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Volume III, Issue 12, December, 2003 |
Ellen Williams Patton, Granddaughter of Eleanor O'Neale
Ellen, Mildreds sister, was born in 1869 in Washington, DC. We don't know much about her life yet. We know she married Commander John Bryson Patton, and we've been able to learn a little about him. He was born in 1868 and enjoyed a long military career, from which he retired before 1920. He served as Commander of the Stores Ship USS Culgoa
The USS Culgoa
Ellen & John lived in Washington, DC for many years and bore 3 children, Adele Cutts Patton, John B. Patton, Jr and Mary Patton. Upon his retirement the entire family relocated to Plainfield, New Jersey. Ellen died there in 1929.
The Commander and crew of the USS Culgoa