LYSANDER PATTERSON, a well-known surveyor in Washington county, Penn., was born March 19, 1820, on the farm in Cross Creek township where he is yet living. He is the grandson of Thomas Patterson, and a son of William and Margaret (Lyle) Patterson, the latter of whom was a daughter of Hon. Aaron Lyle. Lysander Patterson attended the English Department of Washington College, under the tuition of Hon. John L. Gow, and also enjoyed the advantage of private lessons from the renowned mathematician, Prof. John Armstrong, who was then teaching in Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio. After leaving school he returned to farming and surveying. On March 27, 1845, Mr. Patterson was united in marriage with Elizabeth M., daughter of David Wallace, of Allegheny county, Penn. Mr. Patterson owns ninety-four acres of the old homestead, where his father first made a settlement. He is a stanch Democrat, and has served for many years as township auditor and justice of the peace.

Text taken from page 860 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Jack McNatt of Valrico, FL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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