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| | Beers: Patterson p. 431 |
 | | JOHN S. PATTERSON, a well-known representative of one of the oldest, most influential and prosperous families of Cross Creek township, is a lineal descendant of James Patterson, the earliest pioneer of the family name. |
 | | Nathan Patterson, a son of William and Elizabeth (Brown) Patterson, was born September 11, 1788, in Cross Creek township, this county, and on October 14, 1816, was married to Lydia Houston. |
 | | Patterson was afterward married to Eliza Snodgrass, of Allegheny county, Penn., daughter of Robert Snodgrass, one of the pioneer lumbermen of that county. |
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