Katherine Estelle (Duff) Patterson (1875 - 1967)

Born 27 Jul 1875 in Celeste, Hunt, Texas, USA

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Died 5 Feb 1967 at age 91 in Nursing Home in Greenvile, Hunt Co., Texas, USA

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Biography

Kate was the oldest daughter born to James Madison Duff and Mary Frances Bone. She was part of a family of 9 children and she went on to have 11 of her own after she married Sam ( Samuel Marion) Patterson in 1889. She was age 13 when she married. Her obituary stated that she had lived in Hunt County all of her life.

The children of Sam and Kate Duff Patterson included: James Clyde Patterson, Robert Patterson, Thomas A. Patterson, Lonnie William Patterson, Samuel Francis Patterson, Ruby Nell Patterson, Floyd Duff Patterson, and Oscar Glenn Patterson, plus angel babies who awaited her in heaven.

She was a beloved daughter, wife and mother, and cherished many grandchildren.

Kate Duff Patterson died after a lengthy illness in 1967. Complications suffered from a broken hip.

Sources

• according to the obituary, it was published 6 February 1967 in the Greenville Herald Banner:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhunt/obits/kateduffpattersonobit.html Kate and Sam start their fledgling family:

• United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3LQ-K18 : accessed 8 February 2015), Samuel Patterson, Justice Precinct 8 (all east of Farmersville & Pilot Grove), Collin, Texas, United States; citing sheet 23A, family 408, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,621
• United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH1N-Z3M : accessed 8 February 2015), Sam M Patterson, Justice Precinct 8, Hunt, Texas, United States; citing sheet 16B, family 344, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,820
• http://records.ancestry.com/kate_estelle_duff_records.ashx?pid=14722339
• with gratitude to Brown/Belobraydic:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=patterson&GSfn=kate&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=7718509&df=all&

• Information received from Floyd Duff Patterson, to son-in-law.