** 1870 Census was listed as John Patterson age 52. married to Ava Curtis age 33, Beat 2, Simpson County, Mississippi.
1880 Census listed as Jack Patterson age 64, A. C. (suppose for Ava Curtis) age 35, Smith County, Mississippi, with children William 19, John 13, M. A. 10, Eliza 9, Adline 8, Sarah 5, widowed daughter Nancy Times 17 , and J. R. Times age 1 whom I assume is son of Nancy.
(Note the 1880 Census had her age 35 and think it should have been 45 as 1870 Census had him 19 years older than Ava)
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