Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878. Thomas PATTERSON, farmer; P. O. East Wheatland; was born in Scotland Jan. 14, 1822, and is the son of John and Jane (HOWELL) PATTERSON, of Scotland; father was a farmer; Mr. Patterson emigrated to America in 1858, and, same year, came to Will Co., IL; here he has remained ever since. He married Miss Agnes PALMER, of England; have three children, two daughters and one son. Owns 120 acres of improved land.