>From the HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 1878 James G. Patterson of the firm of James G. Patterson & Sons, grocers and news-dealers, Joliet; was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1831, and came to the United States in 1851, settling in Haverstraw, Rockland County, NY; three years later he went to Newburg, thence to New York City, coming to Joliet in the spring of 1855; he was engaged in manufacturing wagons and carriages, and followed that business until 1862, when he engaged in his present business. He was married April 23, 1855 to Miss Mary A. Harris of New York City, also a native of County Tyrone, Ireland; they have seven children -- William A., Margaret J., Lillie M., James C., Eliza E. Emma K. and John H.