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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Capt. Anson PATTERSON, mail agent and express messenger of the Joliet branch Michigan Central 
Railroad, Joliet; was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., April 14, 1830 ; when he was about 4 years 
old, his parents removed to Seneca Co., N. Y., in 1845 to Seneca Co., Ohio, and, in 1847, to 
Will Co., Ill.; his father, Joseph Patterson, still resides in Joliet Twp. Until the 
breaking-out of the war, Capt. PATTERSON followed farming, being engaged for nine years, 
during the winters, teaching, eight of which he taught in one district. In 1862 he entered 
the 100th Ill. V. I. as First Lieutenant of Co. E, and, after the battle of Chickamauga, 
was promoted to the rank of Captain, serving till June, 1865; among the principal engagements 
in which he participated were the battle of Chickamauga, siege of Atlanta, battles of 
Jonesboro', Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville, besides several minor engagements; he was 
wounded at the battle of Chickamauga Sept, 20, 1863. Returning to Joliet, he was engaged in 
various kinds of business until 1869, when he was appointed Postmaster at Joliet, holding 
the office two Years, at the end of which time he entered upon his present position. He was 
married in 1851 to Miss Helen M. MCCLURE, of Joliet; they have had ten children, seven of 
whom are now living.