Patterson, Wm. H. (1853-1923)

PATTERSON

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Date: 10/4/2019 at 16:46:53

William H. Patterson
1853 - Aug 3, 1923

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.248, Valley Twp.)
W. H. Patterson, attorney, Hancock, is a son of Thomas Patterson, and was born in Ireland in 1849. In the fall of 1853, he came with his parents to America, and settled in Newry, Blair Co., Penn. Mr. Patterson was educated at Washington and Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, graduating in the class of 1874. He then entered the law office of Judge Black, of York, Penn. He was admitted to the Blair County bar August 24, 1877; practiced law in that county two years, and then came West, locating in Avoca, Iowa. He remained in Avoca till the fall of 1881, when, his health being poor, he farmed for a year. He now has a law office in Hancock, and is Justice of the Peace. Mr. Patterson's parents, as well as his five brothers and four sisters, are living in Pennsylvania. Mr. Patterson was admitted to the Pottawattamie County bar on the motion of Col. Keatley, of Council Bluffs. Mr. Patterson is a member of the Presbyterian Church; also of the I. O. O. F.; and in politics is a Republican. He is one of he rising young men of the county.