Osceola County MI Archives Biographies.....Petterson, Joseph 
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Author: Chapman Brothers, Chicago

Joseph Patterson, founder of the Osceola County Democrat, the pioneer 
Democratic journal published in Osceola County, 

and still its editor, was born April 26, 1855, in the township of Raisin, 
Lenawee Co., Mich.  He is the son of Hon. J. 

H. Patterson, member of the first Constitutional Convention of Michigan.

In 1866 the family removed to Jefferson, Cass Co., Mich.  Mr. Patterson 
received a good common-school education, 

supplemented by a thorough course of study at the High School at Kalamazoo, 
where he was graduated in 1879.  He 

subsequently studied law with Howell & Carr, attorneys at Cassopolis, Mich., 
and in the spring of 1881 he was admitted 

to the Bar.

He removed to Evart in the fall of 1884, and founded the Journal with which he 
is connected as owner and editor.

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