Biographical Sketch (1918):1675, p. 1130. "Mrs. Patterson, who was Miss Rachel Fry before her marriage, is a native of Licking County, Ohio and is still living at the age of eighty-one, the mother of four children, three of whom grew up: Alice is Mrs. Charles Campbell, the wife of a cattleman of Cherokee; Willis Howard resides at Jenny Lind, Calaveras County, where he is a dredgerman; William Ray, the second oldest is the subject of our sketch."

1837 Birth:1846 Birth date of 15 August 1837 and birth place of Chatham, Licking County, Ohio taken from 1920 death certificate.

1860 U.S. Census:1623 Rachel E. enumerated in the household of her husband Jacob Patterson in Deer Creek Township, Bates County, Missouri as a female, age 23, born in Ohio.

1870 U.S. Census:1279 Rachel enumerated in the household of her husband Jacob Patterson in Oregon Township, Butte County, California as a female, age 31, born in Ohio. Daughter Alice also resided in the household.

1880 U.S. Census:1207 Rachel enumerated in the household of her husband jacob Patterson in Oregon Township, Butte County, California as a white female, age 42, wife, married, keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania. Two sons (Ray William and H. Willis) resided in the household as did daughter Alice with her husband Charles Campbell.

1920 U.S. Census:1981 Rachel Patterson enumerated on 9 January 1920 in the household of her husband Jacob Patterson in Oroville, Butte County, California as a female, age 82, married, can read and write, born in Ohio, father and mother born in Ohio, can peak English, no occupation.

1920 Death Certificate:1846 Mrs. Rachael Ellen Patterson; place of death, 1019 Robinson, Oroville, Butte County; date of death, May 20, 1920; female, white, married; husband, Jacob Patterson; born 15 August 1837; age, 82 years, 9 months, 5 days; occupation, housewife; birthplace, Chatham, Ohio; father, —— Fry, born in Ohio; mother, don’t know; resided at place of death 19 years; burial, 22 May 1920, Cherokee, California; informant, W. R. Patterson.

1920 Tombstone:1674 Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee, Butte County, California.
Rachel E. Patterson
1837-1920