Background
Patterson, John Henry was born on December 13, 1844 in on farm near Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Colonel Jefferson P. (grandson Colonel Robert P., one of original proprs. of Cincinnati) and Julia (Johnston) Patterson.
Patterson, John Henry was born on December 13, 1844 in on farm near Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Colonel Jefferson P. (grandson Colonel Robert P., one of original proprs. of Cincinnati) and Julia (Johnston) Patterson.
Worked as boy in father’s saw and grist mill. Studied at Miami College, Oxford, O. Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1867.
Collector of tolls, Miami canal, 1867-1870. In retail coal business Dayton, and later interested in coal mining, Jackson Company, O. Manager Southern Ohio Coal & Iron Company several years Has made the perfection and introduction of cash registers his life work.
Identified with National Manufacturing Company, Dayton, 1882, director, 1883. Organized National Cash Register Company, 1884.
Became president and manager Advocate of coöperation between employer and employe.
Lecturer and writer on labor questions and municipal and legislative reform. After an exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900 of his company’s industrial enterprise, and especially of his efforts for the benefit of his employes, received the decoration of Legion of Honor from French Government. Home: Dayton, O.
Married Katherine Beck.
