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George Washington Patterson (1838 - 1912)

George Washington Patterson
Born in Marshall, Clark County, Illinoismap
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Husband of — married 26 Apr 1868 in The Dalles, Wasco, Oregonmap
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Died at age 74 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregonmap
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Biography

GEORGE WASHINGTON PATTERSON
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GEORGE W. PATTERSON, stock and dairy farmer across the Skagit five miles southwest of Hamilton, is one of the later comers to Skagit County who brings with him a great fund of experience gleaned in the turmoil of a long life of activity. He is a native of Illinois, born in Edgar county, February 22, 1839, the son of JONATHAN PATTERSON, who crossed the plains in 1846 with California as his destination, but the hand of death touched him as he reached the crest of the Sierra Nevada’s, leaving the Family in a most distressing position.
Though he was a native of Illinois, his forefathers came originally from Virginia and Kentucky, WILLIAM, his (JONATHAN's) oldest son was but fourteen years of age at the time of his demise. The Family was not well provisioned, and its members had to be put on allowance for many days before relief reached them. At the time their company gained the summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains, the celebrated Donner Party was at [their] foot, ready to begin the ascent.
The misfortunes of this ill-starred company are well known to readers of California history, who will remember that its members were reduced to the most terrible extremity, being compelled to devour the bodies of their deceased companions before succor reached them. A number of our subject's Cousins were in the rescuing expedition and one of the unfortunate survivors was sheltered at his Family home for some time.
During this period of California history-, some of the Indians were hostile, but the misfortunes of immigrants arose out of the rigors of mountain travel in winter, not from the ravages of Indians.
Mrs. CHRISTINA (FOSTER) PATTERSON ROBINSON, mother of GEORGE W., was a native of Missouri. After the death of her husband en-route to California, she was placed in a very trying position as the head of a family of ten children, but the latter helped in every way they could and the Family was kept together as long as possible. Mrs. PATTERSON died in' 1895 at the age of eighty-four years.
GEORGE W. PATTERSON, of this article, was about seven years old at the time of his father's death. California afforded no schools in the 'forties, and the lad had to do without educational advantages, but he made the best of the situation, and as the years passed worked with a will in the mines and at stock raising. When old enough to exercise his rights as an American citizen, he moved to Oregon, took a homestead and a pre-emption claim, and commenced farming and stock raising on his own account.
In the early 'sixties he went to the Boise basin in Idaho and mined there for a time, eventually, however, returning to Oregon, where he followed farming and freighting for thirty years. He had a Farm near The Dalles and assisted in building the Canyon City road.
Coming eventually to Skagit County, he located first at Avon and later higher up the river, buying his present place in 1900. He has an excellent farm, well improved, and with evidence of the thrift and good management of its owner visible on every hand.
In 1868, at The Dalles,' Oregon, Mr. PATTERSON married Miss LEVIAETTE HAWN, a native of Yamhill County, Oregon, born December 19, 1819, daughter of JACOB and HARRIET (PEARSON) HAWN, the former of whom was born in Germany in 1804, the latter in Newark, New Jersey, in 1818...
[NOTE: This is an inserted Correction from jlphawn: JACOB HAWN was born: January 13th, 1804; but it was his father: HENRY who’d been born in Germany; not JACOB. JACOB HAWN and youngest brother: JAMES HAWN, were born in New York’s Allegany region of Genesee County. The remaining two known HAWN siblings are cited with births in Pennsylvania. The vital details per to HARRIET ELIZABETH PEARSON HAWN, date and place of birth is accurate]
They were married in Newark [It was in Buffalo, N.Y.] in 1833, and later coming west, started from [Green Bay Wisconsin, was their first contract, then] St. Louis, Missouri [actually, it was specifically Caldwell County, Missouri] then for Oregon, in 1842.
Being diverted to Texas, they spent a year in the Lone Star state, then they set out for Oregon, joining a wagon train of sixty teams. On settling at Oregon City, Mr. Hawn, a millwright by trade, built the first mill at that point. Later, moving to Lafayette, he erected the first hotel in that place.
In 1849 he went to California during the gold excitement, and he died there ten years later, though he was back in Oregon in the meantime and [he and his two oldest brothers] served as volunteers from Lafayette under Captain Hembree in subduing the hostile Indians, during the uprising of 1855-56, and were with the captain when he was killed and scalped by the hostiles. The volunteers were so put to it for provisions that they had to live on horse meat for two weeks. [NOTE: Jacob Hawn did go to California during Gold Rush years, but he did not die there! He died in Oregon, while his brother James, died in California!]
Of Mrs. PATTERSON [LEVIAETTE STRATIRA HAWN PATTERSON 1849-1934] brothers and sisters, the oldest, a girl:
  1. LAURA AURILLA HAWN-PERKINS, ATWOOD-PATTERSON 1835-1921born September 1, 1835, Green Bay, Wisconsin
  2. ALONZO PEARSON HAWN 1836-1892 born Caldwell, Missouri, 1836
  3. JASPER COLUMBUS HAWN 1840-1919 born Texas, February 8, 1840
  4. NEWTON WATSON HAWN 1843-1921] born Missouri, April 20, 1843;...and the rest of the HAWN children were born in Oregon
  5. MELISSA JANE HAWN STILLWELL 1846-1920
  6. MARY EDITH AMINE HAWN BUNN 1853-1940 and
  7. IOLA OLIVE ARILLA HAWN CUMMINS 1855-1938
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MR. GEORGE WASHINGTON and MRS. LEVIAETTE PATTERSON had seven children:
  1. MRS. HENRIETTA LEVINIA PATTERSON-HARDING-GEHRING 1871-1949
  2. MRS. MARY [aka] “May” or “Mamie” FRANCIS PATTERSON HARRIS
  3. MRS. MYRTLE PENELOPE PATTERSON KERNS 1880-1968
  4. MRS. IDA ELIZABETH PATTERSON HORSEY 1883-1965
  5. MR. LESTER WILLARD PATTERSON 1885-1929
  6. MR. FREDERICK PATTERSON 1887-1956 and
  7. MR. CHESTER PATTERSON 1889-1905, the last mentioned of whom died December 13, 1905.
In politics Mr. Patterson has been a Democrat, but of late years has voted independently. He has given a very large share of his attention to cattle raising, but recently has sold a large part of his herd in preparation for removal to another section. He is a man highly respected in the county, honored and esteemed by the pioneers as well as by the later arrivals.
Source for the above:
An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties –
Their People, Their Commerce, and their Resources
With an Outline of the Early History of the State of Washington
Endorsed as Authentic by local Committees of Pioneers
Interstate publishing company ~1906
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FamilySearch Public Member Family Trees
George Washington Patterson
Parents and Siblings:
JONATHAN PATTERSON (1807–1846)​
Marriage:..1828, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
CHRISTINA FORSTER (1811–1892)​
The Children of Christina Forster and Jonathan Patterson
  1. SUSANNAH PATTERSON HICKS (1830–1849)
  2. WILLIAM PATTERSON (1831–1911?)​​
  3. JONATHAN NELSON PATTERSON (1835–1901)
  4. DAVID PATTERSON (1836–1908)
  5. GEORGE WASHINGTON PATTERSON (1839–1912)
  6. PENELOPE PATTERSON CUMMINGS LOWRY JOPLIN 1840–?)
  7. CAROLINE PATTERSON HOUSE (1842–1898)
  8. JOHN PATTERSON (1844–1851)
  9. CATHERINE PATTERSON (1845–1937)
SOURCE RECORD ABSTRACTS:
United States Western States Marriage Index
Grooms Name:.......George W. Patterson
Event Type:..................................Marriage
Event Date:...........................26 April 1868
Event Place:......................Wasco, Oregon
Bride's Name:....................Leviette Hawn
Page Number:........................................77
Volume Number:.....................................C


WASHINGTON DEATH CERTIFICATES
Name:..................FREDERICK PATTERSON
Event Date:.........................2 February 1956
Place:...Ft. Steilacoom, Pierce, Washington
Age (Formatted):.............................68 years
Birth Year (Estimated):.........................1888
Father's Name:..GEORGE W. PATTERSON
Mother's Name:..............LEVEITTA HAWN


OREGON DEATH INDEX, 1903-1998
Name:..............GEORGE W. PATTERSON
Event Type:........................................Death
Event Date:........................27 August 1912
Event Place:.......................Wasco, Oregon
Certificate Number:...........................2456

Sources

  • "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ71-K6W : 11 December 2014), George W. Patterson, 27 Aug 1912; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Wasco, Oregon, certificate number 2456, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
  • "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1P-JGY4 : 27 September 2018), George Washington Patterson, ; Burial, The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States of America, Odd Fellows Cemetery; citing record ID 144596219, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  • "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N319-JXC : 10 March 2018), George W. Patterson in entry for Fred Patterson, 02 Feb 1956; citing Ft. Steilacoom, Pierce, Washington, reference 3139, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,033,578.
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQV-4RP : 18 February 2021), G W Patterson in the household of C M Johnson, 1860.
  • "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZF5-9V4 : 19 October 2018), George W. Patterson and Leviette Hawn, 1868.
  • "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF81-DGT : 29 May 2021), George W Patterson, 1870.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC5-62X : 20 February 2021), W George Patterson, Fifteen-Mile, Wasco, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district ED 123, sheet 265A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,084.
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMP5-X5G : accessed 11 October 2021), George Patterson, Skagit, Ann, Avon, and Fir Precincts, Skagit, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 203, sheet 7B, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,749.
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRN-PMM : accessed 11 October 2021), George Patterson, Skagit, Ann, Avon, and Fir Precincts, Skagit, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 203, sheet 7B, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,749.
  • "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMJ-PSWK : 24 April 2021), Geo W Patterson for Wm Elmer Horsey and Ida O Patterson, 1901.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJ6-F3Y : accessed 11 October 2021), George W Paterson, North Burlington, Skagit, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 257, sheet 2B, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1667; FHL microfilm 1,375,680.
  • "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ71-K6W : 11 December 2014), George W. Patterson, 27 Aug 1912; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Wasco, Oregon, certificate number 2456, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
  • "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZHS-7Q7 : 11 December 2014), Geo Patterson for Leviette Patterson, 01 Aug 1934; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Wasco, Oregon, certificate number 94, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
  • "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N319-JXC : 10 March 2018), George W. Patterson for Fred Patterson, 02 Feb 1956; citing Ft. Steilacoom, Pierce, Washington, reference 3139, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,033,578.
  • "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMJ-9WVB : 23 April 2021), Geo W Patterson for Wm Elmer Horsey and Ida E Patterson, 11 Aug.




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