George Smith PATTON

  General Notes:

Virginia Military Institute, 1877

FIRST CITY ATTORNEY OF PASADENA, CA
FIRST MAYOR OF SAN MARINO
OPPOSED WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE

George, a prominent attorney in Los Angeles, read to his son George Jr. the works of Homer and Shakespeare, as well as the Bible. He lived through the Civil War years and was a good friend of Col. John Mosby, the heralded "Grey Ghost" of J.E.B.Stuart's cavalry.

George married Ruth WILSON. (Ruth WILSON was born about 1860 in Los Angeles Area, CA.)