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Col Robert Patterson Veteran

Birth: 15 Mar 1753
Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 5 Aug 1827 (aged 74)
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum

Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 39.7449577, Longitude: -84.1766014
Plot: Section 13, Lot 800
Memorial ID: 62578448 View Source

Inscription

HERE ARE COMMEMORATED COLONEL ROBERT PATTERSON, PIONEER AMERICAN AND HIS DESCENDANTS WHO OCCUPY THIS RESTING PLACE. COLONEL PATTERSON WAS OF THAT HEARTY FRONTIER RACE WHO WON THE WEST FOR THE UNITED STATES. HE MOVED TO DAYTON FROM KENTUCKY IN 1804 AND DIED AT NEARBY RUBICON FARM IN 1827, THE FIRST OF HIS NAME AND FAMILY TO BE BURIED HERE
HIS DESCENDANTS DID THEIR PART IN PRESERVING THE FOUNDATIONS WHICH HE HELPED TO LAY AND IN BUILDING WORTHILY THEREUPON. THEY LABORED AND FOUGHT TO SAVE THE UNION WHICH HIS GENERATION WON IN THE INDUSTRIAL ERA WHICH ENSUED. THEY ASSUMED THAT NOTABLE LEADERSHIP WHICH THEIR PIONEER ANCESTOR SUPPLIED IN EARLIER TIMES. HERE ARE GATHERED ALL MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FAMILY LOYALTY, PERSONAL INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC SPIRIT WHICH HAS MAINTAINED THE AMERICA OF THE PIONEERS' EFFORT AND HOPE.

FIRST PATTERSON SETTLER IN THIS TERRITORY