All info. is copied from this book as it is written. I do not add or delete from any of the list that have been posted or will be posted. There are seventeen biographies, so I will try to post as many per day as time allows until complete. At the end of these biographies I will give you info. on all the contents of this book. Among the members of the Patterson family who have contributed to American culture are politicians, pioneers, and businessmen. At least fourteen members have served either in the United States House of Representatives or in the Senate. Robert, A pioneer who fought in many Indian wars, helped found the town that is now Cincinnati. John Henry, after finding his metier at the late age of forty, built his company into the vast conglomerate known as National Cash Register. Carlile, a sailor and engineer, worked for the federal coastal survey and as superintendent was responsible for turning it into a well-known geodetic survey. The reports of these industrious Patterson family members listed below have been taken from a number of sources to illustrate their diverse interest. William Patterson {1745-9 September 1806}: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Patterson was born at sea and the exact date of his birth is unknown. Little is known of his early life, until he entered Princeton and graduated in 1763; he then studied law and was admitted to the bar. Patterson, an influential delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, led the faction which preferred a weak central government and strong states' rights; his spirited arguments led to one of the major compromises of the Constitution as it was finally drafted. In 1789 Patterson was elected senator to the Congress, representing New Jersey. In 1790 he became governor of New Jersey, and three years later was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court. He held that post until his death, which occurred while he was visiting Albany, New York. Robert Patterson {1753 - 5 August 1887}: pioneer. Patterson was born in Pennsylvania and migrated to Kentucky in 1775, where he helped build the town of Georgetown. In 1776 he began an expedition to Pittsburgh to bring food and ammunition back to the isolated village. While sleeping one night around a campfire the party was attacked by Indians, who came on them with tomahawks and slaughtered or wounded everyone in the group. Patterson survived, although his wounds kept him in bed for nearly a year. He went on to fight Indians with Colonel George Clarke in 1778 in Illinois, and with Colonel John Bowman in 1779. Patterson also served as a colonel in Clarke's second campaign, and in an expedition led by Colonel Logan against the Shawnee. One of the founders of Lexington, Kentucky, he built the first house to be raised in that city, in 1779. Patterson was also a founder of the town of Cincinnati, and owned a great deal of land there. In 1804 he finally settled on farm near Dayton, where he died.