Inscription:

JAMES M
PATTERSON
PFC
US MARINE CORPS
WORLD WAR I
SEP 18 1895
FEB 24 1919
SON OF JOHN &
LULA PATTERSON

ALL THINGS WORK
TOGETHER FOR
GOOD TO THEM
THAT LOVE GOD
ROM 8:28

James McAllister Patterson
Birth: 18 September 1895, St. Ferdinand Township, St. Louis County, Missouri
Death: 24 February 1919, France
Burial: Cold Water Cemetery, Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri

Family members buried in Cold Water Cemetery:
Parents: John McAllister Patterson and Margaret Louise Thompson Patterson
Grandparents: James McAllister Patterson and Mary F. Frazier Patterson
James M. Thompson and Margaret Ellen Carrico Thompson
Siblings: Margaret Marie Patterson Hume, John Elmer Patterson, and Gilbert Frazier Patterson

Notes:
• James McAllister Patterson was the grandson of James M. and Mary E. Frazier Patterson, and James and Margaret Carrico Thompson.
• James McAllister Patterson served in the First World War as a Missouri Pvt. 1 cl., 12 M.G. Bn. , 4 Div., Died of Pneumonia.

Census:
1900 Census: Saint Ferdinand, St Louis, Missouri; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0126; FHL microfilm: 1240888. Household Members: John N Patterson 27, Louisa Patterson 27, James Patterson 4, Margaret Patterson 2, John E. Patterson 6/12, Mary F. Patterson 65, and Lee Vasquez 20. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
1910 Census: St Ferdinand, Saint Louis, Missouri; Roll: T624_809; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0131; FHL microfilm: 1374822. Household Members: John M Patterson 37, Lula Patterson 37, James Patterson 14, Maggie Patterson 12, John E. Patterson 10, Oliver B. Patterson 6, and Gilbert F. Patterson. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 
1920 Census: Saint Ferdinand, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: T625_947; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 149. Household Members: John M. Patterson 47, Lula Patterson 47, Margareth Patterson 22, John E. Patterson 23, Oliver B. Patterson 16, and Gilbert Patterson 14. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.