Barbour County AlArchives Biographies.....Thomas Patterson August 25 1841 - 
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   THOMAS PATTERSON, M. D. - Among the successful men and physicians of Barbour
county, Dr. Patterson occupies no inconsiderable place. Paternally he is
descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors, maternally from English, and in him are
represented many of the characteristics of these three sturdy peoples. The
doctor's grandfather, Robert M. Patterson, was a native of Georgia, from which
state the family moved to Alabama about the year 1816, settling in the county of
Barbour. John W. Patterson, father of the doctor, was born in Burke county, Ga.,
in 1814, came to Barbour county when two years old, and later removed to Dale
county, where his death occurred in 1891. He was married about the year 1840,
near Skipperville, Dale county, to Susan Payne, who died in 1879; the mother of
eleven children, the following of whom are living: Thomas, William, teacher in
Geneva county, Ala.; Isaac, resident of Ozark; Susan, wife of Joseph Williams;
Frances, wife of James C. Peasly; Joseph D., teacher in Dothen schools, Ala.;
and Allen, who resides at Barnes Cross Roads, this state. Dr. Patterson was born
August 25, 1841, in Dale county, in the schools of which he obtained a fair
English education. In the fall of 1861 he entered the Confederate army as member
of the First Alabama cavalry, with which he served one and a half years and was
then transferred to the artillery, continuing with the same until the close of
the war. The battles in which the doctor took part were among the bloodiest of
the war, including Perryville, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, siege of
Knoxville, the Atlanta campaign, siege of Savannah, thence on the retreat
through the Carolinas, during which his battery was frequently engaged in
skirmishes with the enemy. Severing his connection with the army, at the close
of the conflict, the doctor returned to Alabama, and in 1867 began his
professional studies with Dr. D. A. Murdock, at Louisville, Barbour county, and
in 1869 graduated from the Medical college of Atlanta. Fortified with a thorough
knowledge of his chosen calling, the doctor on receiving his degree opened an
office in Louisville, where his superior abilities as a physician and skill as a
surgeon soon brought him into prominent notice and won for him an extensive
practice in Barbour county and adjacent counties. He has made commendable
progress in his profession and keeps fully abreast of the times. by an intimate
acquaintance with the writings of the eminent medical men of the age. The doctor
has been twice married; first in January, 1867, to Phippiby J. Murdock, who died
in July, 1877, leaving the following sons: John D., William P., Thomas M., James
E., and Robert B. The doctor married his present wife, Miss Christina McKay, in
December, 1878, and she has borne him four children: Bertha C., Leila F., Una
R., and Sue Mirvine. Dr. Patterson has a fine home in Louisville, in the best
social circles of which city himself and family move. He is an elder in the
Presbyterian church, belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is a potent factor
in local politics, voting with the democratic party.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama" p. 452-453


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