Joseph's birth year is unclear from the conflicting census evidence -- anywhere from 1802 to 1814 -- and he was still alive for the 1880 census. In the 1860 and 1870 census reports his occupation was listed as clerk and book seller, respectively
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQZ-1GC : 22 December 2020), Joseph Pattan, McDonald, Hardin, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ17-KXY : 19 February 2021), Joseph Patton in household of James Sulivan, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 225, sheet 509C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,990.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph: