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From: "Joe Weber" <>
Subject: Re: Deckard genealogy
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 16:27:34 -0500


Uncle by marriage. There is some question as to the younger Patton's
father. John Stewart lived in Oolitic and William Riley and Elizabeth were
originally in Monroe county.

Joe Weber
Bedford, IN

-----Original Message-----
From: Randi Richardson <>
To: <>
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 5:56 PM
Subject: Deckard genealogy

>At 04:31 PM 4/27/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>From a couple of sources not immediately at hand, John Stuart/Stewart and
>>Elizabeth were not married. John lived in Oolitic and in 1851 married Mary
>>Elizabeth Patton (William Riley's sister - or perhaps half sister ? -
>>that's another story)) John was killed at the end of the Civil War. John
>>and Mary Elizabeth had four children.
>
>>My wife is the great great granddaughter of William Riley Patton and
>>Elizabeth Deckard.
>>
>>Joe Weber
>
>Wow! If you are right, and I'm not mistaken, John Stuart/Stewart would
>have been Mone's uncle and his father. That must have been somewhat
>difficult to Elizabeth to deal with, e.g., facing John whenever William
>wanted to visit his sister. Dealing with an illegimate child must have
>been hard enough back then, let alone continuing a relationship of any sort
>witht the father.
>
>Randi Richardson
>
>

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