I found my husband's gg-grandparents, William & Margaret (Brandon) Patterson in Washington Co. on the 1880 census - don't know why they were there, originally from Butler & Mercer Counties, Pennsylvania - with daughter Margaret and son Albert. Don't know what happened to Albert after the census, or William either. Mother & daughter ended up back in Mercer Co. by 1886, daughter Margaret married John Emery and mom Margaret was there at least in 1899 when she provided testimony for son Samuel C. Patterson's military pension inquiry. Anything on William Patterson in Washington Co.? We don't know for sure if he ever returned to Pennsylvania with his family, or if he died in Washington Co. and that is why the family returned to PA. Thanks, ~gina~ ~gina thomas patterson~ Please visit my home page at www.burningskyenterprises.com, click on "Family Album". Researching families Brumbelow, Carsten, Leitch, Manes, Patterson, Stiffler, Thomas, Tye & more than I have fingers, toes, earrings & nose holes for!