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Date
n.d.
Creation Date
2016
Description
A biography of James Patton, a prominent businessman in Frontenac. From page 477? of "History of Crawford County."
Digital Collection
Frontenac, Kansas Historical Photograph Collection
Object Type
Photograph
Transcription
DR. JAMES S. PATTON.
Dr. James S. Patton, who has made Crawford county the center of his active life since he was sixteen years old, is prominent at Frontenac as a druggist, banker and in connection with other business interests, and for a number of years was a leading medical practitioner, although in recent years his business has made too great demands on his time for him to continue regular practice. The town of Frontenac owes much to him for its growth and progress, and his public-spirited endeavor has been freely accorded to all enterprises looking to the community's upbuilding and welfare.
Dr. Patton was born near Livonia, Washington county, Indiana, in 1863, a son of Granville and Clementine (Trabue) Patton. Both the Patton and Trabue families were among the earliest settler of Washington county. Dr. Patton's paternal grandfather, B. P. Patton, with his brother Dave, settled in that part of Indiana in the early part of the last century, and from the wilderness cleared out a farm. About the same time George Trabue, the maternal grandfather of Dr. Patton, also arrived in Washington county, having come from Kentucky. and made himself a home from the undeveloped government land. Both
Identifier
Kansas, Frontenac-Patton, James S 033
Image Format
Still Image
Location
Kansas -- Crawford -- Frontenac
Repository
Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library, Pittsburg State University
Publisher Digital
Digital Resource Center, Leonard H. Axe Library, Pittsburg State University
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