Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Pattison, Thomas 1847 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 26, 2006, 12:48 am Author: History Grundy County 1882 Thomas Pattison, farmer, P. O. Coal City. The subject of this sketch is a native of Grundy County, Ill., born April 8, 1847; son of William and Martha Pattison, who were among the first settlers of this county. Subject was educated in Grundy County, and at the Fowler Institute of Kendall County, and married March 24, 1870, to Miss Martha E. Struble, daughter of Elias Struble. She was born in New Jersey September 10, 1850, and came to Grundy County when about sixteen years old. They have a family of two children - Bertha E. Pattison, born in Grundy County September 6, 1872; Eva M. Pattison, born in Grundy County June 13, 1878. Mr. Pattison owns a farm of 120 acres of improved land in Section 31 of Felix Township, residence nine and a half miles southeast from Morris. Value of land, $40 per acre. Mr. Pattison's father, William Pattison, died in Grundy County March 8, 1882. His mother has been dead since he was a mere boy. Has one brother in the county - J. H. Pattison, present County Treasurer. Politics, Republican. Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/pattison451nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb