James Martin Patterson
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This medallion and plate stands next to Patterson's grave in Pioneer Cemetery, behind the Dallas Convention Center.
Waymark Code: WM3VC7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2008
Views: 24
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Patterson James Martin
Address:
City: Dallas
County: Dallas
Subject Codes: judges; pioneers
Year Marker Erected: 1996
Marker Location: Pioneer Cemetery, Marilla at Young St.
Marker Size: Grave Marker
Marker Number: 11834
Marker Text:
(1812-1906)
Kentucky native James Martin Patterson arrived in Dallas in 1846. Patterson and John W. Smith opened one of the first stores in Dallas using their pooled resources of $700. They built a flatboat and attempted to ship cotton down the Trinity River to the Gulf Coast in 1851. Patterson served as chief justice (county judge) from 1854-66. He retired in 1875 and managed his extensive property holdings until his death.
Recorded - 1996
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