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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Genealogical & Biographical Record
of Miami Co., Ohio
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1900
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SAMUEL PALMER
Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co.,
Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 798 |
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JOHN PATTERSON
Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record of Miami Co.,
Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page 653 |
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CHARLES M. PATTY.
Charles M. Patty has for more than half a century been a
witness to the continuous growth and development of Miami county and
is to-day numbered among its representative, practical and
progressive farmers. He was born on the 21st of September,
1843, on the farm where William Davis now lives, on section
7, Monroe township, his father being Enoch Patty, whose birth
occurred in Frederick, Monroe township, in 1814. The
grandfather, Charles Patty, was born near Columbia, South
Carolina, and was married there to Phebe Pearson.
Subsequently he emigrated to Ohio, about 1806, making the journey
with a one-horse wagon. He settled near West Milton and after
a few years came to Monroe township, locating on the farm where
Webster Fenner now resides. There he erected a log cabin
and through a long period continued his residence in that locality.
Later, however, he removed to Montgomery county and afterward went
to Newton township, Miami county, where he died when about sixty
years of age. In his family were nine children, five sons and four
daughters.
Enoch Patty, the father of the subject of this
review, was reared and educated in this section of Ohio, and in
early manhood married Rebecca Curtiss, by whom he had two
children, William and Angeline, both now deceased.
For his second wife Mr. Patty chose Catherine Kessler.
and they became the parents of nine children, namely: Susan,
wife of Aaron Thomas, of Monroe township; Charles
M.; John and Phebe, both deceased; Rebecca,
wife of William Davis, who is living on the old homestead;
Samuel and Libby, also deceased; and two who died in
infancy. For two years Enoch Patty resided on
the farm where his son Charles was born and erected there a
log cabin. He afterward removed to Montgomery county, where he
made his home for fourteen years, when, in 1859, he returned to the
farm in Monroe township, there carrying on agricultural pursuits
until his death, which occurred in 1880. He was at one time
the owner of four hundred acres of valuable land, which he divided
among his children ere called to his final rest. During the
civil war he responded to his country's call for troops, enlisting
on the 15th of August, 1862, in Company D, Ninety-fourth Ohio
Infantry, for three years. The first engagement in which he
participated was Tait's Ferry, and later he participated in
the battle of Perryville, where he was wounded. Erysipelas set
in, and thus being unfit for further duty he received an honorable
discharge on account of disability in April, 1863, and at that time
he held the rank of corporal. He was a loyal and faithful
soldier and at all times, whether in military service or in private
life, he was true to the duties devolving upon him. He held
membership in the Christian church, and his honorable, upright life
won him the unqualified respect of his fellow men.
Charles M. Patty was sixteen years of age when
his father returned to Monroe township. He remained under the
parental roof until his marriage, which occurred on the 20th of
August, 1863. In March, 1864, he came to his present home,
where he has since lived with the exception of a period of seven
years, when lie resided elsewhere in the township. He was
liardly established upon his new farm when he went forth to aid in
defending the city of Washington. He belonged to the state
militia which enlisted in the United States service in May, 1864, at
which time he became a member of Company A, One Hundred and
Forty-seventh Ohio Infantry. The regiment proceeded southward
to protect the capital city, and after one hundred days had passed
he returned to Ohio. Mr. Patty then again took
up his abode on the home farm and has since carried on agricultural
pursuits with good success. He owns seventy-three acres of
land on section 10, Monroe township, and the various substantial
improvements upon the place stand as monuments to his thrift and
enterprise. He carries on genyal farming and his indefatigable
efforts ha\e brought to him a comfortable competence.
On the 20th of August, 1863, Mr. Patty
was united in marriage to Miss Maria Long, a
native of Concord township, Miami county, and a daughter of
William and Elizabeth (Corpman) Long. Her
father was a native of Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, and in his
family were ten children, namely: Mary, wife of James F.
McCool, of Darke county, Ohio; Mrs. Patty;
Alartha, wife of John O., Kessler; Sally, wife of
Dr. C. D. Speagh, of Dayton; George H., of Lima, Ohio;
Charles W., a conductor on the Cleveland, Hocking & Deleware
Railroad, making his home in Dayton; Susannah, deceased wife
of Alfred Pearson; Elizabeth, deceased wife of
John Hostetter; Amanda, who married William
Hill and has also passed away; and Louie, deceased
wife of Job Stahl. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Patty were born four children, but three died in
infancy, the surviving son being Arthur S., who is a graduate
of Dayton Commercial School and is now engaged in teaching in the
public schools.
In his political views Mr. Patty is a
Republican, and socially he is connected with D. M. Rouzer
Post, G. A. R., and Tippecanoe Lodge, No. 174, F. & A. M. He
belongs to the Christian church and his life has been in harmony
with his professions. Those sterling traits of character which
everywhere command respect are strongly manifest in his career, and
he is known throughout the community as a citizen of the highest
respectability.
Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record
of Miami Co., Ohio - Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company - 1900 - Page
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WILLIAM PATTY.
Certain characteristics are indispensable to the successful
physician. He must not only possess a thorough and
comprehensive knowledge of medicine, but must be very accurate in
applying its principles and must have an abiding sympathy, which is
the outcome of an earnest desire to help his fellow men by
alleviating human suffering. As Dr. Patty is
wanting in none of these requirements, he has won prestige as a
representative of the calling to which his energies have been
devoted through life. He was born in Butler township,
Montgomery county, Ohio, Dec. 30, 1827, and is a son of Charles
and Phoebe (Pearson) Patty, both natives of South Carolina, in
which state their marriage was celebrated. In 1808 they joined
a party of emigrants and made their way to Miami county, Ohio, but
afterward moved to Montgomery county. The Doctor's father was
a poor man and began working on a farm by the day or month in order
to support his family. When, through his earnest labors, he
had acquired a little capital, he purchased land, becoming the owner
of the farm upon which the Doctor was horn. There was a log
house upon the place and the land was somewhat improved. He
continued its cultivation until 1843. When he came to Miami
county and purchased the farm in Newton township now owned by
Joshua Coates. There he carried on agricultural
pursuits until his death, which occurred Sept. 23, 1848. In
his business affairs he had been very successful and at his death he
left an estate valued at over thirty-five thousand dollars.
His life demonstrates the possibilities that lie before all who are
ambitious and desire to succeed and who are not afraid of hard work.
He not only operated his farm, but also conducted a store in Newton
township, and his industry and business qualifications brought to
him a very desirable financial reward. He died at the age of
sixty years, and in his death the community lost one of its valued
citizens. His wife was born Aug. 5, 1768. This worthy
couple had the following named children: Mary, who was born
in July, 1808, and became the wife of Benjamin Furnas;
Rebecca, who was born in March, 1810, and died at the age of
twelve years; James, born Mar. 12, 1812; Enoch, born
Nov. 8, 1814; John, born Apr. 15, 18 17; Annie, born
Apr. 15, 1820; Mark, born Apr. 20, 1825; William, born
Dec. 30, 1827; and Phoebe, who was born Apr. 16, 1830, and is
the widow of Levi Jay. She makes her home in
Lyons, Kansas, and she and her brothers, Mark and William,
are now the only living representatives of the family.
Mark Patty spent his boyhood days upon
his father's farm, and in 1849, when news of the discovery of gold
on the Pacific slope was received, he became imbued with a desire to
try his fortune there. Accordingly he made his way to New York
and thence to California, landing at San Francisco, where he engaged
in prospecting and mining for a year. He then returned to Ohio
and continued his residence in this state until 1857, when he went
to Kansas. He was a member of the "vigilant committee,' of
that state and took an active part in the development of the
locality in which he made his home. He entered land near
Madison and was engaged in the stock business until 1873, when he
removed to Joplin, Missouri, where he was connected with zinc and
lead mining for four years. He then sold his interests in
those mines and became owner of some copper mines, which he operated
for two years. On the expiration of that period he traveled by
team to Colorado, and on the south fork of the Arkansas river was
engaged in prospecting and mining for two years. He next went
to New Mexico by team, and in that territory was engaged in
prospecting and mining for six years. On leaving that place he
took up his abode at San Diego, California, where he has conducted a
ranch for two years, and has also carried on mining.
Dr. Patty, whose name introduces this
record, has been dependent upon his own resources from an early age.
He began teaching school at the age of seventeen years, and followed
that pursuit through the winter months for five seasons, while in
the summer he worked upon the home farm. He had early become
familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the
agriculturist, and was an able assistant in planting and harvesting
the crops; but not wishing to make that pursuit his life work he
determined to enter the medical profession, and at the age of twenty
he became a student in the office of Dr. Bear, of
Vandalia, Ohio, with whom he remained for one year. On the
expiration of that period he entered the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical
College, in which he was a student during the scholastic year of
1853-54. He next went to Pattytown, Ohio, where he engaged in
farming and also operated a sawmill from 1854 until 1860. In
the latter year he located at Laura, Miami county, where he began
the practice of medicine, and in 1866 he came to Pleasant Hill,
where he has since made his home.
The Doctor was married in February, 1849, to Miss
Sarah Jane Dowell, daughter of Charles
and Nancy Dowell. Her father, Charles
Dowell, emigrated to Ohio from North Carolina at an early date
in the settlement of this county. Nancy Dowell
was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, and her father was Solomon
Waymire, a prominent citizen of that county. Unto Dr.
Patty and his wife were born five children: Charles M.;
Horace, Mary B. and Edgar; the last three
named, are deceased; and William O. The mother of these
children died May 22, 1892, and on the 1st of April, 1894, the
Doctor was united in marriage to Mary J. Beech. In
connection with his- practice he was financially interested in a
grain elevator at Pleasant Hill from 1879 until 1883. His time
and attention, however, has been given almost entirely to the
practice of medicine since his graduation, and he has met with
desirable success in his chosen calling. He has always kept
abreast with the progress which has been made by the followers of
the medical profession, and his labors have been attended with
excellent results. His skill and ability are widely recognized
and his patronage has been justly merited.
In conversing with the Doctor the writer learned that
he was originally a member of the Society of Friends, but in his
marriage he married contrary to the discipline of that organization
and was therefore disowned from being a member of that church.
Holding liberal views on the subject of religion he united with the
Christian church, which has no creed but the Bible. He said he
thought he was making a great advance in the way of reform and
progressive and liberal Christianity, but experience has taught him
that churches do not move forward with advance only when such
thought becomes popular so that it is a necessity to their
existence. He believes that the time has come when churches
should advocate the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of men,
and that they should not use the devil and hell to frighten the
people but should teach that there is an omnipresent God in whom we
live and have our being."
In 1863 he received a commission from Governor
Todd as captain of Company B, First Regiment, Ohio Mounted
Infantry, in Miami county. In 1865 he was elected a member of
the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association, and in 1865-66 he
attended the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, and received
his diploma as a physician and graduate of that institute. In
1880 he was elected a director of the Dayton, Covington & Toledo
Railroad Company.
He has always taken an active part in everything
pertaining to the welfare of the city, has co-operated in many
movements for the public good, and from 1893 until 1899 he was the
efficient and honored mayor of the town. His administration
was progressive and practical, and won him the commendation of all
concerned. In politics he has ever been independent.
Socially he is a member of the Masonic order of Pleasant Hill.
His record is that of a man who has by his own unaided efforts
worked his way upward to a position of affluence. His life has
been one of industry and perseverance, and his capability and
fidelity have gained for him the support and confidence of the
community in which he lives. Without the aid of influence or
wealth, he has risen to a position among the prominent men of his
community, and his native ability and personal energy have gained
for him a competence and the respect and confidence of all who know
him. Many may differ from him in religion and politics, but
all concede and respect the honesty of the men. E. S. W.
Source: Genealogical & Biographical Record
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WENDELL PHILLIPS |
WENDELL PHILLIPS,
the orator and abolitionist, and a conspicuous figure in
American History, was born Nov. 29, 1811, at Boston,
Massachusetts. He received a good education at Harvard
College, from which he graduated in 1831, and then entered
the Cambridge Law School. After completing his course
in that institution, in 1833, he was admitted to the bar, in
1834, at Suffolk. He entered the arena of life at the
time when the forces of liberty and slavery had already
begun their struggle that was to culminate in the Civil war.
William Lloyd Garrison, by his clear-headed,
courageous declarations of the anti-slavery principles, had
done much to bring about this struggle. Mr.
Phillips was not a man that could stand aside and see a
great struggle being carried on in the interest of humanity
and look passively on. He first attracted attention as
an orator in 1837, at a meeting that was called to protest
against the murder of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy.
The meeting would have ended in a few perfunctory
resolutions had not Mr. Phillips by his manly
eloquence taken the meeting out of the hands of the few that
were inclined to temporize and avoid radical utterances.
Having once started out in his career as an abolitionist
Phillips never swerved from what he deemed his duty, and
never turned back. He gave up his legal practice and
launched himself heart and soul in the movement for the
liberation of the slaves. He was an orator of very
great ability and by his earnest efforts and eloquence he
did much in arousing public sentiment in behalf of the
anti-slavery cause - possibly more than any one man of his
time. After the abolition of slavery Mr. Phillips
was, if possible, even busier than before in the literary
and lecture field. Besides temperance and women's
rights, he lectured often and wrote much on finance, and the
relations of labor and capital, and his utterances on
whatever subject always bore the stamp of having emanated
from a master mind. Eminent critics have stated that
it might fairly be questioned whether there was ever spoken
in America an orator superior to Phillips. The
death of this great man occurred Feb. 4, 1884.
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GEO. M. PULLMAN |
GEO. M. PULLMAN
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