husband of Ellen Maria Tefft
- married Sept 24, 1864
"ANOTHER OIL COUNTRY PIONEER PASSED AWAY - E G Patterson Died at the Main Street Home Last Evening - Elisha Gilbert Patterson died at the family residence, 57 East Main street, at 6:40 o'clock Friday evening. His illness began Wednesday morning, when he was unable to arise from his bed, and he gradually grew weaker until the end came. After the first few hours of his illness he became unconscious and never rallied. The physicians in attendance pronounced the disease uraemic poisoning, but the direct cause of dissolution was a stroke of apoplexy, which came last evening. Deceased was born at Hudson, NY, Oct 25, 1833, and was educated in his native town. He entered the office of the treasurer of the Hudson River railroad in 1851 and rose to the position of assistant treasurer. He was afterward appointed auditor of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad company, with headquarters at Adrian, Mich. He was successively assistant superintendent of the Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien railroad ; manager of the Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island railroad; assistant superintendent of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, and general superintendent of the Raritan and Delaware Bay railroad. His railroad experience was very extensive and since his retirement from active participation in business he has been engaged upon different inventions for lessening work of railroad construction. One of the most important of these was a device used to fill sand and gravel under railroad ties and tamp it solidly into place. Mr Patterson was married to Miss Ellen Maria Tefft, daughter of the late Israel K Tefft of Rome, NY, and a niece of the founder of the firm of Tefft, Weller & Co of New York. When the early oil excitement brought thousands of people to Titusville, Mr Patterson was impressed with the prospects of the new industry and located at Pithole in 1866, where he was manager for the land owners of the Holmden farm. On his own account he was associated with James McNair in the production of petroleum on Cherry Run and later operated extensively in the Church Run district and at Bradford as a member of the firm of Emery, Patterson & Co. He was one of the projectors and a charter member of the Tide Water Pipe company and was interested in other pipe lines for the transportation of oil. Deceased was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Sons of the Colonial Wars. He was a man of very extensive acquaintance and leaves a host of friends to mourn his demise. He was always happiest in the midst of his own family and the shock to them is a heart-rending one. He will be greatly missed both in his home and out of it. Besides the widow, Mr Patterson is survived by the following children: Erastus Tefft Patterson, of Neodosha, Kan; Mrs J H Fertig, Mrs Gilbert Bloss, Miss Mary I and Miss Alma A, of this city. One child has preceded him to the grave. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed."
(Titusville Morning Herald, May 30, 1903, p.2)
- married Sept 24, 1864
"ANOTHER OIL COUNTRY PIONEER PASSED AWAY - E G Patterson Died at the Main Street Home Last Evening - Elisha Gilbert Patterson died at the family residence, 57 East Main street, at 6:40 o'clock Friday evening. His illness began Wednesday morning, when he was unable to arise from his bed, and he gradually grew weaker until the end came. After the first few hours of his illness he became unconscious and never rallied. The physicians in attendance pronounced the disease uraemic poisoning, but the direct cause of dissolution was a stroke of apoplexy, which came last evening. Deceased was born at Hudson, NY, Oct 25, 1833, and was educated in his native town. He entered the office of the treasurer of the Hudson River railroad in 1851 and rose to the position of assistant treasurer. He was afterward appointed auditor of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad company, with headquarters at Adrian, Mich. He was successively assistant superintendent of the Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien railroad ; manager of the Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island railroad; assistant superintendent of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, and general superintendent of the Raritan and Delaware Bay railroad. His railroad experience was very extensive and since his retirement from active participation in business he has been engaged upon different inventions for lessening work of railroad construction. One of the most important of these was a device used to fill sand and gravel under railroad ties and tamp it solidly into place. Mr Patterson was married to Miss Ellen Maria Tefft, daughter of the late Israel K Tefft of Rome, NY, and a niece of the founder of the firm of Tefft, Weller & Co of New York. When the early oil excitement brought thousands of people to Titusville, Mr Patterson was impressed with the prospects of the new industry and located at Pithole in 1866, where he was manager for the land owners of the Holmden farm. On his own account he was associated with James McNair in the production of petroleum on Cherry Run and later operated extensively in the Church Run district and at Bradford as a member of the firm of Emery, Patterson & Co. He was one of the projectors and a charter member of the Tide Water Pipe company and was interested in other pipe lines for the transportation of oil. Deceased was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Sons of the Colonial Wars. He was a man of very extensive acquaintance and leaves a host of friends to mourn his demise. He was always happiest in the midst of his own family and the shock to them is a heart-rending one. He will be greatly missed both in his home and out of it. Besides the widow, Mr Patterson is survived by the following children: Erastus Tefft Patterson, of Neodosha, Kan; Mrs J H Fertig, Mrs Gilbert Bloss, Miss Mary I and Miss Alma A, of this city. One child has preceded him to the grave. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed."
(Titusville Morning Herald, May 30, 1903, p.2)
husband of Ellen Maria Tefft
- married Sept 24, 1864
"ANOTHER OIL COUNTRY PIONEER PASSED AWAY - E G Patterson Died at the Main Street Home Last Evening - Elisha Gilbert Patterson died at the family residence, 57 East Main street, at 6:40 o'clock Friday evening. His illness began Wednesday morning, when he was unable to arise from his bed, and he gradually grew weaker until the end came. After the first few hours of his illness he became unconscious and never rallied. The physicians in attendance pronounced the disease uraemic poisoning, but the direct cause of dissolution was a stroke of apoplexy, which came last evening. Deceased was born at Hudson, NY, Oct 25, 1833, and was educated in his native town. He entered the office of the treasurer of the Hudson River railroad in 1851 and rose to the position of assistant treasurer. He was afterward appointed auditor of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad company, with headquarters at Adrian, Mich. He was successively assistant superintendent of the Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien railroad ; manager of the Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island railroad; assistant superintendent of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, and general superintendent of the Raritan and Delaware Bay railroad. His railroad experience was very extensive and since his retirement from active participation in business he has been engaged upon different inventions for lessening work of railroad construction. One of the most important of these was a device used to fill sand and gravel under railroad ties and tamp it solidly into place. Mr Patterson was married to Miss Ellen Maria Tefft, daughter of the late Israel K Tefft of Rome, NY, and a niece of the founder of the firm of Tefft, Weller & Co of New York. When the early oil excitement brought thousands of people to Titusville, Mr Patterson was impressed with the prospects of the new industry and located at Pithole in 1866, where he was manager for the land owners of the Holmden farm. On his own account he was associated with James McNair in the production of petroleum on Cherry Run and later operated extensively in the Church Run district and at Bradford as a member of the firm of Emery, Patterson & Co. He was one of the projectors and a charter member of the Tide Water Pipe company and was interested in other pipe lines for the transportation of oil. Deceased was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Sons of the Colonial Wars. He was a man of very extensive acquaintance and leaves a host of friends to mourn his demise. He was always happiest in the midst of his own family and the shock to them is a heart-rending one. He will be greatly missed both in his home and out of it. Besides the widow, Mr Patterson is survived by the following children: Erastus Tefft Patterson, of Neodosha, Kan; Mrs J H Fertig, Mrs Gilbert Bloss, Miss Mary I and Miss Alma A, of this city. One child has preceded him to the grave. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed."
(Titusville Morning Herald, May 30, 1903, p.2)
- married Sept 24, 1864
"ANOTHER OIL COUNTRY PIONEER PASSED AWAY - E G Patterson Died at the Main Street Home Last Evening - Elisha Gilbert Patterson died at the family residence, 57 East Main street, at 6:40 o'clock Friday evening. His illness began Wednesday morning, when he was unable to arise from his bed, and he gradually grew weaker until the end came. After the first few hours of his illness he became unconscious and never rallied. The physicians in attendance pronounced the disease uraemic poisoning, but the direct cause of dissolution was a stroke of apoplexy, which came last evening. Deceased was born at Hudson, NY, Oct 25, 1833, and was educated in his native town. He entered the office of the treasurer of the Hudson River railroad in 1851 and rose to the position of assistant treasurer. He was afterward appointed auditor of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad company, with headquarters at Adrian, Mich. He was successively assistant superintendent of the Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien railroad ; manager of the Kenosha, Rockford and Rock Island railroad; assistant superintendent of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, and general superintendent of the Raritan and Delaware Bay railroad. His railroad experience was very extensive and since his retirement from active participation in business he has been engaged upon different inventions for lessening work of railroad construction. One of the most important of these was a device used to fill sand and gravel under railroad ties and tamp it solidly into place. Mr Patterson was married to Miss Ellen Maria Tefft, daughter of the late Israel K Tefft of Rome, NY, and a niece of the founder of the firm of Tefft, Weller & Co of New York. When the early oil excitement brought thousands of people to Titusville, Mr Patterson was impressed with the prospects of the new industry and located at Pithole in 1866, where he was manager for the land owners of the Holmden farm. On his own account he was associated with James McNair in the production of petroleum on Cherry Run and later operated extensively in the Church Run district and at Bradford as a member of the firm of Emery, Patterson & Co. He was one of the projectors and a charter member of the Tide Water Pipe company and was interested in other pipe lines for the transportation of oil. Deceased was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Sons of the Colonial Wars. He was a man of very extensive acquaintance and leaves a host of friends to mourn his demise. He was always happiest in the midst of his own family and the shock to them is a heart-rending one. He will be greatly missed both in his home and out of it. Besides the widow, Mr Patterson is survived by the following children: Erastus Tefft Patterson, of Neodosha, Kan; Mrs J H Fertig, Mrs Gilbert Bloss, Miss Mary I and Miss Alma A, of this city. One child has preceded him to the grave. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed."
(Titusville Morning Herald, May 30, 1903, p.2)
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