Geographical Notes:2694 FRANK PIERCE: This post office was  located in the SE1/4 corner of Section 11, Washington Township and in the village of Williamstown which is also called Frytown.  It was established 18 Aug 1853 and discontinued 15 June 1903. FRYTOWN: Another name for Williamstown, located in Section 11, Washington Township.  It was called Frytown because the elder Mr. Fry and his large family of sons settled near there. WILLIAMSTOWN: A town named for C. N. and Sarah Williams platted in 1854 in Section 11, Washington Township.  It is also known as Frytown and the post office was in  Frank Pierce.

Biographical Sketch (1888):1286, p. 224. "Ephraim Patterson . . . was a native of Virginia. Leaving his native State of Virginia he went to Ohio, and was numbered among the early pioneers of Licking County, afterward emigrating to Johnson County, Iowa in the year 1849."

1807 Birth:3069 Birth date of 16 February 1807 calculated from age at death (56 years, 3 months, 12 days) taken from 1863 tombstone in Frank Pierce Cemetery, Washington Township, Johnson County, Iowa. Birth place assumed to be Augusta County, Virgina because: 1) Virginia listed as place of birth in both 1850 and 18602379 census enumerations and 2) parents Adam Patterson and Rebecca Moore were married731, p. 161. in Augusta County, Virginia in 1805 and resided there during the 18101645 census enumeration.

1826 Marriage:1281 Ephraim Patterson married Eve Fry on 29 June 1826 in Licking County, Ohio, performed by Elias Howell, Justice of the Peace.

1826 Tax List, Licking County, Ohio:927 Ephraim Patterson listed in 1826 tax list for Licking County, Ohio.

1830 U.S. Census:1486
Licking County, Ohio (Burlington Township)
Head of Family •• Ephraim Patterson
Males 20-30 •• 1 << Ephraim
Females under 5 •• 2 << Clarissa, age 3; Lorain, age 1, 1829-1834
Females 20-30 •• 1 << wife Eve
Adjacent to Adam Patterson1485 household

1833 Land Sale:1292 Deed of sale for approximately 125 acres from Adam Patterson to Ephraim Patterson for $10.00 on 27 June 1833.

1834 Death of Daughter:1276,1187, booklet 3, Burlington Township, p. 6. Patterson Cemetery, Burlington Township, Licking County, Ohio [Note: Presume Lorain, born about May 1829, to be the daughter of Ephraim and Eve; Adam and Ann’s daughter Cordelia was born Oct. 1829.]
Lorain Patterson
d. Sep. 17, 1834
5 years 4 months

1840 U.S. Census: In Burlington Township, Licking County, the following families (and their affiliations) appeared within the last forty-four households enumerated: Jacob Moore1488 (Patterson brother-in-law), Arthur Briggs2108 (Morey son-in-law), Wait Wright (Vermont family), W. P. Morey1489 (Adam Patterson's son-in-law), William Wheeler2109 (Morey son-in-law), John Sillin1491 (Adam Patterson's brother-in-law), Adam Patterson,1490 and Ephraim Patterson1284 (son of Adam Patterson).

1840 U.S. Census:1284
Licking County, Ohio (Burlington Township)
Head of Family •• Ephraim Patterson
Males under 5 •• 2 << Smiley, infant; John, age 4
Males 5 to 10 •• 2 << Adam, age 9; Jacob, age 6
Males 20-30 •• 1
Males 30-40 •• 1 << Ephraim, age 33
Females under 5 •• 1 << Emily, infant ??
Females 10-15 •• 1 << Clarissa, age 12
Female 30-40 •• 1 << Eve, age 35
Adjacent to Adam Patterson1490 household.

1841 Estate Executor:2161, p. 26. On 22 May 1841, Ephraim Patterson was named as executor for the estates of Casper Myers and Samuel Dixon.

1847 Relocation to Johnson County, Iowa:1287, p. 891. History of Johnson County, Iowa description of son Bruce Patterson indicates family moved from Licking County, Ohio to Washington Township, Johnson County, Iowa in 1847.

1849 Relocation to Johnson County, Iowa:1286, p. 224. Portrait and Biographical Album of Gage County, Nebraska description of son John Patterson indicates family moved from Licking County, Ohio to Johnson County, Iowa in 1849.

1850 U.S. Census:2388
Johnson County, Iowa (Washington Township)
Enumerated 24 August 1850
Ephraim Patterson •• 42, male, farmer, real estate value $3,000, born in Virginia
Eve •• 43, female, born in Pennsylvania
Adam •• age unreadable, male, farmer, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Jacob •• 16, male, farmer, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
John •• 12, male, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Emily •• 10, female, born in Ohio, attended school within the year << actually Smiley?
Bruce •• 8, male, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
Eliza Cole •• 20, female, born in Ohio

1852 Iowa State Census:2947
Johnson County, Iowa (Washington Townnship)
E. Patterson

1860 U.S. Census:2379
Johnson County, Iowa (Washington Township, Frank Pierce Post Office)
Enumerated 30 June 1860
E. Patterson •• 55, male, farmer, real estate value $5,000, personal property value $500, born in Virginia
Eva •• 52, female, born in Pennsylvania
Smiley •• 20, male, farmer, personal property value $550, born in Ohio
Bruce •• 17, male, farmer, born in Ohio
Anthony Chopp •• 23, male, farm laborer, born in Germany
Son John Patterson2380 and wife Rebecca enumerated in adjacent household. Smiley Patterson would later marry Mary E. McEldowney, who was age 17 and living in English River Township, Washington County, Iowa, with her parents in the 1860 enumeration. Washington County and Johnson County are adjacent. The McEldowney family was living next to the Moore family, led by Philip B. Moore, believed to be the husband of Ephraim Patterson's half-sister Lydia Patterson, whose mother was Sophia Jones.

1863 Will:1278, As her authority, Morgan cites Family History Library Film 985939, p. 148-149. Written on 29 May 1863, Johnson County, Iowa, Ephraim bequeaths $160 to son Bruce Patterson, $30 to purchase a cow and $15 to purchase a saddle and bridle to son Smiley Patterson, and the remainder of his estate to wife Eve Patterson.

1863 Tombstone:3069 Frank Pierce Cemetery, Washington Township, Johnson County, Iowa.
Ephraim Patterson
Husband of Eve
d. May 31, 1863
56y 3m 12ds