton is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Ark and Anchor Lodge, No. 354, and of Auburn Chapter, No. 92. Mr. Patton is a man with good business abilities, and has been identified with the county all his life, and has seen it change from its broad wild prairies, to one of the best cultivated counties in the State. At this writing the firm Patton & Stout are doing an extensive business in the line of drugs, medicines, and druggists’ sundries, wall paper, books and stationery, pocket and table cutlery, jewelry and hardware; also a complete line of groceries, handled in connection with country produce.
SOURCE: History of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens; Chapter XXVIII-Auburn Township; Page 775.
W. D. Patton, Auburn, Illinois, was born in this township on the 23rd day of January, 1845; son of Mathew and Margaret (McElvain) Patton, natives of Kentucky. His grandfather Patton emigrated to Sangamon county in 1820, and located about two and a half miles east of Auburn. The family consisted of three sons and two daughters. When his father came to the county was a small boy; reared on a farm to manhood, married and settled in the township, and raised a family of six grown children, two daughters and four sons. He remained on a farm until a few years previous to his death, when he moved to Auburn, where he died September 16, 1879; mother died June 2, 1865. On January 23d, 1867, married Sarah J. Mackey, who still lives.
The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and received a liberal education. In 1873, went to Pawnee township, where he engaged in farming for several years, when he embarked in merchandising, where he remained two years, and in the spring of 1875 came to Auburn where he engaged in the drug business the following November, and in 1880 the firm of Patton & Stout was formed.
In August, 1865, married Miss Addie M. Black, daughter of John Black. She was born May 25, 1847. There was one child, Minnie F., born December 24, 1867. His wife, Addie, died January 26, 1875, loved and respected by all who knew her. For his second wife he married Caroline A. Jones, daughter of M. A. Jones of Ball township, born in Christian County, March 7, 1849. The fruits of this union was one child, Mabel Jones Patton; she was born in Auburn, Illinois, on the 7th day of November, 1879.
Mr. Patton is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Ark and Anchor Lodge, No. 354, and of Auburn Chapter, No. 92. Mr. Patton is a man with good business abilities, and has been identified with the county all his life, and has seen it change from its broad wild prairies, to one of the best cultivated counties in the State. At this writing the firm Patton & Stout are doing an extensive business in the line of drugs, medicines, and druggists’ sundries, wall paper, books and stationery, pocket and table cutlery, jewelry and hardware; also a complete line of groceries, handled in connection with country produce.
SOURCE: History of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens; Chapter XXVIII-Auburn Township; Page 775.
The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and received a liberal education. In 1873, went to Pawnee township, where he engaged in farming for several years, when he embarked in merchandising, where he remained two years, and in the spring of 1875 came to Auburn where he engaged in the drug business the following November, and in 1880 the firm of Patton & Stout was formed.
In August, 1865, married Miss Addie M. Black, daughter of John Black. She was born May 25, 1847. There was one child, Minnie F., born December 24, 1867. His wife, Addie, died January 26, 1875, loved and respected by all who knew her. For his second wife he married Caroline A. Jones, daughter of M. A. Jones of Ball township, born in Christian County, March 7, 1849. The fruits of this union was one child, Mabel Jones Patton; she was born in Auburn, Illinois, on the 7th day of November, 1879.
Mr. Patton is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Ark and Anchor Lodge, No. 354, and of Auburn Chapter, No. 92. Mr. Patton is a man with good business abilities, and has been identified with the county all his life, and has seen it change from its broad wild prairies, to one of the best cultivated counties in the State. At this writing the firm Patton & Stout are doing an extensive business in the line of drugs, medicines, and druggists’ sundries, wall paper, books and stationery, pocket and table cutlery, jewelry and hardware; also a complete line of groceries, handled in connection with country produce.
SOURCE: History of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens; Chapter XXVIII-Auburn Township; Page 775.
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