Brief Life History of George Washington
When Hon George Washington Patton was born on 6 September 1817, in McConnellstown, Walker Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Patton, was 59 and his mother, Rebecca Simpson, was 40. He married Mary B. Burket on 10 June 1845, in Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 7 March 1882, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Geo W Patton, "United States Census, 1880"
- George Washington Patton, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- George W. Patton (1817-1882) - Find A Grave Memorial
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English, northern Irish, and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scottish personal name Patun, Paton, an Old French diminutive of Pat(e), a pet form of Patrick. Compare Patrick and Pattinson .
History: The American general George Patton (1885–1945) was born in San Gabriel, CA, into a family with a long military tradition. His earliest American ancestor, Robert Patton, had emigrated from Scotland to VA c. 1770.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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