OBITUARY - JOHN C. PATTON Submitted by: Diana Smith Source: "Centralia Daily Chronicle-Examiner", Centralia, Lewis Co., Washington. 1 Nov 1915. p. 2. "Kelso Resident Dead" One of Kelso's most progressive citizens passed away Friday when John C. Patton succumbed in a Portland hospital to an attack of typhoid fever. Mr. Patton was born in Cowlitz county on Nov. 15, 1859, on the old Leonard homestead, which now comprises a portion of West Kelso. He is survived by his wife and one child. The funeral was held here yesterday afternoon.