Son of Henry Houston Patterson and Mary Elizabeth Hogan Patterson.

James graduated from the University of North Carolina and worked as an attorney. He never married.
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1900 United States Federal Census
Name: James Patterson
Age: 11
Birth Date: Mar 1889
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1900: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Henry H Patterson
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's name: Mary Patterson
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
Henry H Patterson 56
Mary Patterson 46
Fred G Patterson 24
Jennie Patterson 21
James Patterson 11

U.S. School Yearbooks
Name: Southerland Patterson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Age: 20
School: University of North Carolina
School Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Year: 1908
Yearbook Title: Yackety Yack
Alpha Delta Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega
Fratres in Universitate
Class of 1910

U.S. School Yearbooks
Name: James Southerland Patterson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Age: 20
School: University of North Carolina
School Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Year: 1909
Yearbook Title: Yackety Yack
Alpha Delta Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega
Fratres in Universitate
Class of 1910

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: James S Patterson
Age in 1910: 21
Birth Year: 1889
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Henry H Patterson
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's name: Mary E Patterson
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
Henry H Patterson 66
Mary E Patterson 58
Freod G Patterson 30
Janan Latta 28
James S Patterson 21
Louise Latta 4
John P Latta 3

U.S. School Yearbooks
Name: James Southerland Patterson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Age: 20
School: University of North Carolina
School Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Year: 1911
Alpha Delta Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega
Fratres in Universitate
Law

U.S. School Yearbooks
Name: James Southerland Patterson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age: 20
School: University of North Carolina
School Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Year: 1912
Yearbook Title: Yackety Yack
Age: 22
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Weight: 130 pounds
Di Society, German Club, Gimghoul Alpha Tau Omega
"My only books were wonan's looks and folly's all they taught me"
Presents that rare combination of good egg and good student. Modest, unassuming, but a hustler. Gets what he goes after. One of the Law Class representatives in the social side of college life. His highest ambition is to be a big corporation lawyer.
Senior Student in Law

U.S. School Yearbooks
Name: James Southerland Patterson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893
Age: 20
School: University of North Carolina
School Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Year: 1913
Yearbook Title: Yackety Yack
Alpha Delta Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega
Fratres in Ubre A.B.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: James Southland Patterson
County: Orange
State: North Carolina
Birthplace: North Carolina
Birth Date: 26 Mar 1889
Race: White

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: James S Patterson
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1889
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Home in 1930: Durham, Durham, North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
William J Holloway 62
Maggie E Holloway 71
Robert C Holloway 45
Della F Grissom 56
Sallie R Bradsher 64
Juanita Ross 39
Hannah Smith 49
James S Patterson 41
Whitfield W Sledge 31
Bessie Mcdougald 30
George H Smith 19

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: James Patterson
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Durham, Durham, North Carolina
Street: Buchanan Blvd
House Number: 302
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Durham, Durham, North Carolina
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 3B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 56
Occupation: Lawyer
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 34
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: College, 5th or subsequent year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 42
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
James Patterson 52

North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975
Name: James S Patterson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 53
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Attorney
Birth Date: 26 Mar 1889
Birth Place: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 22 Feb 1943
Death Location: Greensboro, Guilford
Father's Name: Henry H Patterson
Mother's name: Elizabeth Hogan
Residence: Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Cause of death: Coronary occlusion, coronary heart disease
Informant: Mrs Blanche Patterson, Greensboro NC