Background
Patton, Henry William was born on July 14, 1856 in Palmyra, Missouri, United States. Son of Alfred and Priscilla (Thomas) Patton.
Patton, Henry William was born on July 14, 1856 in Palmyra, Missouri, United States. Son of Alfred and Priscilla (Thomas) Patton.
Educational public schools. Law student, University of Missouri, 1879-1880.
Reporter and city editor, Los Angeles Times and Herald, 1884-1887. Editor and owner successively Los Angeles Capital, Everett (Washington) Independent, Aberdeen (Washington) Bulletin, Eureka (California) Standard, and manager American-Reveille, Bellingham, Washington Discoverer and first explorer Salton Sea, 1891 (trip made for San Francisco Examiner). Exploration trip to Tiburon Island, Gulf of California, 1896.
Major and ordnance officer, National Guard California, 1888.
Register United States Land Office, Los Los Angeles 1886-1891. Special agent Interior Department Indian Service, 1893-1898.
Chairman Exemption Board, Hoquiam, 1917. Secretary to congressional party visiting battle front in France, 1917.
Made cruise of 7 months to South Sea Islands, 1918.
Sailed to west coast of South and Central America and Mexico, 1919, New Zealand and The Fiji Islands, 1921. Now special writer for Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles papers.
Mason, Elk.
Married Mistress.