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Patterson family of Warsaw, New York

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  William Patterson (1789-1838) — of Warsaw, Wyoming County, N.Y. Born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., June 4, 1789. Whig. U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1837-38; died in office 1838. Died in Warsaw, Wyoming County, N.Y., August 14, 1838 (age 49 years, 71 days). Interment at Warsaw Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Patterson and Elizabeth (Wallace) Patterson; brother of George Washington Patterson; uncle of Augustus Frank.
  Political family: Patterson family of Warsaw, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Washington Patterson (1799-1879) — also known as George W. Patterson — of Leicester, Livingston County, N.Y.; Westfield, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., November 11, 1799. Republican. Farm implement manufacturer; member of New York state assembly from Livingston County, 1832-33, 1835-40; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1839-40; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1849-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; speaker); U.S. Representative from New York 33rd District, 1877-79. Died in Westfield, Chautauqua County, N.Y., October 15, 1879 (age 79 years, 338 days). Interment at Westfield Cemetery, Westfield, N.Y.
  Presumably named for: George Washington
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Patterson and Elizabeth (Wallace) Patterson; brother of William Patterson; uncle of Augustus Frank.
  Political family: Patterson family of Warsaw, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Augustus Frank (1826-1895) — of Warsaw, Wyoming County, N.Y. Born in Warsaw, Wyoming County, N.Y., July 17, 1826. Republican. Merchant; director and vice-president, Buffalo & New York City Railroad; later, director, Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856; U.S. Representative from New York, 1859-65 (30th District 1859-63, 36th District 1863-65); banker; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1894. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 29, 1895 (age 68 years, 286 days). Interment at Warsaw Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Augustus Frank (1792-1851) and Jane (Patterson) Frank; married 1867 to Agnes McNair; nephew of William Patterson and George Washington Patterson; second cousin thrice removed of Matthew Griswold; second cousin four times removed of Benjamin Huntington; third cousin once removed of Thomas Hale Sill, Frederick William Lord and Theodore Sill; third cousin twice removed of James Hillhouse, Roger Griswold, Bela Edgerton and Zina Hyde Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Jabez Huntington, Samuel Huntington, Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; fourth cousin of John William Allen and George Griswold Sill; fourth cousin once removed of Hezekiah Case, Samuel Lathrop, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Albert Haller Tracy, Jairus Case, Henry Titus Backus, Alfred Peck Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton and Thomas Worcester Hyde.
  Political family: Patterson family of Warsaw, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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