Edward L. Paterson Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Barbara Gottlock - BGOTTLOC@ccsd.edu

Surname: PATERSON
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915


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     EDWARD L. PATERSON ,* contractor and builder of Portsmouth,
N. H., is a man of good business standing and is highly successful in his line.
He is a Canadian by birth, having been born in Nova Scotia, October 26, 1869.
Mr. Paterson is a son of Andrew and Melinda (Rynes) Paterson. His father
is deceased and his mother still resides in Halifax county. Nova Scotia. The

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children of the family consisted of the following: Robert, Alexander, Charles,
Edward L.. Mary Jane (deceased wife of Walter J. Andrews). and Letitia.
     Edward L. Paterson attended the local schools of his native place until
he was about sixteen years of age, and thereafter assisted his father on the
farm for a short time. At the age of nineteen he crossed the line into the
United States, locating directly in Portsmouth, N. H., where he entered upon
an apprenticeship to the carpentering trade. He has followed carpentering
for a period of twenty-five years., and during the last ten years has engaged
in contracting. His ability and integrity are recognized and success has at-
tended his efforts.
     In 1897 Mr. Paterson was joined in marriage with Charlotte May Durgin
of Greenland, Rockingham county, a daughter of Frank Durgin, who still
resides in Greenland and follows his trade as carpenter in association with
the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Durgin is deceased. The children of the
family are: Howard; Percy; Nellie, wife of J. Pettigrew; Grace, wife of
William Swinnerton; Cora, wife of Edgar Dart; and Charlotte May, wife of
Edward S. Paterson. Mr. and Mrs. Paterson .have one son, Frank, who
attends Portsmouth High School. Politically, our subject is an independent
voter, giving preference to the man he deems best fitted for the office. He is
a member of Blue Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, Patrons of Husbandry, and the
Young Men's Christian Association. Religiously the family is Baptist.

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