Wade Hampton "Pat" Patton, Jr. was born in Bristol, TN, the third child of seven born to Wade H. Patton, Sr. and Agnes Nelson Self Patton. Wade Jr. followed his father and brother, Jay Dee, into the printing trade.
He married Adele Brown in Chattanooga, TN in 1931. They had two daughters and one son, Wade Hampton Patton III.
Pat worked at the William Byrd Press in Richmond, Virginia. During World War II, he was selected to oversee the printing of the "Duke Mathematical Journal". Although he did not attend college, Pat attained an extensive knowledge of mathematics, including calculus, through mail order courses. In 1946 he transferred to the Lanston Monotype Co. in Philadelphia, PA. There he invented the "Patton Spacing Attachment", improving the monotype machine.
He was a devotee of non-team sports: fishing, golf, tennis, horseback riding, swimming. He died young, and on July 28, 1956 was buried at Edgewood Memorial Park.
~~Bio written by dau Patricia (Patton) Richardson
He married Adele Brown in Chattanooga, TN in 1931. They had two daughters and one son, Wade Hampton Patton III.
Pat worked at the William Byrd Press in Richmond, Virginia. During World War II, he was selected to oversee the printing of the "Duke Mathematical Journal". Although he did not attend college, Pat attained an extensive knowledge of mathematics, including calculus, through mail order courses. In 1946 he transferred to the Lanston Monotype Co. in Philadelphia, PA. There he invented the "Patton Spacing Attachment", improving the monotype machine.
He was a devotee of non-team sports: fishing, golf, tennis, horseback riding, swimming. He died young, and on July 28, 1956 was buried at Edgewood Memorial Park.
~~Bio written by dau Patricia (Patton) Richardson
Wade Hampton "Pat" Patton, Jr. was born in Bristol, TN, the third child of seven born to Wade H. Patton, Sr. and Agnes Nelson Self Patton. Wade Jr. followed his father and brother, Jay Dee, into the printing trade.
He married Adele Brown in Chattanooga, TN in 1931. They had two daughters and one son, Wade Hampton Patton III.
Pat worked at the William Byrd Press in Richmond, Virginia. During World War II, he was selected to oversee the printing of the "Duke Mathematical Journal". Although he did not attend college, Pat attained an extensive knowledge of mathematics, including calculus, through mail order courses. In 1946 he transferred to the Lanston Monotype Co. in Philadelphia, PA. There he invented the "Patton Spacing Attachment", improving the monotype machine.
He was a devotee of non-team sports: fishing, golf, tennis, horseback riding, swimming. He died young, and on July 28, 1956 was buried at Edgewood Memorial Park.
~~Bio written by dau Patricia (Patton) Richardson
He married Adele Brown in Chattanooga, TN in 1931. They had two daughters and one son, Wade Hampton Patton III.
Pat worked at the William Byrd Press in Richmond, Virginia. During World War II, he was selected to oversee the printing of the "Duke Mathematical Journal". Although he did not attend college, Pat attained an extensive knowledge of mathematics, including calculus, through mail order courses. In 1946 he transferred to the Lanston Monotype Co. in Philadelphia, PA. There he invented the "Patton Spacing Attachment", improving the monotype machine.
He was a devotee of non-team sports: fishing, golf, tennis, horseback riding, swimming. He died young, and on July 28, 1956 was buried at Edgewood Memorial Park.
~~Bio written by dau Patricia (Patton) Richardson
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