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Ebenezer Wilson Patton Papers, 1869-1879 A&M 0537

Ebenezer Wilson Patton Papers, 1869-1879 A&M 0537


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0537
Title
Ebenezer Wilson Patton Papers 1869-1879
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196883
Quantity
0.01 Linear Feet, Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)
Creator
Patton, Ebenezer Wilson
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Genealogical data, a letter, and other papers of the Ebenezer Wilson Patton family of Clarksburg, West Virginia, documenting Patton family history and Clarksburg in the 1870s. Genealogical material includes two family records that list births, deaths, and marriages from 1729 to 1879. The letter from Ebenezer Patton to M. L. Paullus of Greenfield, Indiana, describes conditions in Clarksburg in 1872. Topics include Patton's recent return to West Virginia, starting a general store and the state of his business, religious revivals, politics, radicalism, the weather, and news of family and friends. Patton also writes about the status of African Americans in the community after the Civil War. He describes churches, sermons about the status of African Americans, having his former slaves returned to his family to be cared for, and the Ku Klux Klan.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ebenezer Wilson Patton Papers, A&M 0537, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans.
  • Churches -- Clarksburg (W. Va.)
  • Churches -- Methodist
  • Clarksburg (W. Va.)
  • Indiana
  • Patton family
  • Patton, Ebenezer Wilson
  • Paullus, M.L.
  • Weather
  • West Virginia - Constitutional Convention.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Patton, Ebenezer Wilson
  • Paullus, M.L.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Clarksburg (W. Va.)
  • Indiana
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