William Paterson was a

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politician and the seventh

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of the City of

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serving from 1862 to 1863.Political Graveyards.com Index to Politicians: Patakas to Pattersen -- Paterson, William entry
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Political life

In 1845, he was elected

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of Flint Township and served until 1847. He served in that same office from 1851 to 1852 and again from 1854 to 1855. He was elected as the seventh mayor of the City of Flint in 1863, serving a one-year term. In 1868, he was Flint's 3rd Ward Supervisor for the County Board of Supervisors. With George Hazelton, the brother of the former mayor Porter Hazelton, Paterson opened the first bank in Flint with capital from one of the other Hazelton brothers. Paterson and the capital disappeared never to be seen again.Chapter XV: Banks and Banking, Part I
The History of Genesee County, MI.

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