Inscription:
SACRED
To the memory of
JAMES LEMAN
Son of Wm. and
ASSENATH PATTERSON
who departed
This life
August 26th
1838
Aged 20 years.
James Leman Patterson
Birth: 1818
Death: 26 August 1838, St. Louis County, Missouri
Burial: Cold Water Cemetery, Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri
Family members buried in Cold Water Cemetery:
Parents: William Patterson and Assenath Piggott Patterson
Grandparents: John Patterson, Sr. and Keziah Horneday Patterson
Siblings: Joseph Patterson, Keziah Patterson James, and Frances Patterson
Notes:
This was a grandson of John Patterson, Sr. He was born in 1818.
Sources:
• The Patterson Family History by William B. Putman Jr. states that James Patterson never married.
• The Family Tree, Missouri Historical Research Record. The Patterson genealogy continued from December 1967. From the Missouri Historical Society Vertical File p. 3.
• Will: St. Louis and St. Louis County, Missouri Probate Records-778/32II (96) Vol. 2 1849-1861, Page 60. William Patterson, Sr., Wrtn 10-16-58 Rec. 5-31-60. “Asenath Patterson wf, James Patterson deed dau (sie), Joseph Patterson son & Ex, Elisha Patterson son & Ex. Jacob Vale, snil (son-in-law) John H. Shackleford & Nicholas B. Douglass Wits F:529-530.
