ike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. (Bourbon Co)
Thomas D. Patton (deceased), was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, October 14, 1803, and immigrated to Pike county, Missouri, in the year 1824; after residing near Ramsey Creek for a time on a farm, he started a tannery near Gwyns Creek, where he remained about two years; then moved his tannery to Paynesville, this being the first manufacturing enterprise in that part of the county.
About the year 1834 he purchased the farm one mile east of Paynesville which has for many years been known as the Patton homestead, and followed assiduously the avocation of a farmer until the year 1867, when he removed to the town of Paynesville, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred on the 6th day of June, 1879. Mr. Patton was united in marriage to Julia A. Watts, daughter of Major John Watts, April 14, 1825, and from this union were born thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to be men and women, and seven of them still survive; viz., Elizabeth, Thomas W., James H., Francis W., Benjamin G., Jos. A., and Julia.
Thomas Patton was, as has been noticed, one of the early settlers of Pike county, and as a pioneer contributed very largely to the development of the material interests of his adopted home. He was physically a man of great personal strength and courage, and intellectually, although not possessed of a finished or scholarly education, possessed great practical common sense and unusual native mental vigor.
In his chosen avocation, that of a farmer, he was highly successful and used his accumulated wealth to the best advantage in surrounding himself and family with all the substantial comforts of life, and giving to his children the advantages of a good and thorough practical English education. Besides caring for those of his own household he was not unmindful of the wants of others, and his unostentatious generosity contributed to relieve the necessities of many. Upright in his dealings with his fellow men, charitable to the weakness of others, generous to the deserving poor, conscientious in the discharge of every duty, he received, as he deserved, the considerate respect and esteem of his fellow citizens.
Since 1833 Mr. Patton was a consistent member of the Christian Church, and contributed largely, both by his personal influence and he generous donations of his liberal means, to the support of his church and the advancement of the Christian and moral influence of the community of which he was so long a member.
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Thomas D. Patton (deceased), was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, October 14, 1803, and immigrated to Pike county, Missouri, in the year 1824; after residing near Ramsey Creek for a time on a farm, he started a tannery near Gwyns Creek, where he remained about two years; then moved his tannery to Paynesville, this being the first manufacturing enterprise in that part of the county.
About the year 1834 he purchased the farm one mile east of Paynesville which has for many years been known as the Patton homestead, and followed assiduously the avocation of a farmer until the year 1867, when he removed to the town of Paynesville, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred on the 6th day of June, 1879. Mr. Patton was united in marriage to Julia A. Watts, daughter of Major John Watts, April 14, 1825, and from this union were born thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to be men and women, and seven of them still survive; viz., Elizabeth, Thomas W., James H., Francis W., Benjamin G., Jos. A., and Julia.
Thomas Patton was, as has been noticed, one of the early settlers of Pike county, and as a pioneer contributed very largely to the development of the material interests of his adopted home. He was physically a man of great personal strength and courage, and intellectually, although not possessed of a finished or scholarly education, possessed great practical common sense and unusual native mental vigor.
In his chosen avocation, that of a farmer, he was highly successful and used his accumulated wealth to the best advantage in surrounding himself and family with all the substantial comforts of life, and giving to his children the advantages of a good and thorough practical English education. Besides caring for those of his own household he was not unmindful of the wants of others, and his unostentatious generosity contributed to relieve the necessities of many. Upright in his dealings with his fellow men, charitable to the weakness of others, generous to the deserving poor, conscientious in the discharge of every duty, he received, as he deserved, the considerate respect and esteem of his fellow citizens.
Since 1833 Mr. Patton was a consistent member of the Christian Church, and contributed largely, both by his personal influence and he generous donations of his liberal means, to the support of his church and the advancement of the Christian and moral influence of the community of which he was so long a member.
information provided by Brenda Black Watson (#46634709)
ike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. (Bourbon Co)
Thomas D. Patton (deceased), was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, October 14, 1803, and immigrated to Pike county, Missouri, in the year 1824; after residing near Ramsey Creek for a time on a farm, he started a tannery near Gwyns Creek, where he remained about two years; then moved his tannery to Paynesville, this being the first manufacturing enterprise in that part of the county.
About the year 1834 he purchased the farm one mile east of Paynesville which has for many years been known as the Patton homestead, and followed assiduously the avocation of a farmer until the year 1867, when he removed to the town of Paynesville, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred on the 6th day of June, 1879. Mr. Patton was united in marriage to Julia A. Watts, daughter of Major John Watts, April 14, 1825, and from this union were born thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to be men and women, and seven of them still survive; viz., Elizabeth, Thomas W., James H., Francis W., Benjamin G., Jos. A., and Julia.
Thomas Patton was, as has been noticed, one of the early settlers of Pike county, and as a pioneer contributed very largely to the development of the material interests of his adopted home. He was physically a man of great personal strength and courage, and intellectually, although not possessed of a finished or scholarly education, possessed great practical common sense and unusual native mental vigor.
In his chosen avocation, that of a farmer, he was highly successful and used his accumulated wealth to the best advantage in surrounding himself and family with all the substantial comforts of life, and giving to his children the advantages of a good and thorough practical English education. Besides caring for those of his own household he was not unmindful of the wants of others, and his unostentatious generosity contributed to relieve the necessities of many. Upright in his dealings with his fellow men, charitable to the weakness of others, generous to the deserving poor, conscientious in the discharge of every duty, he received, as he deserved, the considerate respect and esteem of his fellow citizens.
Since 1833 Mr. Patton was a consistent member of the Christian Church, and contributed largely, both by his personal influence and he generous donations of his liberal means, to the support of his church and the advancement of the Christian and moral influence of the community of which he was so long a member.
information provided by Brenda Black Watson (#46634709)
Thomas D. Patton (deceased), was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, October 14, 1803, and immigrated to Pike county, Missouri, in the year 1824; after residing near Ramsey Creek for a time on a farm, he started a tannery near Gwyns Creek, where he remained about two years; then moved his tannery to Paynesville, this being the first manufacturing enterprise in that part of the county.
About the year 1834 he purchased the farm one mile east of Paynesville which has for many years been known as the Patton homestead, and followed assiduously the avocation of a farmer until the year 1867, when he removed to the town of Paynesville, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred on the 6th day of June, 1879. Mr. Patton was united in marriage to Julia A. Watts, daughter of Major John Watts, April 14, 1825, and from this union were born thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to be men and women, and seven of them still survive; viz., Elizabeth, Thomas W., James H., Francis W., Benjamin G., Jos. A., and Julia.
Thomas Patton was, as has been noticed, one of the early settlers of Pike county, and as a pioneer contributed very largely to the development of the material interests of his adopted home. He was physically a man of great personal strength and courage, and intellectually, although not possessed of a finished or scholarly education, possessed great practical common sense and unusual native mental vigor.
In his chosen avocation, that of a farmer, he was highly successful and used his accumulated wealth to the best advantage in surrounding himself and family with all the substantial comforts of life, and giving to his children the advantages of a good and thorough practical English education. Besides caring for those of his own household he was not unmindful of the wants of others, and his unostentatious generosity contributed to relieve the necessities of many. Upright in his dealings with his fellow men, charitable to the weakness of others, generous to the deserving poor, conscientious in the discharge of every duty, he received, as he deserved, the considerate respect and esteem of his fellow citizens.
Since 1833 Mr. Patton was a consistent member of the Christian Church, and contributed largely, both by his personal influence and he generous donations of his liberal means, to the support of his church and the advancement of the Christian and moral influence of the community of which he was so long a member.
information provided by Brenda Black Watson (#46634709)
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