PATTON, Thomas - 1914

PATTON

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

THOMAS PATTON.

Among the men who were active in inaugurating and shaping the business policy and commercial development of Cherokee county is numbered Thomas Patton, who came to this part of Iowa in 1870 and who was for many years connected with important lumber interests here. His death therefore removed from the county one whom it could ill afford to lose, a man whose ambition, ability and enterprise were factors in his own prosperity and in community growth. Mr. Patton was born November 28, 1844, in county Tyrone, Ireland, and remained in his native country until he was twenty years of age. In 1864 he emigrated to America and settled immediately in Dubuque county, Iowa. Afterward he removed to Delaware county and from there came to Cherokee in 1870. He established himself in the lumber business in partnership with James Robertson and their association continued for many years with gratifying results. Mr. Patton remained connected with the lumber business until his death, owning yards at Primghar and Marcus. He was a man of excellent business ability and sound judgment and in the conduct of his affairs met with well deserved success. Through his business connections he materially assisted in the development and upbuilding of Cherokee and did much to advance the prosperity of the city.

Mr. Patton left to mourn his loss three brothers: Joseph, a resident of Rowan, Iowa; James, of Coggon, Iowa; and Nathan, a resident of Ehler. He was a devout member of the Presbyterian church and an active religious worker. He had been a resident of Cherokee county for fortythree years and had a wide acquaintance throughout this section of the state, for he was a broad-minded, able and liberal man. He died November 23, 1913, and a life of genuine, unostentatious usefulness was brought to a close, his sterling worth being manifest in the appreciation of a large circle of friends.