Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 623.
 
SAMUEL A. PATTISON

     editor of the Condon Globe, which voices the interests of Gilliam county
with no uncertain sound and is recognized by the exchanges as a "live paper," is
one of the leading citizens of this part of Oregon. He is a gentleman of culture
and possessed of that geniality which wins friends, while his fearlessness in
matters of principle, speaks of the Puritan principles of our Atlantic seaboard.
     Samuel A. Pattison was born in Ohio county, West Virginia, on November 17,
1860. His father, Thomas Pattison, was born in the same house as our subject,
and the date of the event was 1802. He was a well-to-do and prominent farmer.
Owing to his stanch union principles in the time of the Rebellion, he deemed it
best to build on another portion of his farm, which lay both in Pennsylvania and
West Virginia, accordingly, he then became a citizen of the Keystone State. His
father, John Pattison, grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, and
came to that part of Virginia with the first settlers. He was a minister of the
gospel and an adherent of the Presbyterian church. He also held a professorship
in one of the leading colleges of the country. His father, the great-grandfather
of our subject, was the first of the Pattison family that came to America. He
owned the land where St. John, New Brunswick, now stands. He later sold his
property there and came to Pennsylvania. The mother of Samuel A. was Jane
(Humphrey) Pattison. She was born on the farm adjoining the one where our
subject was born, and her father, Robert Humphrey, was a wealthy and respected
agriculturist of that county. His father, John Humphrey, was among the first
settlers of Ohio county, and a famous Indian fighter. He fought in the
Revolution along with Lafayette, and was personally acquainted with that
gentleman. Samuel A. was educated partly in West Virginia and partly in
Pennsylvania, and in 1885 moved west to Nebraska. He soon returned to his native
heath, and in 1889 came west again and for a time was a commercial traveler in
Nebraska. In the fall of 1889 he came to Wyoming and into Newcastle on the first
passenger train coming in there. In 1891, he journeyed on west to Idaho and
embarked in the newspaper business. In 1898, he sold his interests in that state
and came to Condon, where he bought the Condon Globe, the oldest paper in the
county. Since then he has made interesting reading for the people of this county
and has shown them he is a loyal champion for the county.
     In 1894, Mr. Pattison married Miss Hattie Stone, who was the first white
child born in Placerville, Idaho. She was highly educated and for twelve years
had been one of the leading educators of the state. Two children have been born
to this union, Everett, and Catherine.
     Mr. Pattison is a member of the I. O. O. F., and also belongs to the grand
lodge.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in March 2007 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.