[p. 783] a well known agriculturist of Union Township and a prominent citizen of this section of Lawrence County, lives on his excellent farm of ninety acres, where he has been a resident all his life. He was born in Union Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1840, and is a son of John and Margaret (Smith) Pattison.
The father of Mr. Pattison was born in Glasgow, Scotland, where he was subsequently married to Margaret Smith, and in 1828 they emigrated to America and settled in Union Township, on a part of the farm now owned by Watson W. Pattison. He is the only survivor of their seven children. When the parents came to this section they found very few other settlers, and in developing their farm from its wild condition they had to endure many pioneer hardships. They were good, honest, hard-working people, who lived exemplary lives, and when they passed away were remembered by many to whom they had extended kindness and charity.
Watson W. Pattison obtained his educational training in the early schools of Union Township, and from boyhood has been accustomed to life on a farm. He owns the old family homestead, to which he has added, until now he possesses as much land as he can conveniently care for, and here he carries on a general line of agricultural work. He married Catherine Brown, who was born at Pittsburg, Pa., and is a daughter of John Brown, who once was a resident of Lawrence County. Mr. and Mrs. Pattison had seven children, the six survivors being: John W., Jeanette, Catherine, James S., Margaret and Walter. In politics Mr. Pattison is a Republican. He is recognized as one of the useful, reliable and public-spirited men of his community.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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