Patterson family Iowa generation II

He was born in Morgan Co.OH September 5,1826.

He married Caroline E. Patton in Muskigum Co. OH on October 9,1849. Caroline was born on October 22, 1828. They are found living next to his parents in Bloom twp. Morgan Co. OH in 1850. John was working as a saltmaker. They removed to Allamakee Co. Iowa in 1854, likely traveling with the Elisha Harris family.

The History of Winneshiek & Allamakee Counties, Iowa, 1882: "J. W. Patterson, P.O. Postville; farmer, sec. 21; owns 285 acres of land, valued at $35 per acre; was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1826, where he remained till the spring of 1854, when he came to this county, locating on his present farm, it then being raw land, with no markets nearer than the Mississippi River......"

He was active in the local Republican party, serving as a delegate to conventions several times over the years.

The Postville Review frequently reported on J.W.'s farming talents; in 1878 he showed off a 5 ft. 7 in. stalk of spring wheat and in 1882 a 16 lb. cabbage.

Cora Patterson Stevens writes of Caroline: "She was a milliner and was noted for her fine appearance and good housekeeping." and of their move from Allamakee Co.: "They sold the farm March 7, 1883 to Henry W. Meier and moved to Cherokee Co. north of Pierson, IA" Although Cora had the basic facts correct, her dates are in error. The Postville newspaper reported on the farm sale in November of 1887 and the move to Cherokee Co. in spring of 1888. In April of 1888 J.W. wrote to the paper back home about his new farm. [read letter] He continued to write letters back to the Postville paper on a regular basis throughout the years.

In 1893 he and Caroline traveled to Zanesville, OH to visit relatives for an extended time.

Caroline died August 17, 1902 in Cherokee, IA at 73 years of age. John died May 30, 1913 in Pierson, Woodbury Co., IA, at 86 years of age. They are buried in Grand Meadow cemetery, Cherokee, IA.

John William Patterson and Caroline E. Patton had 5 children:

She was born on December 23, 1827 near McConnellsville, Morgan Co. OH. She married Elisha Harris on May 10, 1843 in Ohio. Elisha was the son of George Harris and Elizabeth Archer. She and Elisha farmed in OH for several years before they formed a wagon train and removed to Allamakee Co. IA in the spring of 1854.

Margaret was a large and stern looking woman. She became ill in 1884. In June 1885 her children had started to gather and the local paper reported: "Mrs. Harris is very feeble but is able to be out a little. Their many friends hope that they may both recover and live long to enjoy the ample property that they have worked so hard to accumulate." It was not to be.

Margaret died of consumption on August 2, 1885 at her home in Lybrand, Post twp. Allamakee Co. IA. Elisha died on February 9, 1896. They are buried in the Minert cemetery, rural Post twp.

Margaret J. Patterson and Elisha Harris had 14 children:

17.     i.     Mary Elizabeth Harris
18.     ii.    William Harris
19.     iii.    Nancy Ellen Harris
20.     iv.    Amanda Jane Harris
21.     v.     George Wesley Harris
22.     vi.    James McGarry Harris
23.     vii.   Susannah Caroline Harris
24.    viii. Delila Ann Harris
25.     ix.   Henry Samuel Harris
26.     x.     Elisha Harris 1863-1863
27.     xi.    Margaret Union Harris
28.     xii.   Charles Andrew Harris
29.     xiii.   boy Harris 1868-1868
30.     xiv.   Bertha May Harris 1870-1878

He was born in Morgan Co. OH on June 6, 1833. He removed to Allamakee Co. IA in 1854/55 with his parents.

He married Amanda A. Dobson in Post twp. Allamakee Co. IA on July 25, 1856. Amanda was born in IN 1839. She was the daughter of Samuel Dobson. Prior to their marriage, James had been a farm hand for Amanda's father in Post Twp.

In 1856 James Patterson bought land from John & Rachel Lyons of Allamakee Co. IA and in 1857 they sold two parcels of land to Anthony Barret and Mitchel Sheriden. In November 1860 James was elected constable in Post twp. Allamakee Co.

James enlisted on August 9, 1862 in Company A, 27th Iowa Infantry. Forty-seven men were sent to the Civil War from Post twp., 15 died in this war. Amanda's brother Saul Dobson also died in the Civil War.
James contracted a disease and died in a hospital in Jackson, TN. Cora Patterson Stevens writes of her father Andrew visiting his brother James in the hospital: ".....he found his brother in a pitiable condition, having been in the hospital tent 4 days without the blood washed from his face or linen changed.....the nurses were man who spent most of their time playing cards and were busy at it when Andrew entered.......".

After James died, Amanda remarried to Robert Dixon in Prairie du Chien, WI on June 18, 1864. Her 3 daughters from the first marriage were raised by James' parents.

James Patterson died of disease on January 15,1863 in Jackson, TN, at 29 years of age. He presumably is buried near Jackson, TN. Amanda died November 8, 1865 in Allamakee Co. IA, at 26 years of age. She is buried in Minert cemetery, Post twp. Allamakee Co. IA.

James P. Patterson and Amanda A. Dobson had 5 children:

She was born in Morgan Co. OH on October 16, 1835. She removed to Allamakee Co. IA in 1854/55 with her parents.

She married Moses B. Early in Post twp. Allamakee Co. IA on May 24, 1855. Moses was born January 1, 1829. On the 1850 census Bloom twp. Morgan Co. OH. Moses Early can be found working as a farm hand for his future father-in-law, William Henry Patterson. Presumably he removed to IA with this family.

Moses & Susannah Early sold a parcel of land to Wm Patterson [either her brother or her father] in Allamakee Co. IA in 1857. In 1861 Moses Early enlisted in Company K, 1st Iowa Cavalry; one of the 47 young men from Allamakee Co. enlisting to serve in the Civil War. He may have been killed or died of disease contracted in war.

She cared for her invalid sister Nancy after their mother died. Mrs. S. Early appears on a Corporation Tax list for Postville in 2/1896: she was assessed $8.40   In 1897 P.M. Terrill and Dell Brainard reshingled her home.

Susan is found on the 1900 US census, Post twp. Allamakee Co. IA:
272/278 Early, Susanna; head, b. Oct 1835 OH; age 64, widow; father b. OH, mother b. PA; farmer, owns farm & house free
Ella, daughter, b. Feb 1860 IA; age 40, occupation servant.

Moses Early died November 30, 1864 in Allamakee Co. IA, at 35 years of age.   Susannah died March 12, 1901 Postville, IA, at 65 years of age. They are buried in the Post twp. Allamakee Co. IA Minert cemetery.

Susannah Patterson and Moses Early had 3 children:

He was born in Morgan Co. Ohio April 27,1838 and removed to Allamakee Co. IA with his parents in 1854.

He married Harriet Ann Minert in Post Twp. Allamakee Co. IA, December 24, 1858. Harriet was born in Vermillion, IN on February 26, 1842 and was the daughter of John Minert & Amy Dennis. They removed to Marion Co. IA in 1865, in April 1870 moved to Panora, and in August of the same year, they moved to Victory twp. in Guthrie Co. IA

Harriet died April 27, 1931 in Guthrie Center, IA, at 89 years of age. William died February 11, 1917 in Guthrie Center. They are buried in Union Cemetery, Guthrie Center, IA. Union. His biography appears in History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa; pub. 1884.

William Patterson and Harriet Minert had 10 children:

He was born in Morgan Co. OH June 17,1840. As a young man he removed with his family to Post Twp, Allamakee Co. IA.

He married twice. He married Mary Jane Laughlin in Hardin, Allamakee Co. IA, February 18, 1859. Mary was born in Ft. Wayne, IN November 11,1841. She was the daughter of John Laughlin and Jane Cuttle.

Andrew enlisted on August 14, 1862 and served in the Civil War in Company A of the 27th Iowa Infantry. He was promoted to Fourth Corporal on May 29, 1863. In 1864 he was wounded in action at Pleasant Hill, LA. He was promoted to Second Corporal July 25, 1864 and to First Corporal Oct. 15, 1864. He was wounded again on December 16, 1864 in Nashville, TN. He was mustered out August 8, 1865 in Clinton, IA. The effects of the gun shot wound to his left thigh would last through his life. On December 12, 1868 he filed for a Civil War pension.

Andrew and Mary Jane moved to Guthrie Co. IA in 1872, where Andrew's older brother had a farm. Andrew was the county coroner for a time as well as the minister to a local congregation, the United Brethren Congregation at Glendon In 1881 the Pattersons gave up farming and moved into the town of Guthrie Center. In 1889 they moved to Des Moines, Iowa. In 1900 they were living at 3124 Fifth Street in Des Moines.

In 1915 Andrew Patterson filed a Civil War pension paperwork as a resident of Pierson, Woodbury Co. IA. He listed his second wife as born Sarah Buntly and that they were married 09 Apr, 1914 at Pierson, Iowa. [Note: this is in conflict with the information on his first pension, where Mary is listed as a widow in 1905. It is also possible that my interpretation of the pension is incorrect.]

His second wife was Sarah Buntly, and they married in Pierson, IA on April 9, 1914.

Mary J. Laughlin Patterson died May 25, 1911 in Des Moines, Polk Co. IA, at 69 years of age. She is buried in the Woodlawn cemetery, Des Moines, IA. Andrew J. Patterson died on February 24,1931 in Des Moines, Polk Co. IA, at 90 years of age. He is also buried in Woodland cemetery.

Note: The family history written by Andrew J. Patterson's daughter Cora gives a lengthly and incredibly detailed accounting of his life as a husband, father, Civil War soldier and pioneer. She does not mention a second marriage for Andrew.

Andrew Jackson Patterson and Mary Jane Laughlin had 4 children: