When Thomas Patten was born on 28 January 1802, in Virginia, United States, his father, Israel Patton, was 25 and his mother, Susanna Webb, was 30. He married Rachel Randall on 4 March 1832, in Shelby, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Morgan Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Washington Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 16 July 1892, in Mercer, Missouri, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Princeton, Mercer, Missouri, United States.