An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 417

	NATHAN A. PATTERSON, one of the prosperous young farmers of Walla Walla
county, was born in Iroquois county, Illinois, January 23, 1852. His father,
Abraham Patterson, was a native of Ohio, and married Sentha A. Page, also a
native of Ohio. He removed to Iowa in 1856 and settled on a farm, living there
until 1870, when he removed with his family to Washington, and is now living
with his wife in Walla Walla county.
	Our subject, Nathan Patterson, was educated in the common-schools of Iowa,
was reared on the farm and continued with his parents until he was of age. He
then bought eighty acres of land and commenced to farm for himself. By virtue of
his industry and close attention to his business he has made it a success, and
now owns 960 acres of choice land, 600 of which is under cultivation, devoted
principally to small grain.
	Our subject was married in 1877, to Miss Ellen Thomas, as native of Iowa,
who came to Washington in 1870. She died in 1888, at the age of thirty-two,
leaving a family of small children, as follows: Anson, Albert, Gertrude, and
Fulton. Mr. Patterson has carefully reared his children, giving them educational
advantages and being to them both father and mother. Although he began poor he
has been enabled by honest industry to provide well for the future, and is a man
who commands the respect of all in the county. Politically he is a Republican,
and is a member of the I.O.O.F. Of the eight children born to his parents he is
the fourth, and all live in the same State.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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