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tomahawk that confined him to a bed for a year. He was on Col. Clark's expedition in 1778, and with Capt. John Bowman in his raid on old Chillicothe in 1779. On 1 April of the latter year he built the first house on the present city of Lexington, and bought a large part of the surrounding property. He was a captain of a company in Col. Clark's expedition against the Shawnees in August, 1780, and was second in command to Daniel Boone at the battle of Lower Blue Licks. Being overcome with fatigue in the retreat, he fell by the way, but was rescued by Aaron Reynolds, who dismounted and gave him a horse, with the remark: “You saved my soul; I will save your life.” Patterson had rebuked him for profanity in a previous campaign. He was colonel of Clark's second expedition into the Miami country in 1782, and in Gen. Benjamin Logan's expedition against the Shawnees in 1786, in which he received severe wounds. He was one-third owner of Cincinnati when the town was laid out, and in 1804 built the first settlement at Dayton, Ohio, residing on a farm in its vicinity until his death.

PATTERSON, Robert, pioneer, b. in Bedford county. Pa., 15 March, 1753 ; d. in Dayton, Ohio, 5 Aug., 1827. He emigrated to Kentucky in 1775, joined the settlement at Royal Spring (now George- town), and assisted in building the fort which he sub- sequently defended. In October. 1776, he was one of seven men that set out for Fort Pitt to procure pow- der and ammunition, making the journey through the wilderness on foot and up the river in canoes. All of the party were either killed or wounded by the Indians, Patterson receiving a blow from a toma- hawk that confined him to his bed for a year. lie was on Col. George R. Clark's expedition in 1778, and with Capt. John Bowman in his raid on old Chillicothe in 1779. On 1 April of the latter year he built the first house on the site of the present city of Lexington, and bought a large part of the surrounding property. He was captain of a com- pany in Col. Clark's expedition against the Shaw- nees in August, 1780, and was second in command to Daniel Boone at the battle of Lower Blue Licks. Being overcome with fatigue in the retreat, he fell by the way, but was rescued by Aaron Reynolds, who dismounted and gave him his horse, with the remark : " You saved my soul ; I Avill save your life." Patterson had rebuked him for profanity in a previous campaign. He was colonel of Clark's second expedition into the Miami country in 1782, and in Gen. Benjamin Logan's expedition against the Shawnees in 1786, in which he received severe wounds. He was one-third owner of Cincinnati when the town was laid out, and in 1804 built the first settlement at Dayton, Ohio, residing on a farm in its vicinitv until his death.

PATTERSON, Robert, soldier, b. in Cappagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, 12 Jan., 1792 ; d. in Phila- delphia. Pa., 7 Aug., 1881. His father, who was engaged in the Irish rebellion of 1798, escaped to this country and set- tled in Delaware coun- ty. Pa. Robert was educated in the com- mon schools, and sub- sequently became a clerk in a Philadelphia counting-house. He was commissioned 1st lieutenant of infantry in the war of 1812, and afterward served on Gen. Joseph Bloom- field's staff. He re- turned to commercial pursuits, engaged in manufacturing and es-

tablished several mills,

became active in politics, and was one of the five Col. Pattersons in the Pennsylvania convention that nominated Andrew Jackson for the presidency, and in 1836 was president of the electoral college that cast the vote of Pennsylvania for Martin Van Buren. In 1838, and again in 1844, he was active in quelling local riots. He became major-general of volunteers at the beginning of the Mexican war, commanded his division at Cerro Gordo, led the cavalry and advanced brigades in the pursuit, entered and took Jalapa, and was honorably mentioned in Gen. Winfield Scott's official report. After the war he resumed business, and took command of the Pennsylvania militia. At the beginning of the civil war he was the oldest major-general by commission in the United States. On the president's first call for 75,000 men for three months, 15 April, 1861, he was mustered into service as major-general of volunteers, and assigned to a military department composed of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. He crossed the Potomac on 15 June at Williamsport. When Gen. McDowell advanced into Virginia. Gen. Patterson was instructed to watch the troops under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at Winchester, Va. He claimed that the failure of Gen. Winfield Scott to send him orders, for which he had been directed to wait, caused his failure to co-operate with McDowell in the movements that resulted in the battle of Bull Run. He was mus-