Gilbert Brown Patterson (May 29, 1863 – January 26, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the

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Biography

Born May 29, 1863 near Maxton, Robeson County, North Carolina, Patterson was the son of Gilbert and Margaret P. Patterson. He attended Shoe Heel Academy, Shoe Heel (now Maxton), North Carolina, and the Laurinburg (North Carolina) High School and graduated from the

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in 1886 where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. From 1886 to 1889, he taught in Elizabeth City, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1890. He then commenced practice in Maxton, North Carolina.

Career

Patterson was a member of the State house of representatives from 1899 to 1901. He was elected as a

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to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1907. Returning to his law practice in 1907, Patterson married Mrs. Mattie Virginia McNair Evans. She had a son, Erasmus Hervey Evans, and, together they had a daughter, Mary McNair Patterson. He was a large landholder, a Master Mason and a Shriner, and for many years a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church.

Death

Patterson died in Maxton, Robeson County, North Carolina, on January 26, 1922 (age 58 years, 242 days). He is

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at Maxton Cemetery, Maxton, North Carolina. He was honored posthumously by his hometown of Maxton with the naming of the Gilbert Patterson Memorial Library, which opened in 1927.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, Gilbert B. 1863 births 1922 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Sigma Alpha Epsilon members