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William Butler Patterson 1814 – 1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1814

Birth Location: Burnsville, Yancey Co., North Carolina

Death Date: Aug 1880

Death Location: Maury, Tennessee

Father: Robert Patterson

Mother: Catherine Edwards

Spouse(s): Lucinda Edwards

Children(s): Eliza Patterson

William Butler Patterson was born in 1814 in Burnsville, Yancey Co., North Carolina, the child of Robert Patterson and Catherine Edwards. William Butler Patterson later married Lucinda Edwards, and together they raised children including Eliza Jane Patterson. In 1880, William Butler Patterson passed away in Maury, Tennessee.

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Parents

Robert Patterson
1789 – 1861
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
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Catherine Edwards
1796 –
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Lucinda Edwards
1821 – 1880
Birth Location: Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Eliza Patterson
1837 – 1883
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1814
    Event Place: Burnsville, Yancey Co., North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Aug 1880
    Event Place: Maury, Tennessee
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