Multnomah-Polk-Marion County OR Archives Biographies.....Patterson, P. C. 1870 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 886 - 887
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     P. C. PATTERSON, manager at Portland for W. P. Fuller & Company, of San 
Francisco, has been with this widely known concern for nearly thirty years and 
has been manager of the Portland branch for eight years, a record which 
testifies strongly to his ability and his loyal service. The W. P. Fuller 
company was established at Sacramento, California, by W. P. Fuller in 1849, 
originally as a small paint store. During the subsequent years, because of the 
high quality of its products and its policy of fair dealings, the business has 
grown steadily until today there are three factories and twenty-one 
distributing branches, covering the western states and the island possessions. 
The branch at Portland was established in the '80s and in 1913 removed to its 
present location at 160 Front street, where it occupies a four-story and 
basement building, one hundred by eighty-five feet in size. In addition to 
this general office, the company also has a factory at Twenty-second and 
Nicolai streets, where it occupies four acres of ground and employs about two 
hundred and twenty people. At this plant is manufactured a general line of 
paints, as well as other small items, and a number of other branches are 
served from the Portland establishment.

     P. C. Patterson, who is rendering excellent service as manager of the 
business at Portland, was born in Polk county, Oregon, in 1870, and is a son 
of Francis E. and Caroline (Tatom) Patterson, the former a native of Illinois 
and the latter of Missouri. The mother came to this state with her parents 
when eleven years of age. Francis E. Patterson went to California in 1849 and 
subsequently came to Oregon, locating first in Benton county but later 
settling in Polk county, where he engaged in farming, residing there until his 
death, at the age of ninety-one years. The mother died at the age of eighty-
five years. The paternal grandfather, Herbert Patterson, was a member of the 
Illinois legislature in 1851, and became active in public affairs in Oregon 
also, serving in the state legislature in 1880-82. To Francis E. and Caroline 
Patterson were born eleven children, namely: Isaac, who is now governor of the 
state of Oregon; Henry, who is in the United States customs service in 
Portland; George, who is engaged in farming; Frank, deceased; William, who 
lives in Portland; P. C., of this review; D. P., who is engaged in the drug 
business in Portland; Narcisse, who resides in Tappenish, Washington; Allen, 
of Prosser, Washington; Maude, who is the wife of E. B. Arthur, of Portland; 
and one who died in infancy.

     P. C. Patterson received his elementary education in the public schools 
and attended the State Normal School at Monmouth, after which he spent some 
time on his father's farm. Going to Independence, Oregon, he engaged in the 
confectionery and cigar business, which he carried on for three years, after 
which he was engaged in the insurance business in Salem for a short time. He 
clerked in various stores in Salem until July, 1899, when he came to Portland 
and entered the employ of W. P. Fuller & Company, with which concern he has 
been identified to the present time. He was promoted through various 
positions, in all of which he showed himself capable and efficient, and in 
March, 1920, was made manager of the Portland branch. He has shown marked 
executive ability and has handled the affairs of the company at this point in 
a very satisfactory manner. He prospered in business and is a director and 
vice president of the Willamette Building and Loan Association, a director and 
vice president of the Willamette Securities Association and president of the 
Manufacturers and Merchants Association of Oregon for the past five years.

     In 1907, Mr. Patterson was united in marriage to Miss Georgie Giltner, 
who was born at St. Helens, Oregon. Mr. Patterson is a member of the Masonic 
order, in which he has taken the chapter degrees, and belongs to the Waverly 
Golf Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He is aligned with the republican party 
on political questions and in local public affairs has supported all measures 
for the betterment of the community. Because of his ability and his estimable 
personal qualities he has won and retains the uniform respect and confidence 
of all who know him.

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