BIO: Ray Chester 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 392 & 393.
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  RAY CHESTER PATCHIN, a prosperous farmer and lumberman, residing at 
Patchinsville, Burnside township, was born at this place, July 13, 1877, a son 
of Aaron Wright and Elizabeth (Barrett) Patchin.  The Patchin family is one of 
wealth and importance in Clearfield county and is largely connected.  Samuel 
Patchin, the great grandfather of our subject, served in the Revolutionary war 
and being taken prisoner by the British, was sent abroad, but was later 
exchanged and returned home, passing the rest of his life in the state of New 
York.  The grandfather of our subject on the paternal side, was John Patchin, 
who died in 1863 at the age of 75 years.
  Aaron W. Patchin, father of Ray Chester, was a well known and respected 
resident of Patchinsville, but is now deceased.  He married Elizabeth Barrett, 
who was born December 7, 1839, in Nottinghamshire, England, a daughter of 
George and Frances (Bexson) Barrett.  Her father came to America with his 
family in 1850, in a sailing vessel, the voyage taking ten weeks.  He settled 
in Indiana county, Pa., where he spent the rest of his life.  Elizabeth was the 
eldest of the family of four children, the others being:  Thomas, now residing 
in Indiana county; Ann Jane, unmarried, residing at Cherry Tree; and George 
Jr., a resident of Camden, N. J., where he holds the office of sheriff.  George 
Barrett, the elder, died April 27, 1902 at the advanced age of 89 years; his 
wife died in 1892 at the age of eighty-one.  Before her marriage to Aaron W. 
Patchin, Elizabeth Barrett was engaged in teaching school in Indiana county.  
She is still residing at Patchinsville, where she holds the office of 
postmistress, the post office there having been in charge of the Patchin family 
for the last 75 years, she having held it for the past 33 years.  She is a 
member of the Baptist church.
  Aaron W. and Elizabeth Patchin were the parents of seven children, as 
follows:  Emma, wife of H. P. Dowler, who is in the employ of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Co. as superintendent; Olive, the wife of P. Ake, a ship builder at 
Camden, N. J.; John H., a dealer in lumber and building supplies at Burnside, 
and a very prominent business man of that place, who has served in the state 
legislature; Winnie, who is the wife of J. O. Clark, president of the national 
bank at Glenn Campbell, Pa.; Flora, wife of W. J. Dufton, a hardware dealer of 
Clearfield; Carl E., engaged in the lumber business at Burnside; and Ray 
Chester, direct subject of this sketch.
  Ray Chester Patchin attended school for the usual period in his boyhood but 
began industrial life at a comparatively early age.  He has been successfully 
engaged up to the present time in farming and lumbering and is an energetic and 
enterprising man who knows his business thoroughly and is respected by his 
fellow citizens.  In politics he is a Republican and has been quite an active 
worker for his party.  He is a member of the lodge of Redmen at Patchinsville, 
and of the I. O. O. F. lodge at Burnside.
  Mr. Patchin was married July 11, 1910, to Miss Jessie Chapman, who was born 
in April, 1888, a daughter of James A. and Anna (Mitchell) Chapman.  Her 
father, who was a native of Indiana county, was engaged in farming and 
lumbering and also in the coal business.  He died August 26, 1910, at the age 
of sixty-one, his wife having previously died in 1906 at the age of 56 years.
  The latter was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Ann (Mahaffey) Mitchell.  
Mrs. Patchin's brothers and sisters now living are as follows:  John H., a 
farmer; Smith S., also engaged in agriculture; Maud, residing at home; Mary, 
wife of John Hippes, of New Washington, Pa.; Nellie, wife of H. Young, a 
farmer; Grace, a teacher residing at home; Wayne, Daisy and Trudell, all 
teachers, the last mentioned residing at Burnside.