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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