Just curious, do you have ties to Bob & Margaret Patterson of Bloomington? -----Original Message----- From: Linda Patterson <lpatt@worldnet.att.net> To: WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 27 February, 2002 8:45 AM Subject: [WIGRANT] Blooming Town >Just came across this bit on information on Bloomington: > > BLOOMINGTON > Originally known as Tafton, the "Blooming Town" was named after >the agricultural "blooming" that occurred in the area after a local >blacksmith patented a device for sowing oats in 1867. > > Does anyone know who the blacksmith was that patented the oat sowing >device? My great grandfather, John Edward Bowden, was a blacksmith in this >region at the time. > > Linda > > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >