Rachel (Edgerton) Patterson

 

MEMBER DETAILS

Name

Rachel (Edgerton) Patterson

Born

07/07/1811

Place of Birth

Stillwater MM

Died

08/22/1893

Place of Death

Malvern, Pennsylvania

Place of Burial

Record Last Modified

04/28/2012

FAMILY

Father

James Edgerton Jr. 1788-1828

Mother

Anna (Hall) Edgerton Conrow 1795-1876

Husband

Tilman Patterson 1829-ca. 1880

Married

— 04/08/1829 Somerset FMH

Rachel E. Patterson was a leading Wilburite women's minister in Ohio YM in the mid-1800s, one of three in her family. She served for 12 years as the women's Clerk of Ohio YM. After her death, her journal was deposited in a research library in California.
 
Sources: EAQG 4:427, 576, 591-592; (West Chester, Pa.) Daily Local News, 8/23/1893

OTHER INFORMATION

Wilburite

MEMBERSHIP

Stillwater Monthly Meeting 1811-1820

Somerset Monthly Meeting 1820-1863

Stillwater Monthly Meeting 1863-1868

Springville Monthly Meeting 1868-

OFFICES

Somerset MM Women's Assistant Clerk 1835-

Stillwater QM Women's Assistant Clerk 1841-1842

Stillwater QM Women's Clerk 1842-1853

Somerset MM Minister 1845-1863

Ohio YM Women's Clerk 1854-1866

Stillwater MM Minister 1863-1868

Springville MM Minister 1868-

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