PATTERSON, E.D.

PATTERSON, GRIFFEN

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 4/13/2013 at 13:26:50

The 1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Washington Township

Page 793-4

PATTERSON, E.D.--Farmer and stock-raiser, section 22, P.O. Grinnell. Was born in Belfast, Maine, August 24, 1842, and was there raised until about fourteen years of age. He then moved with his parents to Jasper county of this State, where he remained following the pursuits of agriculture. When the dark cloud hovered over our country, and threatened destruction, Mr. Patterson was one of the first to offer his life for his country, and enlisted, August 1, 1861, in company I, Tenth Iowa infantry, and served two years and a half, and re-enlisted, January 31, 1864, at Huntsville, Alabama, and served until the end of the war. He entered as a private and was promoted to corporal, October 31, 1864. He was in thirty-six engagements while in the war, of which the principal ones are Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion's Hill, Vicksburg (in this battle he received a wound in the hip, but still held his place), Mission Ridge, Goldsboro, Corinth and in the battle of Kingston, where he had his knee put out of place, and was mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 15, 1865. He returned to Grinnell, this State, and was married to Miss Mary Griffen. By this union they have six children living: Susy Eveline, Arthur H., William A., Sadie M., Clark E. and Lucy Frances. Lost one child, Eddie. He now enjoys the comforts of a farm of eighty acres under good cultivation.