Mary Neil PATTERSON (1870-1952)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: James William ANDERSON Mary Neil PATTERSON 2 Born: 3 Sep 1870, Yell County, Arkansas 2 Marriage: James William ANDERSON on 18 Dec 1885 in Greenwood, Sebastian County, Arkansas 1 Died: 22 Jul 1952, Kerman, Fresno County, California 2 Buried: Dryden Cemetery, Harmon County, Oklahoma 3 Mary married James William ANDERSON, son of Green Berry ANDERSON and Martha HENSON, on 18 Dec 1885 in Greenwood, Sebastian County, Arkansas.2 (James William ANDERSON was born on 6 Oct 1866 in Lawrence County, Missouri,2 4 died on 19 Feb 1934 in Gould, Harmon County, Oklahoma 2 4 and was buried in Dryden Cemetery, Harmon County, Oklahoma 2 4.)

1 Family Records of Zelda Villnave and Denise Ganly. Zelda Villnave and Denise Ganly are descended from Green Berry Anderson through his son, James William Anderson. Zelda's e-mail address is jigforbass@mediaone.net. Denise's e-mail address is ganly.denise.df@bhp.com or denise_ganly@hotmail.com.

2 Family Records of Zelda Villnave and Denise Ganly.

3 Dr. John Q. Anderson, "Anderson" (an unpublished preliminary family history) (College Station, Texas, December, 1959). Dr. John Q. Anderson was a son of Albert Slayton Anderson and a grandson of Green Berry Anderson. In December, 1959, Dr. Anderson, a professor at Texas A & M, wrote a preliminary family history for our Anderson family. It is a combination of family stories and family data. Since he was an accomplished scholar in the fields of english, history and folklore and since he wrote this history at a time when the events were closer in time and could be remembered by older family members, I generally defer to his data concerning names, dates and places. The stories, however, particularly the older ones, were probably not intended by Dr. Anderson to be factual. They are what they are -- memories -- which often wander from the facts as they are passed down from one generation to another. As a folklorist, Dr. Anderson knew the importance of recording the memories without regard to their factual accuracy. Dr. Anderson died February 1975. I am indebted to Helen Hill for sharing his work with me.

4 Dr. John Q. Anderson, "Anderson" (an unpublished preliminary family history) (College Station, Texas, December, 1959).