son of George W and Hannah DICKEY Patterson born Feb. 25, 1826,at Leicester. Livingston county, N. Y., and died at Westfield,Chautauqua county, N. Y., April 29, 1904. He accompanied his parents from Leicester to Westfield in 1841, and it was with the latter place that most of the remainder of his life was associated. He attended as a
lad the old Westfield Academy and later the Lima
Academy at Lima, N. Y., where his preparation for
college was completed. He entered Dartmouth College in 1844, and was graduated four years later with
the degree of B. A. Later he took post-graduate work
at the same institution and received the degree of M. A.
in 1851. Having determined upon the legal profession
as a career, he entered the law office of Haven &
Smith, well known attorneys of Buffalo, N. Y., and
there pursued the study of his chosen subject from
1849 to 1851, but instead of engaging in practice took
up manufacturing at Westfield and continued in that
line until 1854, at the same time assisting his father as
agent of the Chautauqua Land Company. He then
removed to Corning, N. Y., and there engaged in the
banking business for upwards of twenty years, being
connected with the George Washington Bank of that
place in various capacities, and finally that of president.
In 1876 he returned to Westfield and continued to
reside there until the close of his life. When the
Board of Water Commissioners was organized in 1888,
Mr. Patterson was elected president and held that posi-
tion until ill health compelled his retirement in 1901.
He was the organizer and president of the Patterson
Library of Westfield, which was a present to the town
from his sister, Hannah W. Patterson, as a memorial
to her parents, and was for many years a vestryman
of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
He was married, Sept. 17, 1861, at Corning, to Frances DeEtta TODD, born at Toddsville, N. Y., Nov. 4,
1838, and died at Cooperstown, N. Y., June 14, 1909, a
daughter of Zerah and Martha (Carr) Todd. Mrs.
Patterson was a woman of great ability and took an
active part in the life of the community.George Washington (2) and Frances De-Etta (Todd) Patterson were the parents of four children, all of whom were born in Corning, as follows:
1. Catharine Louise, born July 2,3, 1862; graduated
from Vassar College with the degree of B. A.; became
the wife of Frank William Crandall, as given above.
2. George Washington (3), born Feb. I, 1864: now
head of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of
the University of Michigan, and the author of several
treatises on electrical and mathematical subjects.
3.
Hannah Whiting, born March 5, 1866, died Nov. 12,
1903, at Rockford, HI.; became the wife of Harry
Paris Forbes, of that place.
4. Frances Todd Patterson , born
May 8, 1868; became the wife of Commander William
Harry Faust, United States Navy, of Ann Arbor,
Mich.
lad the old Westfield Academy and later the Lima
Academy at Lima, N. Y., where his preparation for
college was completed. He entered Dartmouth College in 1844, and was graduated four years later with
the degree of B. A. Later he took post-graduate work
at the same institution and received the degree of M. A.
in 1851. Having determined upon the legal profession
as a career, he entered the law office of Haven &
Smith, well known attorneys of Buffalo, N. Y., and
there pursued the study of his chosen subject from
1849 to 1851, but instead of engaging in practice took
up manufacturing at Westfield and continued in that
line until 1854, at the same time assisting his father as
agent of the Chautauqua Land Company. He then
removed to Corning, N. Y., and there engaged in the
banking business for upwards of twenty years, being
connected with the George Washington Bank of that
place in various capacities, and finally that of president.
In 1876 he returned to Westfield and continued to
reside there until the close of his life. When the
Board of Water Commissioners was organized in 1888,
Mr. Patterson was elected president and held that posi-
tion until ill health compelled his retirement in 1901.
He was the organizer and president of the Patterson
Library of Westfield, which was a present to the town
from his sister, Hannah W. Patterson, as a memorial
to her parents, and was for many years a vestryman
of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
He was married, Sept. 17, 1861, at Corning, to Frances DeEtta TODD, born at Toddsville, N. Y., Nov. 4,
1838, and died at Cooperstown, N. Y., June 14, 1909, a
daughter of Zerah and Martha (Carr) Todd. Mrs.
Patterson was a woman of great ability and took an
active part in the life of the community.George Washington (2) and Frances De-Etta (Todd) Patterson were the parents of four children, all of whom were born in Corning, as follows:
1. Catharine Louise, born July 2,3, 1862; graduated
from Vassar College with the degree of B. A.; became
the wife of Frank William Crandall, as given above.
2. George Washington (3), born Feb. I, 1864: now
head of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of
the University of Michigan, and the author of several
treatises on electrical and mathematical subjects.
3.
Hannah Whiting, born March 5, 1866, died Nov. 12,
1903, at Rockford, HI.; became the wife of Harry
Paris Forbes, of that place.
4. Frances Todd Patterson , born
May 8, 1868; became the wife of Commander William
Harry Faust, United States Navy, of Ann Arbor,
Mich.
son of George W and Hannah DICKEY Patterson born Feb. 25, 1826,at Leicester. Livingston county, N. Y., and died at Westfield,Chautauqua county, N. Y., April 29, 1904. He accompanied his parents from Leicester to Westfield in 1841, and it was with the latter place that most of the remainder of his life was associated. He attended as a
lad the old Westfield Academy and later the Lima
Academy at Lima, N. Y., where his preparation for
college was completed. He entered Dartmouth College in 1844, and was graduated four years later with
the degree of B. A. Later he took post-graduate work
at the same institution and received the degree of M. A.
in 1851. Having determined upon the legal profession
as a career, he entered the law office of Haven &
Smith, well known attorneys of Buffalo, N. Y., and
there pursued the study of his chosen subject from
1849 to 1851, but instead of engaging in practice took
up manufacturing at Westfield and continued in that
line until 1854, at the same time assisting his father as
agent of the Chautauqua Land Company. He then
removed to Corning, N. Y., and there engaged in the
banking business for upwards of twenty years, being
connected with the George Washington Bank of that
place in various capacities, and finally that of president.
In 1876 he returned to Westfield and continued to
reside there until the close of his life. When the
Board of Water Commissioners was organized in 1888,
Mr. Patterson was elected president and held that posi-
tion until ill health compelled his retirement in 1901.
He was the organizer and president of the Patterson
Library of Westfield, which was a present to the town
from his sister, Hannah W. Patterson, as a memorial
to her parents, and was for many years a vestryman
of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
He was married, Sept. 17, 1861, at Corning, to Frances DeEtta TODD, born at Toddsville, N. Y., Nov. 4,
1838, and died at Cooperstown, N. Y., June 14, 1909, a
daughter of Zerah and Martha (Carr) Todd. Mrs.
Patterson was a woman of great ability and took an
active part in the life of the community.George Washington (2) and Frances De-Etta (Todd) Patterson were the parents of four children, all of whom were born in Corning, as follows:
1. Catharine Louise, born July 2,3, 1862; graduated
from Vassar College with the degree of B. A.; became
the wife of Frank William Crandall, as given above.
2. George Washington (3), born Feb. I, 1864: now
head of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of
the University of Michigan, and the author of several
treatises on electrical and mathematical subjects.
3.
Hannah Whiting, born March 5, 1866, died Nov. 12,
1903, at Rockford, HI.; became the wife of Harry
Paris Forbes, of that place.
4. Frances Todd Patterson , born
May 8, 1868; became the wife of Commander William
Harry Faust, United States Navy, of Ann Arbor,
Mich.
lad the old Westfield Academy and later the Lima
Academy at Lima, N. Y., where his preparation for
college was completed. He entered Dartmouth College in 1844, and was graduated four years later with
the degree of B. A. Later he took post-graduate work
at the same institution and received the degree of M. A.
in 1851. Having determined upon the legal profession
as a career, he entered the law office of Haven &
Smith, well known attorneys of Buffalo, N. Y., and
there pursued the study of his chosen subject from
1849 to 1851, but instead of engaging in practice took
up manufacturing at Westfield and continued in that
line until 1854, at the same time assisting his father as
agent of the Chautauqua Land Company. He then
removed to Corning, N. Y., and there engaged in the
banking business for upwards of twenty years, being
connected with the George Washington Bank of that
place in various capacities, and finally that of president.
In 1876 he returned to Westfield and continued to
reside there until the close of his life. When the
Board of Water Commissioners was organized in 1888,
Mr. Patterson was elected president and held that posi-
tion until ill health compelled his retirement in 1901.
He was the organizer and president of the Patterson
Library of Westfield, which was a present to the town
from his sister, Hannah W. Patterson, as a memorial
to her parents, and was for many years a vestryman
of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
He was married, Sept. 17, 1861, at Corning, to Frances DeEtta TODD, born at Toddsville, N. Y., Nov. 4,
1838, and died at Cooperstown, N. Y., June 14, 1909, a
daughter of Zerah and Martha (Carr) Todd. Mrs.
Patterson was a woman of great ability and took an
active part in the life of the community.George Washington (2) and Frances De-Etta (Todd) Patterson were the parents of four children, all of whom were born in Corning, as follows:
1. Catharine Louise, born July 2,3, 1862; graduated
from Vassar College with the degree of B. A.; became
the wife of Frank William Crandall, as given above.
2. George Washington (3), born Feb. I, 1864: now
head of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of
the University of Michigan, and the author of several
treatises on electrical and mathematical subjects.
3.
Hannah Whiting, born March 5, 1866, died Nov. 12,
1903, at Rockford, HI.; became the wife of Harry
Paris Forbes, of that place.
4. Frances Todd Patterson , born
May 8, 1868; became the wife of Commander William
Harry Faust, United States Navy, of Ann Arbor,
Mich.
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