John H. "Jack" Patten, Jr.

Abt 1904 - 1982  (~ 78 years)

• Name	John H. "Jack" Patten  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	Abt 1904	Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  	A public record entry (only source is a long list of voter's records, public filings, etc.) on Ancestry indicates that his birthdate was 28 August 1904.
  Gender	Male
  Newspaper Article	15 Jul 1926	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	West Plains Journal: \"Jack Patten Pays Fine for Assault on Young Woman Attacks Hotel Employe [sic] and Is Arrested The Woman Leaves Town Frightened\" [Article can be found. He evidently attempted to sexually assault Leva Carter, an employee at the Commercial Hotel in West Plains. Attacked on July 8. He had been a boarder but got behind with his board and was not occupying a room there when the assault occurred. The girl informed her box and they went to the police where a warrant was sworn out. She was frightened enough that she quit her job and moved back to her relatives in the country. He paid a $5 fine] This was around the time that the Pattens were losing their business and much in the paper for not paying their debts.
  Census	14 Apr 1930	Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	1. Patton [Patten], John H., head, owns, farm, male, white, 66, married 20 years, can read and write, Illinois, Tennessee, Misosuri, farmer, general farming, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 46 2. _____, Nelle R., wife, female, white, 54, married 0 years, can read and write, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio 3. _____, Jack E., son, male, white, 25, single, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, printer, job printer, not a veteran 4. _____, Robert J., son, male, white, 19, single, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio 5. Royse, Thomas R., father in law, male, white, 67, single, can read and write, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, laborer, general farm, not a veteran
  Residence	1935  [5]
  	The 1940 census indicates that Jack and his wife were living in the same house in 1935, and that she (wife Edna) was the informant.
  Census	27 Apr 1940	2201 Dekle Ave., Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA   [5]
  	1. Wood, Jack, head, owns, value $4900, male, white, 45, married, completed 4 years college, Virginia, same place in 1935, sales engineer, iron-steel products 2. Patten, Jack H., lodger, male, white, 35, 4 years high school, Missouri, same house in 1935, proprietor manager, printing shop 3. _____, Edna Mae, lodger, female, white, 35, married, 4 years high school, Missouri
  Census	1945	425 W. Davis, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA   [6]
  	1. Patten, Jack H., 425 W. Davis, male, 41, Missouri, completed high school, occupation printer 2. _____, Mrs. Edna, same address, female, 39, Missouri, completed high school, housewife
  NEWS	4 Apr 1962	Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA   [7]
  	: "Patten Funeral services for Jack H. Patten, 77, 425 W. Davis Blvd., will be held Monday at 10:00 a.m. at the Hyde Park Chapel of B. Marion Reed Funeral Home, with Dr. E. Earl Hartman of Death Sound Community Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: John Frieberger, George Woodham, Ray Oliver, Richard Davis, Jay Zoet and Robert Patten. Honorary pallbearers are: Joseph t/ennies, Julius Tobin, Dr. John Hampton, Harold Knight, Frank Womack, Jean Payne, Ray Buckley, Dennis Weissing, Colbert Rreeves, Lindon Peavey and Robert Augustin. He was born in Butler, Missouri and came to Tampa in 1935. He was founder of Jack Patten Printers and was in the printing business all of his life. Mr. Patten was a member of the Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Tampa Yacht and Country Club, an amateur orchid grower and a member of the West Coast Orchid Society, Tampa r?ose Society and the Tampa Men's Garden Club. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edna M. Patten, Tampa; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Briscoe, West Plains, Missouri and Mrs. Josephine Hirst, Ontario, Calif.; one brother, Dan Patten, Phoenix, Ariz.; five nieces, Miss Judy M. Patten, Tampa and four other nieces in Missouri; six nephews, Robert C. Patten, Tulsa, Oklahoma and five other nephews in Missouri. The family will receive friends at the funeral home, 258 Plant Avenue, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon."
  RESEARCH	Florida marriage index on FamilySearch reflects the marriage of a John H. Patten, 1943, Palm Beach, citing vol. 855:45293. The index does not name the spouse or give a specific date. This could be Jack Patten's marriage to Edna (surname unknown), who appears in 1945 census with him.  [8]
  Died	1 Apr 1982	Hillsborough County, Florida, USA   [9]
  Person ID	I6178	Full
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	John Hiatt Patten,   b. Abt 1864, Illinois, USA ,   d. 26 Dec 1931, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Nelle Royse,   b. 13 Jul 1875, Ohio, USA ,   d. 28 Jul 1930, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Married	After December 1902  [10]
  	Although the 1910 census indicates they were married around 1899, and their first apparent child was born about 1900, John was not divorced from his first wife until December 1902.
  Family ID	F932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Mae Unknown,   b. Abt 1905, Missouri, USA
  Married	Before 1940  [2, 5]
  	Internet tree gives a date of marriage (bride's name withheld) as 3 December 1932, no place of marriage stated.
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F2203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4541] 1910 U.S. census, Greene County, Missouri, population schedule, Campbell township, enumeration district (ED) 20, sheet 7B (penned), p. 284 (stamped, verso), dwelling 156, family 157, John H. Patten household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 782. . [S4599] Juniex30 (owner, no email address), “Briscoe Crenshaw,” tree pages, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 21 November 2014), entry for John Hiatt (Jack) Patten (1904-1982). . [S5570] ?Jack Patten Pays Fine for Assault on Young Woman,? The West Plains Journal (West Plains, Mo.), 15 July 1926, p. 1, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 22 February 2019). [S4590] 1930 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 3, sheet 3A (penned), p. 19 (stamped, recto), dwelling 47, family 47, John H Patton [Patten] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 23 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1191. [S4598] 1940 U.S. census, Hillsborough County, Florida, population schedule, Tampa (2201 Dekle Ave.), enumeration district (ED) 70-25, sheet 12A, p. 380a (stamped), household no. 426, Jack [Hood?] household, for Jack H. Patten, lodger; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 24 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 633. [S4596] Pierce County, Washington, marriage certificate no. 27776, J. Royse Patten-Nellie Marie Hopkins (1963); digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 November 2014); Washington State Archives, Olympia. [S6057] "Patten " The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida), 4 April 1962, p. 18, col. 6; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 April 2020). [S4597] "Florida, Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 23 November 2014), entry for John H. Patton [Patten?], marriage 1843, Palm Beach County, Florida; citing vol. 855, certificate no. 45293. Bride not stated. [S4589] Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 22 November 2014), entry for John H. Patten, Hillsborough County, 1 April 1982; citing certificate no. 33523, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville. [S285] Missouri, Greene - 1910 U.S. Census, Missouri, Greene County, Campbell township, Greene County, Missouri, ED 20, Sheet 7B, Dwelling 156, Family 157, John H. Patten household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).