Patterson, Elisha ⁴⁰

  General Notes:

NOTES: Elisha was the third child of John and Keziah Patterson.


MARRIAGE: On 9 Jan 1806 he married Lucy Hubbard and they had 14 children. He had 93 grandchildren. Marriage Records, City Hall, St. Louis, Mo.: Bk.1, pp. 80, 150; Bk. 5, p. 354; Bk. 6, pp. 74, 321; Bk. 7, p. 74; Bk. 11, p. 310.


MARRIAGE: Their marriage was probably the first Protestant Christian marriage performed in this territory by the Rev. John Clark (He is also buried in Cold Water Cemetery). Elisha and his wife Lucy; were destined to be important and influential members of the first Methodist Society west of the Mississippi River. Their home was the preaching place until the church house was built in approximately 1832-1833.


MILITARY: Served in the War of 1812. Service Record, Adjutant Greneral of Missouri, Jefferson City, Missouri. Elisha served as a Sergeant in James Musick's Company of Militia in the service by order of his Excellency Benjamin Howard, Commander in Chief, War of 1812.


QUESTION: According to "The Patterson Family" 10/1/48, page 2, there were 15 children. We only have the names of 14. According to "A Stroll Through Coldwater Cemetery" there were 14 children.


SOURCE: National Society United States Daughters of 1812 - Grave Locations Project - Soldiers of War of 1812.


SOURCE: "The Methodist Church in Missouri" by Frank C. Tucker, copies of pages 13 through 19, in possession of Marilyn P. Devaney. On page 16 the second class formed by John Clark included Elisha and Lucy Hubbard Patterson, William and Asenith Patterson, John and Jane Sanders, Polly Patterson, Gilbert Hodge and wife, Allen Mannon and wife, John and Penelope Brown, Amy James, and Sallie Jamieson. Elisha Patterson was the chosen Class Leader, and the William Patterson Home was the meeting place.


SOURCE: Copy of a letter from Mrs K. E. Davis, dated 7 Feb 1919, Grand Daughter of
Lucy Hubbard Patterson to a Brother Spencer in the possession of Marilyn P. Devaney telling that her Grandfather, Elisha was born in South Carolina and that her Great Grand Father, John Patterson Senior, was born in North Carolina.


WILL: St. Louis and St. Louis County, Missouri Probate Records-778/32II (96) Vol. 2 1849-1861. Page 25 "Elisha Patterson Wrtn 1-19-35.
Red. 3-10-54. Lucy Patterson wf. Isaac Jones (removed from county) Wit. Gilbert James decd & Joseph Patterson Wits. Durrett Patterson son and Ex., William Patterson son & Ex. E:250 F #4271.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1830, St. Louis County, Missouri. ⁵⁰ 1830 Census - St. Ferdinand Township, St. Louis County, Missouri
Series: M19 Roll: 72 Page: 296

• Census, 1840, St. Louis County, Missouri. ⁵⁹ 1840 Census - St. Ferdinand Township, St. Louis County, Missouri
Series: M704 Roll: 231 Page: 235

• Census, 31 Aug 1850, St. Louis County, Missouri. ³⁴ 1850 Census - 82nd District, St. Louis County, Missouri
Series: M432 Roll: 414 Page: 476

• Burial, Jun 1854, Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri. ⁴⁰ Cold Water Cemetery

TOMBSTONE:
Elisha Patterson was born in Orange County, N.C. Oct. 10, 1783, died June 14, 1854.

Elisha was the second child of John and Keziah Patterson. On 9 January 1806 he married Lucy Hubbard and they had 14 children. Their marriage was probably the first Protestant Christian marriage performed in this territory by Rev. John Clark. Elisha and his wife Lucy were destined to be important and influential members of the first Methodist Society, west of the Mississippi River. Their home was the preaching place until the church house was built in approximately 1832-1833. Elisha served as a sergeant in James Musick's Company of Militia in the service by order of His Excellency Benjamin Howard, Commander in Chief, War of 1812.

• National Register: Home built in 1850 added to the National Register of Historic Places, 17 Nov 2004, St. Louis County, Missouri. MISSOURI, ST. LOUIS COUNTY
Patterson, Elisha and Lucy
Farmstead Historic District
15505 New Halls Ferry Rd., Florissant vicinity
04001242
LISTED, 11/17/04

Elisha married Lucy Hubbard, daughter of Durrett Hubbard and Unknown, on 9 Jan 1806 in St. Louis County, Missouri. (Lucy Hubbard was born on 13 Mar 1790 in Virginia,⁶⁰ died on 3 Nov 1876 in St. Ferdinand Township, St. Louis County, Missouri ⁶⁰ and was buried on 5 Nov 1876 in Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri ⁶⁰.)