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Birth:          13 Jul 1843 Philadelphia, Pa.
Death:          21 Apr 1921 Philadelphia, Pa.
Cause of Death: abdominal tumor
Burial:         25 Apr 1921 Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.

Notes
Pa Gazette vol 19, issue 28
educ Penn, Princeton, studied law at Harvard, entered office of John C. Bullitt, later 
practiced under firm name of Rand and Patton. 1887, elected pres of Mortgage Trust 
Co of Pa., resigned 1896, ill health. 1897 became Prof of Law at UPenn until 1911. 
member of Common Council for 10th Ward 1881-5. 1904, mbr Board of Education. 
Author, with son Henry B Patton (from 1st marr) of "Patton's Practice," an 
authoritative treatise on replevin. First wife Mary Blackiston, had 2 sons, 3 dtrs
The Hist of the Desc of John Dwight, Mass, v 2, on googlebooks
per 1918 Ann Rpt of Carnegie Fdn for Advancement of Educ, he was chosen to fill the 
professorship of Practice at the law school. "Many problems confronted him in 
establishing this new course, but he successfully surmounted them, and among the 
different legal books of which he was the author was a standard work on 'Practice.' 
He retired in 1912 after a service of fifteen years. The Carnegie Foundation granted 
Professor Patton a retiring allownce in September, 1912."
1920 in Phila., Pa. lawyer
findagrave (says b 18 Dec 1843), grad Princeton 1863
Penna Death Cert on ancestry, lived 2223 De Lancey St, Phila., Pa.


Parents
PATTON John ()
GOULD Mindwell L. ()

Siblings
PATTON John Woodbridge (13 Jul 1843 - 21 Apr 1921)

Marriage To CREW Florence B. (4 Dec 1870 - 5 Feb 1946)
    m. 1911 

Notes

Parents
CREW Benjamin Johnson (29 Nov 1827 - 5 Nov 1885)
RICHARDS Anna Bartram (23 Dec 1820 - 7 Jul 1906)

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