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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
The History of the City of Dayton
and
The Montgomery County, Ohio.
by Rev. A. W. Drury
1909
Jefferson Patterson
F. J. Patterson
John H. Patterson |
THE PATTERSON FAMILY (approx. 16
pages)
Source:
The History of the City of Dayton and Montgomery Co., Ohio
by Rev. A. W. Drury - Publ. 1909 - Vol. II - Page 916 |
Robert C. Patterson |
ROBERT C. PATTERSON.
The attractiveness of Montgomery county as a place of
residence is indicated in the fact that many of its native
sons have remained within its borders to take advantage of
its business opportunities, thinking them equal of not
superior to those which could be obtained in other sections
of the country. In this relation Mr. Patterson
is known. He was born on a farm in Jefferson township,
May 9, 1873, and has for some years figured as a rising
attorney of Dayton, his growing power enabling him to
command a constantly increasing clientage. His father,
William J. Patterson, was a native of Ireland, born
in 1831, and in 1850, when nineteen years of age, he came to
America, establishing his home in Montgomery county, Ohio,
where he engaged in teaching school and in following other
pursuits. He defended the interests of his country in
the Civil war by one hundred days' service as a member of
Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-first Ohio Regiment of
National Guards, acting as sergeant of the company.
Our subject's mother, who bore the maiden name of Anna
Ford, came to America from Ireland when very young.
Reared on the home farm to the age of eighteen years,
Robert C. Patterson during that period attended the
district schools, while later he had the benfit of
instruction of the Steele high school of Dayton, from which
he was graduated with the class of 1895. Two years
later he completed a course in the Cincinnati Law School and
the same year was admitted to practice at the Ohio bar, at
which time he opened up an office in Dayton in partnership
with J. C. Patterson and Barry S. Murphy.
Later the two Pattersons formed a partnership, which
continued until the death of J. C. Patterson, Mar.
21, 1905, since which time Robert C. Patterson has
remained alone in the practice of law, working earnestly and
diligently to achieve that success which is the goal for
which ambition is continually striving. Earnest
effort, close application and careful study of his cases so
as to determine the relative value of each point and to give
due emphasis to the prominent point upon which the decision
of every case finally turns, are the strong elements in his
success.
On the 9th of October, 1906, Mr. Patterson was
married in Dayton to Miss Katharine M. Ryan, a
daughter of John Ryan, at one time marshal of Dayton,
now deceased. Mr. Patterson
is a well known member of the Elks and Knights of Pythias
lodges and is an interested member of the First Presbyterian
church. At this writing he is assistant prosecuting
attorney of his county. His sympathies are always on
the side of progress and improvement and in as far as his
professional labors permit he cooperates in public movements
for the general good.
Source: The History of the City of Dayton and
Montgomery Co., Ohio by Rev. A. W. Drury - Publ. 1909 - Vol.
II - Page 733 |
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WILLIAM HENRY PAYNE
Source: The History of the City of Dayton and
Montgomery Co., Ohio by Rev. A. W. Drury - Publ. 1909 - Vol.
II - Page 31 |
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EDWARD
PHILIPPS. The men who have filled the public
positions in Dayton have on the whole been competent,
efficient and reliable and the record of Edward Philipps
as auditor of the city is one which reflects credit upon his
constituents. As he has widely and favorably known
here his history cannot help but prove of interest to many
of the readers of this volume. He was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov 30, 1854, a son of Jacob Philipps,
who died in Cincinnati in 1877 at the age of fifty-nine
years. He was a native of Germany and for more than
twenty years was connected with the Cincinnati fire
department.
While spending his youthful days in his parents' home
Edward Philipps enjoyed the benefit of instruction in
the public schools, spending one year as a pupil in the
Woodward high school. He continued in his native city
until nineteen years of age and in 1874 came to Dayton,
since which time he has resided here, entering business
circles as an employe at the Buckeye Brass Works.
There his diligence and perseverance enabled him to work his
way upward until he was made general foreman of the brass
department, remaining in that establishment for twenty-six
years as one of its most trusted, capable and faithful
representatives. In May, 1899, he was called to public
office through appointment as deputy by Sheriff William
C. Kershner. He filled that position for three
yeas and eight months and in 1903 he made the race for
auditor and was elected by the largest majority of any one
chosen on the republican ticket, a fact which is indicative
of his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in him
by his fellow townsmen. At the time of his election
the term covered three years but a change in the election
law extended the term for eighteen months and in the fall of
1907 he was reelected for two years so that he continues as
the incumbent, his record being most satisfactory. The
business of the office is conducted in a systematic,
methodical manner, absolute accuracy being maintained in all
departments and over his official career, therefore, there
falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil.
In 1879, in Dayton Mr. Philipps was married to
Miss Elizabeth C. Ostendorf, and they have three
children, namely: Edward C., Louis R., and Ada A.
B. The family attend the German Lutheran church,
of which Mr. Philipps is a member and he also belongs
to the National Union and to the Masonic lodge. In
politics he has always been an ardent republican and his
position on any vital question is never an equivocal one for
the stands fearlessly in support of what he believes to be
right.
Source: The History of the City of Dayton and
Montgomery Co., Ohio by Rev. A. W. Drury - Publ. 1909 - Vol.
II - Page 635 |
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DICK R. PICKERING may
aptly be termed a man of purpose and the story of his life
is the story of honest industry and thrift. something
of his ability is indicated in the fact that he is now
secretary of the W. P. Callahan Company,
manufacturers of hydraulic oil machinery and gas and
gasoline engines in Dayton. He was born in Greenville,
Ohio, Aug. 29, 1874, and was there reared to the age of
eighteen years, entering the public schools at the usual age
and passing through consecutive grades until he entered upon
the final step in his educational preparation in a course in
the Miami Commercial College at Dayton. His youthful
days were passed in the home of his father, Moses
Pickering, who was born in Greenville, Ohio, in 1836 and
there spent his entire life, passing away in his native city
in 1886. He had married Deborah Clark and they
were the parents of five sons, all of whom are still living
as is the mother.
Dick R. Pickering is the youngest of the family
and when he had completed his training for the business
world he entered the employ of the W. P. Callahan
Company as bookkeeper. His course in this connection
won the favorable attention of those in authority and gained
him promotion in 1907 in his election to the office of
secretary and treasurer. He is a young man of marked
ability, forceful and resourceful and the mere fact of his
being secretary and treasurer of the W. P. Callahan
Company, at the head of which is Thomas DeArmond, a
prominent banker and one of Dayton's keenest sighted
business men, is the best testimony of his worth and
ability.
In 1899 Mr. Pickering was married in Cincinnati,
Ohio, to Miss Josephine Cassel and they are well
known in the social circles of the city. Mr.
Pickering belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity
and his political allegiance is given to the republican
party.
Source: The
History of the City of Dayton and Montgomery Co., Ohio by
Rev. A. W. Drury - Publ. 1909 - Vol. II - Page 42 |
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J. MASON PRUGH
Source: The History of the City of Dayton and
Montgomery Co., Ohio by Rev. A. W. Drury - Publ. 1909 - Vol.
II - Page 34 |
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