Description: Photograph of the Johnston and Patterson families at the Patterson Homestead in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Typed caption on the reverse of an identical photograph reads "Scene at the old Patterson homestead, Dayton, Ohio, (commencing at the right) Mr. John H. Patterson, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Mary John Johnston, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Margaret Kirk Ayers, Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Maragaret Kirk, Piqua Ohio, Miss Rachel Vance, Piqua, Ohio, Mr. Wm. B. Johnston, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. R. Patterson Jr., Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Julia Johnston Patterson, Dayton, Ohio."
The Patterson Homestead was home to Colonel Robert Patterson, a Revolutionary War soldier who helped found Lexington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Industrialist John H. Patterson, founder of the National Cash Register company, was also raised and lived in the home.
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Image ID: AV29_B01F09_002
Subjects: Patterson, John Henry, 1844-1922; Historic houses; Families--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio);