This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fisher/Patterson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YVW.2ACEB/3754.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, This is the only Patterson family in my line that I have so far. James Patterson from Ireland b. 1817 m. Elizabeth Fisher 8-22-1844 in Greene Co., Il. and died btw. 1850 and 1860 in Scott Co., Il. They had 3 children: John b. 1845 Scott Co., Il. Mary b. 1848 Scott Co., Il. and William b. 1849 Scott Co., Il. As I said in my last message, James died and Elizabeth remarried. Any connection with these dates? kfr