Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn Joseph Alexander PATTON 
Birth Date1830
Birth PlaceAuburn, Lee County, Alabama
Death Date8 Dec 1887 Age: 57
Death PlaceTemple, Bell County, Texas
Burial PlaceBrenham, Washington County, Texas, Prairie Lea Cemetery
OccupationTeacher
FatherWilliam Kelsey PATTON (1799-1853)
MotherJane E. CAMPBELL (1801-1860)
Spouses
Birth Date31 Jul 1836
Birth PlaceTalladega County, Alabama
Death Date20 Jan 1900 Age: 63
Death PlaceShreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Family ID9057
Marr Date25 Apr 1857
Marr PlaceDallas County, Alabama
ChildrenJohn Thomason (1859-1937)
Notes for John Joseph Alexander PATTON
Interred in Watson family plot.
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A Sad Death
Died – At the residence of S. A. Elkins, on 12th Street [Temple, Texas], Thursday night at 11 o’clock, December 8th, 1887 in his fifty fourth year, Prof. John J. A. Patton.
Deceased was born in Louisiana in 1830 and was consequently fifty-four years old when he died. He was married to Miss Maggie Thomason in April 1857 and came to Texas the following October, and settled in Grimes county, near the present county seat, Anderson, where he began to teach school which he followed for four years. After this, he moved to Huntsville, Texas and was elected president of the Austin Institute, which position he held for three years, or till that school was supplanted by the now Sam Houston State Normal. At that time he was the only president of a Texas school of learning, who was not a minister. From Huntsville he taught in many of the educational institutions of the state until 1883 when in response to a petition from six of his former students who wished him to teach their children, he returned to Anderson, Grimes county, where he taught for three years, building up one of the most successful schools of Texas. He was elected principal of the Temple public schools and assumed the duties of his position on September 4th, last, which he filled till his death. Of the success of his efforts in this city, though only for a few months, the high regard and esteem of the patrons of the school, and the tender love and affection of the pupils, many of whom wept bitterly on yesterday morning when they learned at the school house of his sudden death, can but attest. Prof. Patton had only been sick twenty-four hours when death relieved him. He was attached with obstruction of the bowels and suffered untold torture for several hours. As a public-spirited citizen, a gentleman of spotless private life, a scholar and instructor who loved his work so that had he been given his choice, he would have been content, whenever the summons came to all him to the great hereafter, could he have literally “died in harness.” Mr. Patton stands in memory before this community as an example whose equal may not soon be found, and whose untimely decease can be considered only in the light of a public calamity the shock whereof has not, at this early day, been fully appreciated by reason of its suddenness which benumbs with grief all who knew this estimable Christian gentleman. His remains were conveyed to Brenham yesterday where they will be interred today. He leaves a widow, a son, John Patton, in Shreveport, LA, a married daughter, Mrs. Hawkins in Whitney, Texas, and a host of friends all over Texas to mourn his untimely death. The Times extends its sympathies in this their hour of bereavement.
The Temple Daily Times (Temple, TX)
Saturday, December 10, 1887
On Find A Grave.
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A Sad Death
Died – At the residence of S. A. Elkins, on 12th Street [Temple, Texas], Thursday night at 11 o’clock, December 8th, 1887 in his fifty fourth year, Prof. John J. A. Patton.
Deceased was born in Louisiana in 1830 and was consequently fifty-four years old when he died. He was married to Miss Maggie Thomason in April 1857 and came to Texas the following October, and settled in Grimes county, near the present county seat, Anderson, where he began to teach school which he followed for four years. After this, he moved to Huntsville, Texas and was elected president of the Austin Institute, which position he held for three years, or till that school was supplanted by the now Sam Houston State Normal. At that time he was the only president of a Texas school of learning, who was not a minister. From Huntsville he taught in many of the educational institutions of the state until 1883 when in response to a petition from six of his former students who wished him to teach their children, he returned to Anderson, Grimes county, where he taught for three years, building up one of the most successful schools of Texas. He was elected principal of the Temple public schools and assumed the duties of his position on September 4th, last, which he filled till his death. Of the success of his efforts in this city, though only for a few months, the high regard and esteem of the patrons of the school, and the tender love and affection of the pupils, many of whom wept bitterly on yesterday morning when they learned at the school house of his sudden death, can but attest. Prof. Patton had only been sick twenty-four hours when death relieved him. He was attached with obstruction of the bowels and suffered untold torture for several hours. As a public-spirited citizen, a gentleman of spotless private life, a scholar and instructor who loved his work so that had he been given his choice, he would have been content, whenever the summons came to all him to the great hereafter, could he have literally “died in harness.” Mr. Patton stands in memory before this community as an example whose equal may not soon be found, and whose untimely decease can be considered only in the light of a public calamity the shock whereof has not, at this early day, been fully appreciated by reason of its suddenness which benumbs with grief all who knew this estimable Christian gentleman. His remains were conveyed to Brenham yesterday where they will be interred today. He leaves a widow, a son, John Patton, in Shreveport, LA, a married daughter, Mrs. Hawkins in Whitney, Texas, and a host of friends all over Texas to mourn his untimely death. The Times extends its sympathies in this their hour of bereavement.
The Temple Daily Times (Temple, TX)
Saturday, December 10, 1887
On Find A Grave.
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Notes for Margaret E. (Spouse 1)
Died from tuberculosis according to death records in Shreveport Times dated January 27, 1900.
The Shreveport Times.
Saturday, January 20, 1900
Page 13
DIED.
PATTON - At 4:20 a.m. Saturday, January 20, Mrs. M. E. Patton, aged 64 years. Funeral from the residence of H. Hawkins, 514 Cotton street, Sunday afternoon 3 o'clock, January 21.
Deceased was born in Talledega, Ala., July 31 1835. Educated at Centenary College, Summerfield, Ala., and married to Prof. J. J. A. Patton in April 1857. Since the death of Prof. Patton, which occurred several years ago, she has lived with her children in this city.
For years she has been a great sufferer, and when the end came peacefully passed away.
She leaves a sister, Mrs. Wm. Watson, of Brenham, Texas; two children, Mrs. H. Hawkins and Mr. J. T. Patton, of this city, with several grandchildren and many friends and loved ones who mourn the loss of "mother."
Texas and Alabama papers, please copy.
On Find A Grave.
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The Shreveport Times.
Saturday, January 20, 1900
Page 13
DIED.
PATTON - At 4:20 a.m. Saturday, January 20, Mrs. M. E. Patton, aged 64 years. Funeral from the residence of H. Hawkins, 514 Cotton street, Sunday afternoon 3 o'clock, January 21.
Deceased was born in Talledega, Ala., July 31 1835. Educated at Centenary College, Summerfield, Ala., and married to Prof. J. J. A. Patton in April 1857. Since the death of Prof. Patton, which occurred several years ago, she has lived with her children in this city.
For years she has been a great sufferer, and when the end came peacefully passed away.
She leaves a sister, Mrs. Wm. Watson, of Brenham, Texas; two children, Mrs. H. Hawkins and Mr. J. T. Patton, of this city, with several grandchildren and many friends and loved ones who mourn the loss of "mother."
Texas and Alabama papers, please copy.
On Find A Grave.
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