Brief Life History of Berry Allen
When Berry Allen Patton was born on 1 May 1868, in Arkansas, United States, his father, John Henry Patton, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Malinda Buie, was 30. He married Alice Godfrey on 1 February 1894, in Hood, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 2, Erath, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 April 1957, in Dublin, Erath, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Old Dublin Memorial Park, Dublin, Erath, Texas, United States.
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- Berry A Patton, "United States Census, 1950"
- Allen Patton, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Berry Allen Patton, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1869
Historical Boundaries 1869: Boone, Arkansas, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
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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