Frances Ann "Fannie" Patton Patterson
Birth: Jun. 14, 1840
Rockbridge County
Virginia, USA
Death: Apr. 27, 1894
Frances Ann Patton, was the daughter of Alexander Patton and Nancy F (unknown).
Frances A "Potter" (sic), the daughter of Alexander and Nancy F. Potter (sic)) married Wm L Patterson, on 29 Nov 1866 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
On the 1850 Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found farmer Alexander Patton, 40; Nancy, 39; Elizabeth S, 13; Mary J, 11; FRANCES A, 9; Charlotte B, 7; James F, 5; all VA born.
On 8 Apr 1853, sister Cornelia A Patten (sic), died in Rockbridge Co., the daughter of Alex and N Patten (FS).
On the 1860 Dist. 6, Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found farmer Alexander Patten, 52; Nancy Patten, 50; Mary Patten, 21; FANNY Patten, 20; Charlotte Patten, 17 and James Patten, 15, all VA born. Ancestry indexes "Patten" but it looks like Patton.
28 Sep 1869, her sister Chalotte (sic) B Patton, 24, born in Rockbridge Co., the daughter of Alex and Nancy F Patton, married in Rockbridge Co. to Thompson S Brown, 33, born in Augusta to parents Jno and Isabella Brown (FS).
On the 1870 South RIver, Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found her father, farmer Alexr. Patton, 62 and Mary J Patton, 30, both VA born. (Ancestry lists him as Alex. T, but two lines down, another Alex r. appears where the little "r." is raised and commonly was a shorted version of Alexander.) Widower Alex Patton, the son os John and Sally Patton, married second to Susan M Carson, daughter of John and Margaret Carson, on 1 Dec 1870 in Rockbridge Co.
On the 1870 Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found miller Wm L Patterson, 35; Fannie A Patterson, 28; Carry Nelson Patterson, 3; Nannie Bell Patterson, 1 and farm laborer, Erasmus Palmer, 16, all VA born.
20 Jun 1876, her sister Charlotte B Brown dies in Rockbridge. She was the wife of Thompson S Brown and her parents are listed as Alex and Nancy Patton (FS).
22 Apr 1879, her sister Mary J Patton, age 39, the daughter of Alex. and N F Patton, married Jas W Stoner, 39, son of Jacob and F Stoner, in Rockbridge Co. Both Mary and James were born in Rockbridge Co., also (FS).
On the 1880 Walkers Creek, Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found W. L. Patterson, 45; wife Fanny A. Patterson, 38; daughters: Caroline Patterson, 13; Nancy Patterson, 11; Mary V. Patterson, 9; Elizabeth Patterson, 6; Ada B. Patterson, 4 and son William F. Patterson, 1, all VA born.
Spelling above has errors recorded in actual sources.
Source of burial: Rockbridge County, Virginia Cemeteries, South River and Walker Creek Districts, by the Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society, 1999.
Using the Nov 2012 photo, I believe it says:
PATTERSON
WM L. PATTERSON
BORN MARCH 25, 1835
DIED NOV 28, 1909
FRANCES PATTON
HIS WIFE
BORN JUNE 14, 1840,
DIED APRIL 27, 1894
BLESSED ARE THE (DEAD) WHICH
DIE IN THE LORD
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