Patton, W. L.

PATTON

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Date: 1/12/2009 at 16:17:13

W. L. Patton

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.47, Council Bluffs)
Dr. W. L. Patton, physician, Council Bluffs, is a native of Virginia. He moved to Missouri in 1853, and resided in that State nine years, during eight of which he practiced in Kirksville, Adair County, of that State. He came to Council Bluffs in 1865, and followed his profession as a physician and oculist. He went into the drug business in 1867. After two years, he sold out and opened up in the same business a second time, in connection with Mr. M. Beardsley. They carried nearly $7,000 in stock, and continued in this business for two years, when they sold out, after which our subject attended strictly to his practice. During the last two years, he has treated 352 cares of eye and ear difficulties. He owns a fine livery stable on North Main street. He opened an undertaking establishment September 1, 1882. He has 106 feet front on North Main street, valued at $20,000. The Doctor was married in Virginia, in March, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth C. Rogers, daughter of John Rogers, who died in Harrison County, this State, in November, 1880, aged eighty-two. Mr. and Mrs. Patton have seven children, four sons and three daughters. His oldest boy - A. B. Patton, is at present a telegraph operator in Pueblo, Colo. Douglas S. is in Omaha, in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The next boy - William, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Council Bluffs in 1880, and is now in Kokomo, Summit Co., Col. His three daughters - Jennie, Effie and Lulu, are all at home. His youngest boy - D. D. is also at home, and is a fine musician. (From the 1882 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa)