Col. John Mercer Patton, Jr. (CSA)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23272788/john-mercer-patton

VMI class of 1846. Lawyer, Judge and Colonel of the 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment CSA. Married (first) Sally Lindsay Taylor in 1858, (second), Lucy A. Crump.

"The bodies of all die, therefore, because of sin, and return to their dust, but the spirits of all return to God who gave them--those who are in Christ being in life, and those who are not in him being dead in "trespasses and sins," just in the same sense, and from the same cause, that they were dead before their bodies returned to the dust." - John Mercer Patton Jr.

Born May 9, 1826 at Culpeper, Virginia; graduate, VMI Class of 1846, standing 8th out of 14; lawyer and judge; Colonel, 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment, CSA; married (first) Sally Lindsay Taylor in 1858, (second), Lucy A. Crump; he died at Ashland, Virginia, October 9, 1898.

http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=5299

• Residence: June 1 1870 - Virginia, USA
• Race: White
  • Reference: 1870 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: Nov 16 2020, 12:15:09 UTC