THOMAS PATTEN
BORN 1833 	DIED 1903
 
WIFE
JANE SMILE
BORN 1836 	DIED1910
 

CHILDREN:
JOSEPH 	        BORN 1857  	DIED 1913
ROBERT  	BORN ? 	        DIED  1927
JANE ANN  	?
THOMAS  	BORN  1865  	DIED  1933
MARGARET  	BORN  1873  	DIED  1927
ISABELLA 	?
MARY E.  	?



THOMAS PATTEN WAS BORN IN NORTHUMBERLAND CO. ENGLAND.  HE CAME TO THE U. S. IN 1863.
IN THE AVONDALE MINE DISASTER OF 1869 ,AT AVONDALE COLLIERY IN PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE CO.
PA. THOMAS PATTEN WAS ONE OF THE MEN PICKED TO IDENTIFY THE BODIES AS THEY WERE BROUGHT
UP FROM THE MINE.  YEARS LATER HIS SON JOSEPH WAS KILLED IN THE MINES IN THAT AREA , HE
WAS BEHEADED.