O. M. Patterson, M. D.; Talladega Co., AL., then Bienville,
Morehouse, and Rapides Parishes, Louisiana

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0. M. Patterson, M. D.  In addition to his ion and creditable
record as a physician and surgeon, Doctor Patterson during 
his residence at Bastrop for a quarter of a century has made
himself a factor in local affairs in various ways, and is one
of the very highly esteemed and progressive citizens of that
rich and prosperous sections of North Louisiana.

He was born in Talladega County, Alabama, in 1860.  His
father, Dr. William Cannon Patterson, was an Alabama
physician, was a surgeon with the Thirtieth Alabama Regiment
in the Confederate army, and soon after the close of the war
in 1866 came to Louisiana, locating at Arcadia, in Bienville
Parish, where he devoted himself to the practice of his
profession the rest of his life.

Dr. 0. M. Patterson was six years of age when he came to
Louisiana.  He attended the public schools at Arcadia, and 
completed his medical education in the Memphis Hospital
Medical College, where he was graduated in 1887.
Subsequently he had the advantage of two post-graduate
courses in the New Orleans Polyclinic.  Doctor Patterson was
engaged in practice at Arcadia, Bienville Parish, until 1896,
and then for several years at Alexandria.  In 1899 he removed
to Bastrop and has earned a high rank among the professional
men of Morehouse Parish.  He has been coroner of the parish 
for many years, and at the present writing enjoys the honor of
being president of the Morehouse Parish Medical Society.

He has been successful in a business way, becoming owner of a
large amount of valuable property in Bastrop.  His property
has been greatly increased in value through the remarkable
growth and development of Bastrop following the discovery and
development of the natural gas resources of Northern
Louisiana.

Doctor Patterson married Miss Sallie A. Dorman.  They have a
son, Hunter McQuire Patterson, now in the senior class of
Mississippi College at Clinton.  The only daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Patterson is Mrs. W. T. Smith of Bastrop.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 244, by Henry E. Chambers.
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago
and New York, 1925.