Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Hon. H. H. Patterson, Jr.

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Hon. H. H. Patterson, Jr., is a son of John H. and Mary S. Patterson, 
who are Tennesseans by birth, and are among the oldest living settlers 
of Benton County. H. H. Patterson is a prosperous farmer, and a native 
of the county in which he resides, and was born on Pea Ridge in 1854. 
He was reared and educated in Benton County, and after attaining a 
suitable age engaged in teaching school, and was for many years one of 
the popular educators of the county. He was elected to the office of 
justice of the peace when only twenty-one years of age, and with the 
exception of two years, which he spent in the State Legislature, has 
held that office up to the present time. In 1882 he was elected on the 
Democratic ticket to the State Legislature, and was a faithful and 
efficient representative of his county for two years. He has been a 
worthy member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for sixteen years, 
and is Past Master in the Masonic lodge. He was married to Miss Dora 
Rich, and their union resulted in the birth of five children: Katie, 
Leonard, William. Pearl and John.