History of Waterloo, (Juniata County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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John James Patterson, senator, was born in Waterloo, Pa., Aug. 8, 1830; son of William Hart and Mary Ann Moore (Wilson) Patterson; grandson of John and Isabella (Lyon) Patterson, and of George and Isabella (White) Wilson; and a descendant of John Patterson, who came from the north of Ireland in 1701 and settled at Trappe, Pa., and of Samuel Wilson who settled in Chester county, Pa., about 1680. He was graduated from Jefferson college, Pa., in 1848. He was a Whig in politics and an editor by profession; edited the Juniata Sentinel at Mifflintown, Pa., during the presidential campaign of 1852; the Harrisburg Telegraph, 1853-63, and became a banker and railroad president. He was a Republican representative in the Pennsylvania legislature, 1859-61, and served in the Federal army on the staff of Gen. E.C. Williams. In 1869 he removed to South Carolina. He was a Republican U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1873-79, and was not a candidate for re-election. He subsequently removed to Mifflintown, Pa., where he engaged in railroading. He was married first, Jan. 30, 1855, to Loucretia Eliza Moore, who died Jan. 8, 1884; secondly, Nov. 21, 1887, to Mildred May Franks of Wisconsin, who died Nov. 19, 1889, and thirdly, Feb. 15, 1893, to Flora Marcella Warford of Philadelphia. Pa.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Waterloo, (Juniata County) Pennsylvania

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