Obituary of Judge J. M. Patterson - Dallas Co, TX
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Judge J. M. Patterson - Dallas, March 14, 1906 - Judge J. M. Patterson died
after
an illness of several months on Tuesday night.. He was born near Lexington,
Kentucky,
July 31, 1812, and came to Dallas in 1846. He acquired property which has
greatly
enhanced in value. In 1851, he shipped cotton and hides by raft down the
Trinity river.
In 1854, he was elected Chief Judge of Dallas County. Judge Patterson
walked from
Shreveport to Dallas in 1846. For 53 years he has been a Mason. He leaves
his wife,
whom he was wedded in 1848, and six children. (Jefferson Jimplecute, Mar.
17, 1906)