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Rev William Rooker Patty

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Rev William Rooker Patty

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
12 May 1890 (aged 72)
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.9418602, Longitude: -123.0093689
Plot
OLD 164-01
Memorial ID
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son of Josiah Patty & Elizabeth Rooker
married Martha Greene, Sep 7, 1839, Roane Co, TN

"Patty--At his home in this city on Monday, May 12, 1890, at 9 o'clock a.m., W.R. Patty, aged 72 years.
`Father' Patty, as he was familiarly called, was a native of Tennessee. In November, 1852, he came to Oregon settling at Milwaukee, Clackamas county. He resided for a short time in Polk and Yamhill counties, and in 1860 he came to Salem and located. In the same year he connected himself in business of the Capital Lumbering mill company; remaining with them a few years he sold out and settled on a farm near Amity. After remaining there eight years and over he came back to Salem and re-engaged in the lumbering business. At the time of his death he was the president of this mill. He has been thrice married and leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss.
The funeral will be held this forenoon at 11 o'clock at the Methodist church, of which he was a member, and the remains will be interred in the Lee Mission cemetery, east of Salem." [Daily Oregon Statesman May 14, 1890 4:3]
son of Josiah Patty & Elizabeth Rooker
married Martha Greene, Sep 7, 1839, Roane Co, TN

"Patty--At his home in this city on Monday, May 12, 1890, at 9 o'clock a.m., W.R. Patty, aged 72 years.
`Father' Patty, as he was familiarly called, was a native of Tennessee. In November, 1852, he came to Oregon settling at Milwaukee, Clackamas county. He resided for a short time in Polk and Yamhill counties, and in 1860 he came to Salem and located. In the same year he connected himself in business of the Capital Lumbering mill company; remaining with them a few years he sold out and settled on a farm near Amity. After remaining there eight years and over he came back to Salem and re-engaged in the lumbering business. At the time of his death he was the president of this mill. He has been thrice married and leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss.
The funeral will be held this forenoon at 11 o'clock at the Methodist church, of which he was a member, and the remains will be interred in the Lee Mission cemetery, east of Salem." [Daily Oregon Statesman May 14, 1890 4:3]

Bio source: Oregon Pioneers Website



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