PATTON
PAUL
college at Florence, Ala. He was married Jan.
23, 1832, to Jane, daugliter of Gen. Jolin and Mary
(Brahan) Locke, of Huntsville, Ala. Tlnee sons
served in the Confederate army, two of wliom
were killed. Governor Patton died at Sweet-
water, near Florence, Ala., Feb. 29, 1885.
PATTON, William, author, was born in Phil- adelphia. Pa.. Ang. 23. 1798; son of Col. Robert and Cornelia (Bridges) Patton and a descendant of Robert Patton of Scotch Irish descent, who came to America in 1762 and served as an officer in the Revolution. William Patton was graduated from Middlebury college, Vt., in 1818, and was a student at Princeton Theological seminary. 1819-20. He was married in 1819 to ilary, daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Fisk) Weston of Lincoln. He was stated supply and pastor of the Central Presbyterian church. New York city, 1821-34 ; secretary of the American Educational society, 1834-37 ; and was pastor in New York city, 1837-52. He removed to New Haven, Conn., in 1854. He was one of the organizers of the Worlds Evangelical Alliance in
1846 ; and was a founder of the University of the
City of New York in 1831, and of Union The-
ological seminary, New York, in 1836. He was a
member of the executive committee of the Amer-
ican Home Missionary society, 1830-70 ; vice
president of that society, and of the American
Missionary association, and a corporate member
of the A.B.C.F.M. He was married secondly to
Mrs. Mary Bird of Pliiladelphia, and thirdly to
Mrs. Emily T. Hayes of New Haven. The hon-
orary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by
tlie University of the City of New York in 1836.
He edited President Jonathan Edwards's work on
Revivals, and Charles G. Finney's Lectures on
Revivals (1839); prepared the American editions
of the Cottage BHAe. and theT'i7/«f7e Testament
(1833), and was assistant editor of the Christian
Psalmist (\8i&). He is the author of : The Laws
of Fermentation and the Wines of the Ancients
(1871); The Judgmeiit of Jerusalem. Predicted in
Scripture, Fulfilled in History (1879): Jestis of
Nazareth (1878) : Bible Principles and Characters
(1879). He died in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 9, 1879.
PATTON, William Weston, educator, was born
in New York city, Oct. 19, 1821 ; son of William
and Mary (Weston) Patton. He was graduated
from the University of the City of New York,
A.B., 1839, A.M., 1842, and from the Union Tiieo-
logical seminary, 1842, and was ordained in 1843.
He was pastor of the Pliillips Congregational
church, Boston, Mass., 1843-46 ; at Hartford,
Conn., 1846-57, and at Chicago, 111., 1857-67;
editor of Advance, Chicago, 111., 1867-72; west-
ern secretary of the American Missionary asso-
ciation, 1873-74 ; lecturer at Oberlin and Chicago
theological seminaries, 1874-77, and president of
Howard university, Washington, D.C., 1877-89.
He was married Jan. 11, 1843, to Sarah Jane,
daughter of Horatio and JIaria (Pettit) Mott of
New York, who died in 1850 ; and secondly, in
1851. to Mary Boardman, daughter of Norman
Smith. She died in 1880. He was a corporate
member of the A.B.C.F.M., 1869-89; a member
of the Society of the Cincinnati ; vice-president
of the Sanitary Commission of the Northwest,
and an honorary member of the Society of
Sciences, Literature and Art, London. England.
The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on
him by Indiana Asbury university in 1862,
and by the University of the City of New York
in 1882. He is the author of : The Duties of
Cliristians to Supjvess Duelling ( 1844) ; The Amer-
ican Board and Slave Holding (1846); Pro-Slav-
ery Interpretation of the Bible Productive of
Infidelity (1846); The Young Mans Friend (1847);
Conscience and Law (1850); Piety and Military
Services (1861); Spiritual Vieto7^ {187-i) ; Prayer
audits Remarkable Answers (1875); Count Tolstoi
and the Sermon on the Mount (1887). He died at
W^stfield, N.J.. Dec. 31, 1889.
PAUL, Gabriel Rene, soldier, was born in St. Louis, Mo., March 22, 1813 ; son of Col. Rene and Eulalie (Chouteau) Paul, and grandson of Eus- tache and Marie Anne Scholastique (^lasse) Paul, and of Auguste and Marie Therese (Cerre) Chou- teau. Eustache Paul, a native of France, settled at Cape Frangais, Santo Domingo, and Col. Rene Paul was colonel of engineers under Napoleon, serving on the French flag ship at Trafalgar. He immigrated to Philadelphia, Pa. , engaged in mer- cantile pursuits in St. Louis, Mo., 1808-13, and was afterward a surveyor of government lands. Gabriel was graduated at the U.S. Military academy and brevetted 2d lieutenant in the 7th infantry, July 1, 1834 ; was promoted 2d lieutenant, Dec. 4, 1834, and 1st lieutenant, Oct. 26, 1836. He served in the Florida war, 1839-42 ; was promoted captain, April 19, 1846, and served in the war with Mexico, being engaged in the defence of Fort Brown, the battle of Monterey, the siege of Vera Cruz, battles of Cerro Gordo (where he was wounded), Contreras, Churubusco. Molino
