Patterson family

This article is about the family. For the name in general, see Patterson.

The Patterson family is a prominent family from North Carolina that was involved in politics and business for several generations, serving in the state and national level and founding successful companies, including the American Machine and Foundry Company.

History

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The Patterson family is a branch of the Lenoir family first made famous by Gen. William Lenoir, an American Revolutionary War officer and prominent statesman in late 18th-century and early 19th-century North Carolina. Both the City of Lenoir, North Carolina and Lenoir County, North Carolina are named for him. Lenoir City, Tennessee is jointly named for him and for his son, William Ballard Lenoir.[1] A granddaughter of Gen. Lenoir, Phoebe Caroline Jones, married North Carolina politician Samuel F. Patterson, and began this branch of the prominent Patterson family. Their son, Rufus Lenoir Patterson, was mayor of Salem, North Carolina and sired Rufus Lenoir Patterson Jr., who founded American Machine and Foundry and served as a vice president of the American Tobacco Company. He moved to New York City in the 1890s where his children married into prominent New York society families. Rufus Jr.'s grandson, Herbert Parsons Patterson, served as president of the Chase Manhattan Bank.[2]

Members

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Gen. William Lenoir
Rufus Lenoir Patterson
Samuel Legerwood Patterson
  • William Lenoir (1751–1839) m. Ann Ballard (1751–1833)
    • Mary Lenoir Gordon (1772–1859) m. (1) 1790: Charles Gordon (1756–1799); (2) 1802: William Davenport (1770–1859)
      • William Ballard Lenoir (1775–1852) m. 1802: Elizabeth Avery (1781–1855) (daughter of Waightstill Avery)
        • Isaac Thomas Lenoir (1807–1875) m. Mary Caroline Hogg (1812–1877) (daughter of Samuel E. Hogg)
        • Waightstill Avery Lenoir (1815–1884) m. Isabella Jane Hume (1828–1857)
    • Ann Lenoir (1778–1838) m. Edmund Jones (1771–1844)
      • Phoebe Caroline Jones (1806–1869) m. Samuel Finley Patterson (1799–1874)
        • Rufus Lenoir Patterson (1830–1879) m. (1) 1852: Marie Louise Morehead (1830–1862) (daughter of Gov. John Motley Morehead);[3] (2) 1864: Mary Elizabeth Fries (1844–1927)
          • Caroline Finley Patterson (1856–1931), m. (1) 1883: Albert Lucian Coble (1918);[3] (2) 1925: George Leander Frazier[4]
          • Jesse Lindsay Patterson (1858–1922), m. Lucy Bramlette Patterson[4]
          • Latitia Walker Patterson (1860–1884), m. Francis Henry Fries[4]
          • Francis Fries Patterson (1865–1933), m. 1895: Ethel Mary Thomas[4]
          • Samuel Finley Patterson (1867–1926), m. (div. 1901) Bessie Alexander; (2) 1914: Nancy Pearson[4]
          • Andrew Henry Patterson (1870–1928), m. 1897: Eleanor Spurrier Alexander (daughter of Eben Alexander)[4]
          • Rufus Lenoir Patterson Jr. (1872–1943),[5] m. Margaret Warren Morehead[4]
          • John Legerwood Patterson (1874–1935), m. Margaret Newman (daughter of William Truslow Newman)[4]
          • Edmond Vogler Patterson (1878–1934), m. 1907: Helene Trimble[4]
        • Samuel Legerwood Patterson (1850–1918) m. 1873: Mary Sophia Senseman (1849–1909)
    • Thomas Lenoir (1780–1861) m. 1807: Selena Louisa Avery (1788–1864) (daughter of Waightstill Avery)
    • Martha "Patsy" Lenoir (1792–1823) m. Israel Pickens (1780–1827)
      • Julia A. Pickens (1815–1898) m. C. S. Howe
      • Israel Leonidas Pickens (1820–1888) m. Eliza Ann Nelson (1825–1850)

Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower

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In the 1920s, Rufus L. Patterson Jr. and his college classmate and fraternity brother, John Motley Morehead III (who was also a first cousin of his wife),[18] funded the $100,000 construction cost of the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower, a bell tower designed by McKim, Mead & White and located on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was initially built to commemorate the NC State alumni that fell during World War I.[19] The Tower was dedicated in November 1931.[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 185.
  2. ^ a b Blair, William G. (31 January 1985). "H.P. PATTERSON, BANKER, IS DEAD". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Patterson, Rufus Lenoir". www.ncpedia.org. NCpedia. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Powell, William S., ed. (1994). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Vol. V. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 0-8078-2100-4.
  5. ^ "R. L. PATTERSON, 70, INVENTOR, IS DEAD; Chairman of American Machine and Foundry Co., Formed to Make Tobacco Devices AIDED U.S. IN FORMER WAR Doubled New Plant's Size to Make Munitions--Many Firms Use His inventions". The New York Times. 12 April 1943. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Morehead Patterson, 64, Dies; Chairman of American Machine; Inventor and Diplomat Guided Expansion of A.M.F. Into a 500-Million Giant". The New York Times. 6 August 1962. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  7. ^ Times, Special to The New York (11 September 1921). "MISS ELSIE PARSONS MARRIED IN LENOX; Society Throng at Her Wedding to Morehead Patterson of New York in Trinity Church. LOUISE DELANO A BRIDE Washington Girl Weds Col. Sherwood A. Cheney, U.S.A., in Stockbridge--200 at Reception". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  8. ^ "MRS.E.P. PATTERSON BECOMES A BRIDE; Marriage Unites Daughter of Mrs. Herbert Parsons to J. D. Kennedy of This City. HE IS COLUMBIA GRADUATE Justice Kernochan Performs Ceremony in New York Home of Her Grandmother". The New York Times. 29 June 1934. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  9. ^ "MRS. H.M. CLARK WED; Becomes Bride in Washington of Morehead Patterson". The New York Times. 30 June 1945. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  10. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (12 July 1942). "MAE CADWALADER BECOMES A BRIDE; Fort Washington, Pa., Girl Is Married in Whitemarsh to Rufus L. Patterson 3d HAS ELEVEN ATTENDANTS: Miss Minnie Cadwalader Maid of HonorL J. J. Higginson Serves as Best Man". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Mrs. Louise Oakey McVelgh Is Married At River Club to Herbert P. Patterson". The New York Times. 31 July 1949. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  12. ^ "MRS. RUFUS PATTERSON". The New York Times. 5 August 1968. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Mrs. Norris, H.P. Patterson Married Here". The New York Times. 1 May 1970. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Katheryn C. Patterson, Lawyer, Fiancee of Thomas Kempner Jr". The New York Times. 23 July 1978. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Katheryn Clews Patterson Wed To Thomas Lenox Kempner Jr". The New York Times. 27 May 1979. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  16. ^ "LUCY DE RHAM". The New York Times. 25 February 1977. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Casimir de Rham, 71, Dies; Ex-Partner in Brokerage". The New York Times. 3 March 1968. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  18. ^ Times, Special to The New York (8 January 1965). "John Motley Morehead Is Dead; Gave North Carolina Millions; Union Carbide Executive, 94, Donated Rye City Hall On War Industries Panel". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower, UNC (Chapel Hill)". Comemortative Landscapes. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  20. ^ Times, Special to The New York (27 November 1931). "BELL TOWER DEDICATED.; Gift of Morehead and Patterson Received at North Carolina University". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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