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Ben_Cole_Pioneer_settlement_of_Hanover: Came to Indiana in 1819.
Cole_family_history: newspaper articles.
Patten_history_Shelby_Co_by_Chadwick: Patten history in Shelby County, Indiana.
William_Patten_obituaries: William Patten (1827-1903)
Bill_Patten_injured_June1922: Billy Patten, age 12, injured in accident
Home_of_V_C__Patten_burns_Oct1924: Patty Doc’s home burns in 1924
VCPatten_Shelbyville_news_07171954: Article on Vernon Cole Patten, M.D.
VCP_tribute_by_Esther_Jordan: Contains information about V.C. Patten, his wife Julia Ann Gordon Patten, and the mother of the Applegate girls, Margaret Patten Applegate.
Beautiful letter dated Feb. 3, 1981, from Ethel Allender to Grace. Ethel was married to Warren P. Allender, our 1st cousin 1x removed. He was the son of our grandfather Patty Doc’s sister, Rebecca.
Ethel_Allender_to_Grace_02031982
Ages of Applegate girls’ ancestors at time of our direct ancestors’ births
Maternal grandparents:
Vernon Cole Patten 1870-1959 (age 36 when Mother was born; died at age 89)
Julia Ann Gordon Patten 1882-1921 (age 24 when Mother was born; died at age 39)
Maternal great-grandparents:
William L. Patten 1827-1903 (age 43 when Patty Doc was born; died at age 76)
Eliza Jane Cole Patten 1829-1875 (age 41 when Patty Doc was born; died at age 46)
Henry Pond Gordon 1854-1934 (age 28 when Julia Ann Gordon was born; died at age 80)
Margaret Hoffman Gordon 1862-1952 (age 20 when Julia Ann Gordon was born; died at age 90)
Maternal great-great-grandparents:
John Patten 1796-1863 (age 31 when Wm L. Patten was born; died at age 67)
Rebekah Stubbs Patten 1796-1839 (age 31 when Wm L. Patten was born; died at age 44)
Seth Martin Cole 1795-1877 (age 34 when Eliza Jane Cole was born; died at age 82)
Fanny Warren Cole 1790-1872 (age 39 when Eliza Jane Cole was born; died at age 82)
Leonidas Gordon 1822-1891 (age 32 when Henry Pond Gordon was born; died at age 69)
Julia Ann Pond Gordon 1824-1906 (age 30 when Henry Pond Gordon was born; died at age 82)
Peter Hoffman 1826-xxxx (age 36 when Margaret Hoffman was born; died at age ?)
Margaret Sottong Hoffman xxxx-1887 (age ? when Margaret Hoffman was born; died at age ?)
The photos are in chronological order, more or less. Click on a photo to enlarge, and then click through the carousel, using right and left arrows.
Benjamin Cole (1750-1822)
Benjamin Cole memorial stone
Benjamin Cole’s short bio.
Certificate showing land purchased by Benjamin Cole in 1821.
William Patten, 1754-1840
Rebecca Stubbs, 1796-1839 and John Patten, 1796-1863
William L Patten, 1827-1903
Eliza Jane Cole Patten, 1829-1875
William L Patten history (1827-1903
Daughters of the American Revolution pin; probably belonged to Eliza Jane Cole Patten.
Charles Seth Patten, 1857-1922
Anna Hughes Patten, 1865-1940
Julia Ann and Vernon Cole Patten on right
Julia Ann Gordon Patten, age 35, 1882-1921
Hiram Buck Patten, Attorney, brother of VC Patten
Edith Patten Jessup with sons Jim and Bob
Edyth Patten
Vernon C. Patten (1870-1959) and siblings: Hiram B. (1867-1938), Becca (1860-1938), Juliette (1858-1922), Charles (1857-1922), John (1855-1922).
Vernon Cole Patten (Patty Doc) and Julia Gordon Patten, apx 1910
Marian Patten, 1912-1980
Maggie Patten, 1906-1981
Maggie Patten, 1906-1981
Maggie Patten, 1907
V.C. Patten and group
V. C. and Julia Anne Patten, about 1918
Julia Gordon Patten and baby
Julia Gordon Patten (1882-1921) and child
Maggie Patten as a child.
Maggie Patten, 1906-1981
Maggie Patten as a child.
Vernon Cole Patten, Julia Gordon Patten, Margaret and Bill, 1910
Patten children
Marian, Bill, Maggie Patten
Marian, Maggie, Bill Patten
Marian, Julia, Maggie, VC Patten
Maggie, Julie, Marian, VC, Bill Patten 1918
Marian, Maggie, Julia, Bill Patten
Maggie Patten
Bill, Marian, Maggie Patten
Julia Anne Gordon Patten obit (1882-1921)
Maggie Patten and Blanche Gordon Kelly
Patten and Gordon girls
Maggie Patten on right
Maggie Patten age 17
Maggie Patten age 14
Maggie Patten on left
Maggie Patten on left
Maggie Patten on right
Maggie Patten age 20, 1926
Maggie Patten age 20
Maggie Patten age 17
Maggie Patten age 18
Maggie Patten
Edyth Patten
Morristown High School class of 1924
Maggie Patten
Maggie Patten 3rd from left
Unknown Patten group
V. C. Patten home, Morristown
V. C. Patten home, Morristown
V. C. Patten home, Morristown
V. C. Patten home, Morristown
V. C. Patten home, Morristown
William Gordon Patten (brother of Maggie) and Hiram B. Patten, June 12, 1971
Office desk of Dr. V. C. Patten
V. C. Patten and wife Anna Mauzy Patten
Anna Mauzy Patten and dog Jerry, 1920
Dr. Vernon Cole Patten
Dr. Vernon Cole Patten
Bill, Dolores, V.C., Dee Ann Patten 1952
Bill and Dee Ann Patten, Rica and Barb Applegate, Monahans, 1952
Dee Ann Patten and Barb Applegate, 1952
Barb Applegate, Dolores, V.C, Dee Ann Patten, Morristown, 1957
Dolores, Bill, Dee Ann, VC Patten, Barb Applegate, Morristown, 1957
Dee Ann Patten, St. Louis, 1957
Dee Ann Patten, St. Louis, 1961
Vernon Cole Patten and daughter Margaret Patten Applegate, 1958
William Gordon Patten 1910-1992
William Gordon Patten and Dolores Patten
William Gordon Patten (1910-1992), sister of Margaret Patten Applegate
Dr. Vernon Cole Patten 1870-1959
Anna Mauzy Patten (1878-1955), 2nd wife of Vernon Cole Patten (Patty Doc). We called her Mama Pat.
Letter from H C Gordon to Grace in 1964
Letter from H. C. Gordon to Ann in 1972
Julia Anne Gordon Patten headstone
Vernon Cole Patten and Anna Mauzy Patten headstone
Eliza Jane Patten headstone
Seth and Fannie Cole headstone
Note written by Julia Ann Gordon Patten shortly before she died
Explanation of note written by Julia Ann Gordon Patten shortly before she died
Obit of Anna Hughes Patten (1865-1940), wife of Charles Seth Patten.
Obit of Charles Seth Patten (1857-1922)
Very short obit of Vernon Cole Patten (1870-1959)
Hanover Cemetery plaque donated by Seth Cole
Mini-booklet of When Earth’s Last Picture Is Painted
Mini-booklet of When Earth’s Last Picture Is Painted
Mini-booklet of When Earth’s Last Picture Is Painted. Inscribed by V. C. Patten, Dec. 1929.
Transcribed letter dated Jan 9, 1978, about Marian Patten, sister of Maggie Patten Applegate
Pg 1 of letter dated Jan 9, 1978, about Marian Patten, sister of Maggie Patten Applegate
Pg 2 of letter dated Jan 9, 1978, about Marian Patten, sister of Maggie Patten Applegate