Elijah PattonAge: 89 years1744–1833
- Name
- Elijah Patton
- Given names
- Elijah
- Surname
- Patton
 Birth | 1744 |
 Historical Event | The French & Indian War between 1754 and 1763 (Age 10 years)Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc |
 Marriage | Margaret Cathey — View this family about 1765 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1775 and 1776 (Age 31 years)Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics |
 Birth of a son#1 | George Patton 1778 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | The American Revolution from 1775 to 1783 (Age 31 years)Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798 (Age 49 years)Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 59 years)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
| Marriage of a child | George Patton — Mary “Polly” Caruthers — View this family before 1810 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a wife | Margaret Cathey January 13, 1813 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 68 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Margaret Adelaide Patton about 1820 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a son | George Patton about 1826 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 88 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
 Death | 1833 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Gardens Cemetery |
| Family with Margaret Cathey |
| himself |
Elijah Patton Birth: 1744 — Ulster, Ireland Death: 1833 — Marion, McDowell, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Margaret Cathey Birth: November 21, 1745 — Augusta, Virginia, United States Death: January 13, 1813 — Burke, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1765 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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14 years son |
George Patton Birth: 1778 34 32 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1826 — Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States |
| Note | Inscription reads: "Died 1813 Jan. 13. Margaret Patton. The amiable and virtuous consort of Elijah Patton. She was much beloved and much lamented, the 67th year of her age." |