BIO: Hon. John H. PATCHIN, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 501 & 502.
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  HON. JOHN H. PATCHIN, manufacturer of and dealer in all kinds of lumber and 
building supplies, at Burnside, Pa., president of the school board of this 
borough and formerly a member of the state legislature, has been a resident of 
this place since 1903 and is one of its most active and aggressive public men.  
He was born at Patchinsville, Clearfield county, Pa., April 9, 1868, and is a 
son of Aaron W. and Elizabeth (Barrett) Patchin.  The latter survives, being now 
in her seventy-second year.  The Patchin family is one of wealth and importance 
in Clearfield county and is largely connected.
  John H. Patchin is the third oldest in a family of seven children, the others 
being:  Emma, who is the wife of H. P. Dowler, superintendent of the 
Pennsylvania Steel Company, at Heilwood, Pa.; Olive, who is the wife of Jno. N. 
Ake, who is a ship builder, at Camden, N. J.; Winnie, who is the wife of J. O. 
Clark, who is president of the National Bank at Glen Campbell, Pa.; Flora, who 
is the wife of W. J. Dufton, who is in the hardware business at Clearfield; Carl 
E., who is in the lumber business at Burnside; and Ray C., who is a farmer near 
Patchinsville.
  John H. Patchin went from the public schools to Bucknell University, where he 
took a three-year course and then attended Lafayette College, at Easton, Pa.  
Mr. Patchin then entered into the lumber business with his father and during a 
part of this time was engaged in rafting on the Susquehanna river.  In 1903 he 
came to Burnside and bought the saw-mill and lumber interests of Horace Patchin 
and is still managing an estate of 2,000 acres.  Additionally he is interested 
in dealing in ship-building supplies, in partnership with his brother-in-law, at 
Camden, N. J., has oil properties in Oklahoma and is a director of the First 
National Bank at Glen Campbell.
  In politics, Mr. Patchin is a Republican, and he is an active and loyal party 
worker.  He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature for one 
term, 1894-5.  Fraternally he is identified with the leading organizations, 
belonging to the Blue Lodge and Chapter, Masons, at Clearfield; the Elks, at 
Clearfield; the Red Men at Glen Campbell; and the Odd Fellows at Burnside, being 
past master of this lodge.  Mr. Patchin is unmarried.