Individual Details
John Henry Patton
(6 Aug 1862 - 26 Dec 1933)
San Bernardino Sun, San Bernardino, California, December 27, 1933, Page 11: John H. Patton Death Victim. Death last claimed John Henry Patton, a resident of San Bernardino almost continuously since 1895, and for a large part of that time a prominent figure the commercial life of the city. He retired from active merchandising in 1921, but it is remembered that he was the first merchant in the city's business district to establish the system of exact change, paying the difference in pennies and he also had the first automobile delivery among the groceries of the city years ago.
Mr. Patton was a native of Tennessee, born there Aug. 6, 1862, and therefore 71 years of age. He came to California originally in 1888, locating at Menifee, then in San Diego county, but he soon determined to return to the old home state, and was back in Tennessee until 1895, when the California lure again called him, and he came to San Bernardino. Here he established himself in business originally as a member of the grocery firm of Patton & Snelson, and later, after another stay in Tennessee, he returned to enter business on his own account, which he continued until he retired in 1921. His was the first strictly cash grocery in San Bernardino.
It was during his original visit to California that he married Miss Lulu Kirkpatrick and last October marked the forty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Mrs. Patton survives him, as do three sons and a daughter, Amos H. Patton, William J. Patton and Gilbert Patton, all resident of San Bernardino, and the daughter, Mrs. T. F. Peterson, now a resident of Crescent City, California. Funeral arrangements are pending and are in charge of the I. M. Knopsnyder company of Colton.
Mr. Patton was a native of Tennessee, born there Aug. 6, 1862, and therefore 71 years of age. He came to California originally in 1888, locating at Menifee, then in San Diego county, but he soon determined to return to the old home state, and was back in Tennessee until 1895, when the California lure again called him, and he came to San Bernardino. Here he established himself in business originally as a member of the grocery firm of Patton & Snelson, and later, after another stay in Tennessee, he returned to enter business on his own account, which he continued until he retired in 1921. His was the first strictly cash grocery in San Bernardino.
It was during his original visit to California that he married Miss Lulu Kirkpatrick and last October marked the forty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Mrs. Patton survives him, as do three sons and a daughter, Amos H. Patton, William J. Patton and Gilbert Patton, all resident of San Bernardino, and the daughter, Mrs. T. F. Peterson, now a resident of Crescent City, California. Funeral arrangements are pending and are in charge of the I. M. Knopsnyder company of Colton.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1862 |  | |||
| Birth | 6 Aug 1862 | McLemoresville, Carroll Co., Tennessee | | ||
| Marriage | 17 Oct 1888 | San Diego Co., California - Lulu Pauline Kirkpatrick | | ||
| Death | 26 Dec 1933 | San Bernardino Co., California | | ||
| Alt name | ??? Patton | | |||
| Alt name | John H Patton | | |||
| Burial | Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino Co., California | |
Families
| Spouse | Lulu Pauline Kirkpatrick (1871 - 1948) |
| Child | Amos Henry Patton (1890 - 1967) |
| Child | William James Patton (1895 - 1974) |
| Child | Pauline F Patton (1900 - 1989) |
| Child | Gilbert Hart Patton (1909 - 1993) |
Endnotes
5. Obituary of Callie P. Kirkpatrick, Riverside Daily Press, Riverside, California, Tuesday, November 13, 1945, Page 14.
7. Find A Grave.