Marshall County, West Virginia Biography of GUY B. PATTERSON ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Submitted by Valerie Crook, , March 1999 ************************************************************************** The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 104-105 GUY B. PATTERSON. One of the important industrial enterprises at Cameron, Marshall County, is that of the Patterson Glass Manufacturing Company, of which Guy B. Patterson is secretary and treasurer and George B. Pat- terson is the president. This concern represents a reor- ganization of the Marshall Window Glass Company, which was promoted by Guy B. Patterson and which erected the manufacturing plant at Cameron in the year 1901. The original company gave employment to seventy-five opera- tives in the manufacturing of window glass, and Mr. Pat- terson was secretary of the company from its inception until its reorganization under the present title in 1906, since which time he has been secretary and treasurer. The substantial enterprise now entails the retention of about 150 men, and the capacity of the manufactory is now about double that of the original. The pay roll of the company averages about $5,000 a week, and this has significant bearing on the commercial prestige of Cameron, the sand utilized at the factory being obtained from Berke- ley Springs, Morgan County, and the limestone from Martinsburg, Berkeley County. The employes are num- bered among the substantial and valued citizens of Cam- eron, many of them being highly skilled artisans and being the owners of home properties in the community. The plant is modern in all equipments, including continuous furnace provision instead of the more common individual fire pots. Here are manufactured excellent grades of win- dow glass, and there is a constant and ready demand for the output of the factory. Guy B. Patterson was born at Barnesville, Belmont Coun- ty, Ohio, and is a son of George B. Patterson, who is president of the Patterson Glass Manufacturing Company and who has maintained his residence at Cameron for the past fifteen years. Guy B. Patterson has been associated with the operation of the plant of the Eastern Ohio Glass Company in his native town of Barnesville, and there fa- miliarized himself with all technical details of manufac- turing, as well as with the general office details connected with the business. He has brought his experience into most effective play in developing the substantial and pros- perous business of the company of which he is now secre- tary and treasurer, and one of the vital and progressive business men of this section of West Virginia. Mr. Pat- terson and his father own the gas well which supplies their factory and also other industrial plants at Cameron, and he is vice president and a director of the Bank of Cameron. Mr. Patterson married Miss Alta Parriott, daughter of Samuel Parriott, who was formerly engaged in the hotel business at Cameron and who was one of the most success- ful and popular hotel men in this section of West Virginia. After his retirement from active business Mr. Parriott continued to reside at Cameron until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have two sons, George Benjamin and Samuel.