Kenton County, KY - Bios:  Patton, J. P.
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J. P. PATTON 3127, Kenton Co. 

Surname: Patton, Mitchell, Smith, Anderson

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Kenton Co.

J. P. PATTON was born in Fleming County, Ky., July 13, 1815, and is the third of a family 
of six born to Thomas and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Patton, both natives of Pennsylvania. Thomas 
was a son of John Patton. J. P. Patton received only a common-school education, and when 
quite young he commenced to deal in mules and fine saddle horses; for a number of years he 
would take the stock to South Carolina and Georgia and dispose of it. He next embarked in 
the tobacco business, buying and shipping to New Orleans and Philadelphia, and continued 
in this trade for quite a number of years; he was in Missouri for two years, and in 1852 
located in Covington and engaged in the tobacco business successfully for two years. He then 
opened a commission house in Cincinnati, Ohio, No. 37 Walnut Street, and was in the business 
one year; he then bought and shipped grain from Covington for two years, then bought a flouring-
mill, and operated it for three years. During the late war he was arrested in his mill as a 
Southern sympathizer, placed in the county jail, and was confined seven weeks, when he gave 
bond for $10,000 for his appearance in court, and was released. At the close of the war he 
opened a real estate and claim collecting office, and has since been engaged in that business, 
taking great pride in collecting bad notes, etc. October 12, 1837, he was united in marriage 
to Agnes D. Smith, of Mason County, Ky., daughter of Henry D. and Permelia A. (Anderson) Smith; 
to this union have been born five children, three of whom are living: Henry, Charles and Permelia. 
Mr. Patton is a member of the Masonic fraternity.