Death last night claimed John Henry Patton, a resident of . San Bernardino almost continuously since 1895, and for a large part of that time a prominent figure in the commercial life of the city. He retired from active merchandising in 1921, but it is remembered that he was the first merchant in the city's business district to establish the system of exact change, paying the difference in pennies, and he also had the first automobile delivery among the groceries of the city years ago. Mr. Patton was a native of Tennessee, born there Aug. 6, 1862, and therefore was 71 years of age. He came to California originally in 1888, locating at Menifee, then in San Diego county, but he soon determined to return to the old home state, and. was back in Tennessee until 1895, when the California lure again called him, and he came to San Bernardino. Here he established himself in business, originally as a member of the grocery firm of Patton & Snelson, and later, after another stay in Tennessee, he returned to San Bernardino to enter business on his own account, which he continued until he retired In 1921. His was the first strictly cash grocery in San Bernardino. It was during his original visit to California that he married Miss Lulu Kirkpatrick, and last October marked the forty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Mrs. Patton survives him, as do three sons and a daughter, Amos H. Patton, William J. Patton and Gilbert Patton, all residents of San Bernardino, and the daughter, Mrs. T. F. Peterson, now a resident of Crescent City, California. Funeral arrangements are pending, and are in charge of the I. M. Knopsnyder company of Colton
information from an article published in the SAN BERNARDINO SUN on December 27, 1933
He died in San Bernardino, California on December 26, 1933 at the age of 71. He was born in Tennessee.
Funeral services for John Henry Patton, retired San Bernarino business man, were held yesterday afternoon at the Knopsnyder chapel in Colton. The Rev. Otis D. Ironmonger, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated. Odd Fellows had charge of the committal service at the grave, and pallbearers, Odd Fellows of San Bernardino, were George Feetham, B. E. Barton, E. Carter, Oscar Nelson, Calvin Wagner and J. T. Plast.
information from an article published in the SAN BERNARDINO SUN on December 29, 1933
Known as Harry. Had a club foot.
From San Bernardino and Riverside Counties History at p. 1304.
A prosperous business man of San Bernardino. Educated in the county schools of Carroll County, Tn during the terrible days of reconstruction. School house had neither doors not windows and everything was of the most primitive order. After leaving school he went to Memphis and worked in the transfer business until 1887, when he went to Alamo, Crockett County, Tennessee, and opened a general merchandise store. This he conducted one year and then sold out, and in January 1888, came to California and located in Menefee, San Diego County. Here he took up a homestead claim, but remained on it less than a year, returning to his home state and locating at Trezevant, where he entered the mercantile field. He lived there until 1895, when he sold out, returning to California locating in San Bernardino.
He started a grocery business in March 1895 and built up a fine trade, conducting it until 1904, when he once more sold out and went to Tn. There he engaged in farming until 1911, when he decided California was the right state after all, and he came back to San Bernardino, where he has since made his home, conducting a successful grocery store. He married in October 1888 in San Diego County, Lulu Kirkpatrick, a daughter of W.J. Kirkpatrick of Riverside County.
He was a Democrat and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
from WORLD CONNECT, John Henry Patton was born on August 6, 1862 in McLemairisville, Tennessee to James Henry Patton of Tennessee and Nancy Cappa Hart of North Carolina, one of their twelve children. He married a Miss Harrison and later married Lula Pauline Kirkpatrick of Tennessee on October 17, 1888 in San Diego County, California and they had four children. He died on December 26, 1933.
information from an article published in the SAN BERNARDINO SUN on December 27, 1933
He died in San Bernardino, California on December 26, 1933 at the age of 71. He was born in Tennessee.
Funeral services for John Henry Patton, retired San Bernarino business man, were held yesterday afternoon at the Knopsnyder chapel in Colton. The Rev. Otis D. Ironmonger, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated. Odd Fellows had charge of the committal service at the grave, and pallbearers, Odd Fellows of San Bernardino, were George Feetham, B. E. Barton, E. Carter, Oscar Nelson, Calvin Wagner and J. T. Plast.
information from an article published in the SAN BERNARDINO SUN on December 29, 1933
Known as Harry. Had a club foot.
From San Bernardino and Riverside Counties History at p. 1304.
A prosperous business man of San Bernardino. Educated in the county schools of Carroll County, Tn during the terrible days of reconstruction. School house had neither doors not windows and everything was of the most primitive order. After leaving school he went to Memphis and worked in the transfer business until 1887, when he went to Alamo, Crockett County, Tennessee, and opened a general merchandise store. This he conducted one year and then sold out, and in January 1888, came to California and located in Menefee, San Diego County. Here he took up a homestead claim, but remained on it less than a year, returning to his home state and locating at Trezevant, where he entered the mercantile field. He lived there until 1895, when he sold out, returning to California locating in San Bernardino.
He started a grocery business in March 1895 and built up a fine trade, conducting it until 1904, when he once more sold out and went to Tn. There he engaged in farming until 1911, when he decided California was the right state after all, and he came back to San Bernardino, where he has since made his home, conducting a successful grocery store. He married in October 1888 in San Diego County, Lulu Kirkpatrick, a daughter of W.J. Kirkpatrick of Riverside County.
He was a Democrat and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
from WORLD CONNECT, John Henry Patton was born on August 6, 1862 in McLemairisville, Tennessee to James Henry Patton of Tennessee and Nancy Cappa Hart of North Carolina, one of their twelve children. He married a Miss Harrison and later married Lula Pauline Kirkpatrick of Tennessee on October 17, 1888 in San Diego County, California and they had four children. He died on December 26, 1933.
Death last night claimed John Henry Patton, a resident of . San Bernardino almost continuously since 1895, and for a large part of that time a prominent figure in the commercial life of the city. He retired from active merchandising in 1921, but it is remembered that he was the first merchant in the city's business district to establish the system of exact change, paying the difference in pennies, and he also had the first automobile delivery among the groceries of the city years ago. Mr. Patton was a native of Tennessee, born there Aug. 6, 1862, and therefore was 71 years of age. He came to California originally in 1888, locating at Menifee, then in San Diego county, but he soon determined to return to the old home state, and. was back in Tennessee until 1895, when the California lure again called him, and he came to San Bernardino. Here he established himself in business, originally as a member of the grocery firm of Patton & Snelson, and later, after another stay in Tennessee, he returned to San Bernardino to enter business on his own account, which he continued until he retired In 1921. His was the first strictly cash grocery in San Bernardino. It was during his original visit to California that he married Miss Lulu Kirkpatrick, and last October marked the forty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Mrs. Patton survives him, as do three sons and a daughter, Amos H. Patton, William J. Patton and Gilbert Patton, all residents of San Bernardino, and the daughter, Mrs. T. F. Peterson, now a resident of Crescent City, California. Funeral arrangements are pending, and are in charge of the I. M. Knopsnyder company of Colton
information from an article published in the SAN BERNARDINO SUN on December 27, 1933
He died in San Bernardino, California on December 26, 1933 at the age of 71. He was born in Tennessee.
Funeral services for John Henry Patton, retired San Bernarino business man, were held yesterday afternoon at the Knopsnyder chapel in Colton. The Rev. Otis D. Ironmonger, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated. Odd Fellows had charge of the committal service at the grave, and pallbearers, Odd Fellows of San Bernardino, were George Feetham, B. E. Barton, E. Carter, Oscar Nelson, Calvin Wagner and J. T. Plast.
information from an article published in the SAN BERNARDINO SUN on December 29, 1933
Known as Harry. Had a club foot.
From San Bernardino and Riverside Counties History at p. 1304.
A prosperous business man of San Bernardino. Educated in the county schools of Carroll County, Tn during the terrible days of reconstruction. School house had neither doors not windows and everything was of the most primitive order. After leaving school he went to Memphis and worked in the transfer business until 1887, when he went to Alamo, Crockett County, Tennessee, and opened a general merchandise store. This he conducted one year and then sold out, and in January 1888, came to California and located in Menefee, San Diego County. Here he took up a homestead claim, but remained on it less than a year, returning to his home state and locating at Trezevant, where he entered the mercantile field. He lived there until 1895, when he sold out, returning to California locating in San Bernardino.
He started a grocery business in March 1895 and built up a fine trade, conducting it until 1904, when he once more sold out and went to Tn. There he engaged in farming until 1911, when he decided California was the right state after all, and he came back to San Bernardino, where he has since made his home, conducting a successful grocery store. He married in October 1888 in San Diego County, Lulu Kirkpatrick, a daughter of W.J. Kirkpatrick of Riverside County.
He was a Democrat and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
from WORLD CONNECT, John Henry Patton was born on August 6, 1862 in McLemairisville, Tennessee to James Henry Patton of Tennessee and Nancy Cappa Hart of North Carolina, one of their twelve children. He married a Miss Harrison and later married Lula Pauline Kirkpatrick of Tennessee on October 17, 1888 in San Diego County, California and they had four children. He died on December 26, 1933.
information from an article published in the SAN BERNARDINO SUN on December 27, 1933
He died in San Bernardino, California on December 26, 1933 at the age of 71. He was born in Tennessee.
Funeral services for John Henry Patton, retired San Bernarino business man, were held yesterday afternoon at the Knopsnyder chapel in Colton. The Rev. Otis D. Ironmonger, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated. Odd Fellows had charge of the committal service at the grave, and pallbearers, Odd Fellows of San Bernardino, were George Feetham, B. E. Barton, E. Carter, Oscar Nelson, Calvin Wagner and J. T. Plast.
information from an article published in the SAN BERNARDINO SUN on December 29, 1933
Known as Harry. Had a club foot.
From San Bernardino and Riverside Counties History at p. 1304.
A prosperous business man of San Bernardino. Educated in the county schools of Carroll County, Tn during the terrible days of reconstruction. School house had neither doors not windows and everything was of the most primitive order. After leaving school he went to Memphis and worked in the transfer business until 1887, when he went to Alamo, Crockett County, Tennessee, and opened a general merchandise store. This he conducted one year and then sold out, and in January 1888, came to California and located in Menefee, San Diego County. Here he took up a homestead claim, but remained on it less than a year, returning to his home state and locating at Trezevant, where he entered the mercantile field. He lived there until 1895, when he sold out, returning to California locating in San Bernardino.
He started a grocery business in March 1895 and built up a fine trade, conducting it until 1904, when he once more sold out and went to Tn. There he engaged in farming until 1911, when he decided California was the right state after all, and he came back to San Bernardino, where he has since made his home, conducting a successful grocery store. He married in October 1888 in San Diego County, Lulu Kirkpatrick, a daughter of W.J. Kirkpatrick of Riverside County.
He was a Democrat and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
from WORLD CONNECT, John Henry Patton was born on August 6, 1862 in McLemairisville, Tennessee to James Henry Patton of Tennessee and Nancy Cappa Hart of North Carolina, one of their twelve children. He married a Miss Harrison and later married Lula Pauline Kirkpatrick of Tennessee on October 17, 1888 in San Diego County, California and they had four children. He died on December 26, 1933.
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JOHN HENRY PATTON / 1862 - 1933
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Buried between Lula Patton and Robert Dennis in the fifth row from the south curb in the Angelus Lot, CDI provided the date of death in San Bernardino County
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