Bio: R. B. Patterson,  Caddo Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker




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     R. B. PATTERSON, retired, Shreveport, La.  This prominent citizen owes
his nativity to the Big Bend State, his birth occurring in Davison County on
June 10, 1826, and is the only one of eight children now living, born to
the union of Martin and Elizabeth (Russell) Patterson, the father a native
of South Carolina, and the mother of Tennessee.  The father went to
Tennessee when a young man, met and married Miss Russell, and afterward
resided in Davidson County, where he followed farming.  From there he moved
to Graves County, Ky., and there received his final summons.  The mother
died in Tennessee.  R. B. Patterson attained his growth and received a fair
education in the common schools of Tennessee.  He was brought up to the
arduous duties of the farm, and remained on the same until 1844,  then came
to Shreveport, La., in 1848.  Here he engaged in the brickmaker's trade,
and continued at the same for several years.  He afterward embarked in the
butcher's business, and was engaged in shipping stock, which he has since
conducted, and has been very successful in his business.  Together with
Col. B. M. Johnson, he invested $80,000 in a ranch in Texas, and had it
well stocked with 10,000 head of cattle, which was a good investment.  Owing
to reverses caused by war he came to Shreveport, La., at which time he had
but $500 in cash, although at the beginning of the war he was in good
circumstances, but like many others this was all swept away.  Since then he
has been quite fortunate, and is today living in ease and comfort.  He owns
considerable town property, is one of the representative citizens, and has
been identified here for forty-two years with the best interests of the
community.  In 1850 he was married to Miss Amanda Walpool, a native of
Georgia, and they are the parents of four children:  J. F., R. J. M.,
Lauretta (wife of J. G. Lee), and Fannie L. (wife of William Sorells, a
druggist of Hot Springs.)  Mr. Patterson is a member of the Masonic
Fraternity, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.