George Thomas Tillman Patterson (1848-1894) was born in Antrim, Guernsey County, Ohio and enlisted in the Ohio Light Artillery on July 6, 1863 at the age of 15. He was honorably discharged at the end of the Civil War. Patterson entered the United States Military Academy at West Point as a cadet in 1868 and upon graduating in 1872 was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Fourteenth Infantry, with whom he served in several campaigns in the Western United States. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1883 and to a captain in 1892. As a captain, he was stationed at the Vancouver Barracks in Vancouver, Washington from September of 1892 until May 26, 1894. On August 14th, Patterson died of Bright's disease while on a sick leave of absence in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Patterson was married to Pauline Helen Patterson (born July 1850), the daughter of cotton merchant, Alexander D. Brown (or Broun) of Newburyport. 1880 U.S. Census records indicate that the Pattersons were married by that date; they were married in either 1873 or 1875. After her husband's death, Mrs. Patterson appears to have returned to Massachusetts; 1900 U.S. Census records show her residing with her parents.
From the description of Mrs. G.T.T. Patterson scrapbook, 1871-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 277050023
