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==Background==

==Background==

Patterson was born near [[Seminole, Texas|Seminole]] in [[Gaines County, Texas|Gaines County]] in far [[West Texas]] near the [[New Mexico]] border. His father was John Dee Patterson (1869-1966), a native of [[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] in [[North Texas]]; his mother, J. D.'s first wife, the former Noda Eula Pollard (1879-1970), was originally from [[Gatesville, Texas|Gatesville]] in [[Coryell County, Texas|Coryell County]] in [[Central Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Private_Patterson_records.ashx?pid=130251407|title=Paul I. Patterson|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref> J. D. and Noda married on February 25, 1900 in [[Big Spring, Texas|Big Spring]] in [[Howard County, Texas|Howard County]].<ref name=judgepatterson/> There J. D. Patterson worked for a railroad and then operated a freight company.<ref name=oralhist>{{cite web|url=http://www.swco.ttu.edu/abstracts/1901.htm|title=Oral History interview: Fush Patterson, August 6, 1975|publisher=[[Texas Tech University]]|accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref>

Patterson was born near Seminole in Gaines County in far West Texas near the [[New Mexico]] border. His father was John Dee Patterson (1869-1966), a native of Fannin County in North Texas; his mother, J. D.'s first wife, the former Noda Eula Pollard (1879-1970), was originally from Gatesville in Coryell County in Central Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Private_Patterson_records.ashx?pid=130251407|title=Paul I. Patterson|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref> J. D. and Noda married on February 25, 1900, in Big Spring, in Howard County, also in West Texas.<ref name=judgepatterson/> There J. D. Patterson worked for a railroad and then operated a freight company.<ref name=oralhist>{{cite web|url=http://www.swco.ttu.edu/abstracts/1901.htm|title=Oral History interview: Fush Patterson, August 6, 1975|publisher=[[Texas Tech University]]|accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref>

The Patterson family moved south to [[Rankin, Texas|Rankin]] in [[Upton County, Texas|Upton County]]. For three terms J. D. was the elected [[County Judge|county judge]] for Upton County. After a divorce from Noda c. 1926, when Paul was still a teenager, J. D., at fifty-eight, wed the former Sarah Caroline Conway (1876-1971), a native of [[Erath County, Texas|Erath County]] who was divorced from William Elmore Long (1867-1943).<ref name=sadiepatt>{{cite web |url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6465767|title=Sarah  "Sadie" Carolina Conway Long Patterson|publisher=''Mineral Wells Index,'' June 24, 1971|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref> J. D. and "Sadie", as she was known, wed on May 21, 1927, in [[Big Lake, Texas|Big Lake]] in [[Reagan County, Texas|Reagan County]], Texas. From this union, he acquired three stepdaughters and a stepson. J. D. and Sadie moved to [[Mineral Wells, Texas|Mineral Wells]] in [[Palo Pinto County, Texas|Palo Pinto County]], where he resided as a farmer for the nearly forty remaining years of his life. He and Sadie were members of the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] denomination. "Judge" Patterson, as he was still known after he left office, is interred at Sturdivant Cemetery in Mineral Wells,<ref name=judgepatterson>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30126729|title=John Dee "Judge" Patterson|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref> along with his second wife, Sadie, who died at the age of ninety-five in [[Weatherford, Texas|Weatherford]] in [[Parker County, Texas|Parker County]].<ref name=sadiepatt/> Noda Patterson did not remarry; she died at the age of ninety-one, a year before Sadie. She is interred at Rankin Cemetery.<ref name=rankinburials/>

The Patterson family moved south to [[Rankin, Texas|Rankin]] in [[Upton County, Texas|Upton County]]. For three terms J. D. was the elected [[County Judge|county judge]] for Upton County. After a divorce from Noda c. 1926, when Paul was still a teenager, J. D., at fifty-eight, wed the former Sarah Caroline Conway (1876-1971), a native of [[Erath County, Texas|Erath County]] who was divorced from William Elmore Long (1867-1943).<ref name=sadiepatt>{{cite web |url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6465767|title=Sarah  "Sadie" Carolina Conway Long Patterson|publisher=''Mineral Wells Index,'' June 24, 1971|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref> J. D. and "Sadie", as she was known, wed on May 21, 1927, in [[Big Lake, Texas|Big Lake]] in [[Reagan County, Texas|Reagan County]], Texas. From this union, he acquired three stepdaughters and a stepson. J. D. and Sadie moved to [[Mineral Wells, Texas|Mineral Wells]] in [[Palo Pinto County, Texas|Palo Pinto County]], where he resided as a farmer for the nearly forty remaining years of his life. He and Sadie were members of the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] denomination. "Judge" Patterson, as he was still known after he left office, is interred at Sturdivant Cemetery in Mineral Wells,<ref name=judgepatterson>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30126729|title=John Dee "Judge" Patterson|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref> along with his second wife, Sadie, who died at the age of ninety-five in [[Weatherford, Texas|Weatherford]] in [[Parker County, Texas|Parker County]].<ref name=sadiepatt/> Noda Patterson did not remarry; she died at the age of ninety-one, a year before Sadie. She is interred at Rankin Cemetery.<ref name=rankinburials/>