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John Patterson Residing in section 25, in Newton Township, is John
Patterson, a man who has wrested from fortune by hard labor all that he
possesses. One of a family of twelve, he early had to shift for himself, and it
was no easy paving for him to fortune's door, but, undaunted, he has buffeted
the world and has been successful in obtaining one of Jasper County's splendid
farms, just one mile east of Newton. His
father, G. F. Patterson, is a native of Kentucky, being born there seventy years
ago. He is a veteran of the Civil
War, and came to Jasper County when a young man and there met and married Sarah
Ann Logsdon. Mr. Patterson, Sr.,
owned a farm in Newton Township at least forty years, but at the present time he
owns a place in Sherman Township, where he and his wife and one son now reside.
Mrs. Patterson is now in her sixty-seventh year. It was while the family lived
in Newton Township that the twelve children making up the circle were born, the
subject being the fifth in the order of birth, which occurred November 30, 1870.
The names of the others are: Edward,
living in Independence Township; Amanda, wife of Alex Spencer, resides at
Weeping Water, Nebraska; William, living in Nebraska; Leander, living at Delta,
Iowa; James, in the city of Newton, Iowa; Thomas, in South Dakota; David, living
on a farm at Collins, Jasper County; Susan, wife of Carl Tiffiny, lives on a
farm near Collins; George Washington, living with his parents in Sherman
Township; Julia, wife of Sherman Hurst, died a few years ago, leaving a son,
Russell; Alexander, living near Clyde, Jasper County, on a farm.
John Patterson
received his early educational training in the winter months in the country
schools of his neighborhood, and at the early age of fifteen started out to work
for himself, hiring out by the month as a laborer on farms. In March 1902,
he was united in marriage to Lillie Lufkin, who was a teacher of music.
She was born in Elk Creek Township, on October 20, 1874, the daughter of
William and Mary Ann (Foots) Lufkin, her father being born at Portland, Maine,
and her mother at New Philadelphia, Ohio. Her mother's people came to Jasper
County, Iowa, nearly fifty years ago and settled at Lynnville; her father came
to the County before the Civil War. He
was a carpenter by occupation, and after his marriage returned to Maine, but a
few years after he returned to Jasper County, Iowa, and located on a farm near
Reasnor, where he farmed for forty-two years, departing this life in 1880.
Her mother still survives and resides in Elk Creek, at the age of
sixty-six years. After her
husband's death she married John De Goey, one child, Elizabeth, being born to
them. By the first marriage
there were four children, Mrs. Patterson being the youngest, the names of the
others being as follows: Benjamin
lives near Reasnor on a farm; Laura and Nora, twins, Laura married Garrett
Kierbergen, and lives in Oklahoma, while Nora married G. E. Shanklin, and they
live in Newton Township. After his
marriage Mr. Patterson rented for a couple of years a farm in Independence
Township, after which he purchased his present place, consisting of eighty
acres. To Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have been born the following children: Howard, born May 2, 1903, Fred L., born March 8, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Newton. Politically, he votes with the Republican Party, and at present is holding the office of school director for his district. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912, p. 919. |
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