Robert Benjamin Patterson (1835 - 1893)

Born 13 Aug 1835 in Eaton, Gibson Co., TN USA

Ancestors

Husband of Paulina Wynne (Horner) Patterson — married 31 Jan 1872 in Perry County, Tennessee, USA by J. H. Thomas, MG

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1893 at age 57 in Tennessee, USA

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Biography

He was theson of Carson and Cassa (Carlton) Patterson. He served as a captain in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. Robert B. joined Co.B 47th Inf. 12/8/1861 at Camp Trenton. On 12/16/1861 he was made 2nd Lt., and 1st Lt. on 5/8/1862. On10/21/1863 he was appointed Captain. R.B. was captured at the Battle of Nashville 12/16/1864 and was sent to Johnson's Island prison. He was released 6/17/1865. He was 5' 11" tall, light complected, dark hair and blue eyes, taken from war record.

He died on June 20, 1893, and was buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery located at the Spring Hill Baptist Church near Eaton, Tennessee. Polina survived him by forty years, dying on July 13, 1933, in Gibson County. She, too, was buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery. She and Robert had nine children: Mattie, Jesse, Bertie, Russell, Minnie, Gordie, Ruby, Mary, and Irene. He passed away in 1893.

Sources

• 1872"Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDMT-LY9 : 11 February 2018), Robert Patterson and Paulina W. Horner, 01 Feb 1872; citing , Perry, Tennessee, reference 2:13SG178; FHL microfilm 977,659.

*https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26909956/robert-benjamin-patterson

• <Betty Horner>
• http://www.sparksfamilyassociation.net/archive/wn149a.html
• 1850 Tennessee Gibson County Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6L2H-Q6D?i=187&cc=1401638

• Civil War https://www.fold3.com/image/77039267