City: Chattanooga
PATTEN, John A., manufacturer; born Delaven, Ill., Sept. 27, 1867, his parents being at the time of his birth citizens of Alabama; son Major George W. and Charlotte (HOLMES) PATTEN; paternal grandfather John A. PATTEN, paternal grandmother Betsy (CARTTER) PATTEN, maternal grandfather John HOLMES; maternal grandmother Isabel (GASH) HOLMES; English, Scotch and Irish descent; educated Chattanooga public schools; married Edith MANKER, October 2, 1890; member Chattanooga Country Club; President Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce; President Chattanooga Y. M. C. A.; member of Hamilton County Board of Education; Trustee of University of Chattanooga; President Tennessee River Improvement Association; managing partner Chattanooga Medicine company; President Chattanooga Packet Company; President Hamilton Realty Company; President Black Draught Stock Medicine Company; member Methodist Church; President Laymen’s Association; Chairman Book Committee; member Board of Education.
