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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901 - page 5 & 6
HUGH B. PATERSON, one of the pioneers of Grant county, was born in the State of New York, at Whitehall, April 8, 1787, a son of George PATERSON.
In 1811 our subject was united in marriage to Miss Charlotte GILMORE, a native of Vermont, where she was born Nov. 14, 1790, and after marriage the young couple settled down to domestic life in Chautauqua county, N.Y., where they lived until 1836, at which time they migrated to Jamestown, Grant Co., Wis. Here Mr. PATERSON undertook the clearing of a large tract of wild land, and upon it he passed his life until within two years of his demise, when he retired from the farm and removed to the village of Jamestown, where he died in August, 1874.
The first wife of our subject died Nov. 1, 1847, and his second marriage was to Mrs. Catherine DAVIS, whose death occurred several years prior to that of her husband. By the first marriage he became the father of eight children, only two of whom are living: Jane, Mrs. SHEFFIELD; and George, who is a resident of Albany, Oregon. The deceased were: David B., Mrs. Betsey Ann BOWMER, Mrs. Charlotte BENTON, Mrs. Martha JONES, Mrs. Lucy JUSTIS, and Norman, the youngest of the family.
During his long and worthy life our subject was a prominent citizen, for several years was chairman of the board of supervisors, and also for a long term of years was a justice of the peace. In early life he was a Whig, and later became a stanch Republican.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck