George P. Patterson Biographical Sketch from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio
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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 23 December 2004

Sources:
The History of Warren County Ohio
Part V. Biographical Sketches
Turtlecreek Township
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)
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GEORGE P. PATTERSON, photographer, Lebanon; was born at Long Branch, Monmouth Co., N. J., June 23, 1844; his father, William Patterson, was a native of New Jersey, of German descent; his mother, Jennette (Anderson) Patterson, was a native of Vermont, of Scotch descent, and a cousin of Maj. Anderson, who was made famous by his heroic defense of Ft Sumter, when treason's guns first threatened the overthrow of our beloved Government. Our subject received a thorough education in the schools of New Jersey and New York City, and devoted his early life to work in his father's mill, where he remained six years. He then engaged for a short time in mercantile pursuits. In 1861, he enlisted in Company D, 48th N. J. V. I., in which he served three years, receiving eleven different gunshot wounds; he enlisted as a private, and, for bravery and good service, received a Captain's commission, but was prevented by wounds from serving in his advanced position. In 1863, he was married to Miss Emily Higgins, who died during the same year. In 1870, he married Miss Sarah M. Duckworth, a native of Warren County, and the only daughter of Robert Duckworth, with whom Mr. Patterson was some time engaged in the grocery business in Lebanon. Since 1872, he has devoted his whole attention to photographing, in which art he has met with the best success. He is an enthusiast in his business, uses all new appliances that appear and takes great pains to keep himself thoroughly posted in all the details of that, ever-improving art. He has an art gallery situated on East Silver street, which he has fitted up with a true artist's taste, and where he exhibits the work he does by the various modern methods of taking, enlarging and finishing pictures.


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