JOHN H. PATTESON
Was born in Buckingham county, Virginia, on January 16, 1847. He
attended the schools of his native county, and closed his academic
studies with attendance for two sessions at Trinity College, North
Carolina. In November, 1864, he entered the Confederate States
Army, 37th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, in which he served until the
close of the war. After the war he studied law with Capt. Camm
Patteson, of Buckingham county, and in November, 1869, he entered
into practice in that county. In 1870, he removed to Lynchburg,
Virginia, where he practiced law until 1873. In November, 1873, he
joined the Virginia Methodist Conference, and was licensed to preach,
which calling he followed for ten years. Since 1884 he has been practicing
law at Danville, office in Riverside Block. He is also the
treasurer of city of North Danville.
Mr. Patteson's parents were born in Buckingham county. Robert
Patteson, his father, died August 3, 1864, aged sixty-five years, and
his mother, who was Margaret P. Hocker, died in September, 1870,
aged sixty-nine years. The first wife of Mr. Patteson was Georgietta
B. Kinnear, who died June 24, 1873, leaving him one son, Andrew K.,
now of Danville. Secondly he married Fannie Shepherd, of Cambridge,
Maryland. Their marriage was solemnized in her native town, on
January 28, 1880, and they have two children, Pearl and Paul.
