J. H. Patton
J. H. Patton, attorney-at-law, Washington, was born in Fayette County, September 6, 1849, and is a son of James and Ellen Patton, natives of Ohio, who have a family of four children, two sons and two daughters.
The subject of our remarks was married, December 3, 1870, to Miss S. E. Durnell, daughter of William Durnell. They are blessed with three children: Glenn, Daisy, and Nellie. He received his education at Lebanon, at the South Salem Academy, and commenced the study of law with the Hon. M. J. Williams, of Washington, and when twenty years of age commenced practice, which was in 1869. His youth was principally spent in Fayette County.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County