FULTON COUNTY OHIO 
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File contributed for use by Ohio Biographies Project
by Janet Wilkinson Schwartz (wilkinschw@aol.com)
December 2002
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History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio.  Lewis Cass Aldrich, ed.  Syracuse,
NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888.


PATTERSON, WILLIAM JR., Clinton, Wauseon p.o., was born in Tuscarawas county, 
O., in November, 1821, and was married in 1845 to HANNAH ROBINETT, who was born 
in Wood county.  She died in 1847, and he then married his second wife, SUSANNA 
HAY, who was born in Wayne county, O., in 1837.  They were married in October, 
1854, and have had a family of thirteen children, twelve of whom are now 
living--PERMELIA, CLINTON, MARY, LORINDA, LAWRENCE, ALICE, MARTHA, JANE, ELIAS, 
IRA, GEORGE and ROSS.  SUSANNA was a daughter of VALENTINE and CHRISTIANA HAY.  
VALENTINE settled in York township in 1849.  They were born in 1800.  CHRISTIANA
died in York township in July, 1886, leaving a family of six children, one 
daughter, SUSANNA, and five sons.  WILLIAM PATTERSON was a son of WILLIAM and 
CATHARINE (SNYDER) PATTERSON.  He was born in New Jersey, and his wife in 
Pennsylvania.  They were married and died in Tuscarawas county, and had a family 
of twelve children, six of whom are now living--JOHN, ADAM, WILLIAM, AARON, 
EDWARD and ELIAS.  WILLIAM settled in Clinton, Fulton county, coming there from 
Wood county in 1846, and purchased his present homestead of eighty acres in 1858 
for which he paid $700.  He now owns 159 acres.  Mr. PATTERSON has contributed 
much toward the clearing and improving of the township, and now has a pleasant 
homestead.