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Richard Bradford Patterson

1830 – 26 Dec 1911

Birth1830
Death26 Dec 1911
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Mother — article , from the Alabama Couier , dated july 30 , 1897 Temperance Patterson, "remarkable woman " " undoubtly the remarkable personage in this county ( limestone co., AL ) , if not in the entire state, is mrs. Temperance Patterson , the aged mother of our worthy tax collector , richard b patterson , who if she lives , will celebrate the 100th anniversary of her birthday on the 12th of may 1897". this remarkable woman was born in south carolina on may 12 , 1797 and was married to her husband, alexander patterson about 1815. she was of scotch - irish parentage and was miss clarke. soon after her marriage , she and her husband decided to " go west ', not possibly taking the advice of horace greelley, who was then unborn but they wanted to go where they could grow up with country and better their fortune. they loaded their household effects into a wagon and turner their horses heads to the west, started for the wilderness then almost unexplored . this was then a territory and they stopped in this county ( limestone ) where she has remained to this day. she has lived in this residence that she now occupies for more than sixty years. to she and her husband were born 9 children : 4 sons and 5 daughters , three of the sons and three of the daughters have been called to give account of their stewardship on earth. one son the youngest , richard , still lives with his mother and provides for every need only as a dutiful son can. he has never marriedthough sixty years old,and is not sensitive about his age. mrs patterson , is in many respects a most remarkable woman. she has a very remarkable memory, and can tell of things and happenings that occured before any of the present living were born , and when she was a very young woman. when she first passed through Athens AL , there were two stores , very primitive affairs small log buildings and a few small log residences here. when her husband settled in this county the indians roamed at will and were not molested. the wild animals made night hideous and the belated traveler was eager to find shelter. she was always , a very active personand to this more than anything else , she attributes her long life. she was always busy and active. when young , she weighed about 145 pounds and was a woman of unusual strenght and vitality. she was left with a family of children, a widow more than fifty years ago,she has remained a widow ever since. she reared family to a useful and honorable career, and her daughters and sons have left a noble heritage , behind. 75 years of age , she joined the primitive baptist church and has remained a loyal and faithful member all these years and will die in it's faith , and beburied by it's preacher. she has lived to see those there were on the stage of action , when she stands as a monument to the long and forgotten past, a link , as it were between this and the past ages, truly she is a remarklable woman. r b patterson , served as tax assessor 1874-1893 and as tax collector in 1893. mrs patterson neighbors in the 1860 limestone co. census include : bullington , dupree , legg , haney , christopher , strange , garner , marlow , cunningham and white families.

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