Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Patten, William Nunn June 29, 1873 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

WILLIAM NUNN PATTEN, Business Man. Purchasing A. B. Arleigh’s interest in the 
small stationery concern of A. B. Arleigh & Co. in 1916, William N. Patten 
reorganized the firm, incorporated under the name of Patten & Co., Ltd., and 
is now president of the largest book and stationery house in the Territory, 
also operating an extensive wholesale paper business, housed in a new building 
on Union street. Arleigh & Co. was capitalized for $12,000. When Mr. Patten 
took over the business it was recapitalized at $50,000, while its present 
capitalization is $200,000.
  Mr. Patten began work at 12 as a drug clerk in Ontario, Canada, and in 1891 
was granted his diploma as a registered pharmacist. For some years he followed 
his profession in Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and British Columbia.
  Coming to Honolulu to visit a brother in 1898, Mr. Patten decided to remain 
and was employed by various firms, spending six years with the Hawaiian News 
Co. In 1909 he became associated, as manager of merchandise and part owner, 
with A. B. Arleigh in the stationery concern which he later acquired.
  Mr. Patten is a Mason, Shriner, Elk, and a member of the Oahu Country, 
Commercial and Rotary clubs, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Pacific States 
Paper Trade Association, which is associated with the National Paper Trades 
Association of the United States and meets yearly at Del Monte, Calif. He is 
an ardent deep sea angler and a member of the Kaneohe Boat Club.
  Born in Ontario, Canada, June 29, 1873, Mr. Patten is the son of Edward and 
Emily (Jarvis) Patten. In 1902 he married Eleanor Phillips of Oakland and they 
have one son, Hugh Patten, now a student at Punahou.


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