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Pa In the extreme northwest corner of Citizens Cemetery, along West Ninth Street, there is a small gray granite gravestone that proclaims: “John Patton, Died May 15, 1905, Patriot of Civil War 1861-1865, Colored.” Behind this curious inscription is the unusual story of a Negro slave who escaped from his masters in the South, joind a Union Army regiment containing Rochester soldiers and ended his days as “Uncle Johnny Patton,” a respected citizen of this community. It is a tale that became a part of my 1997 book concerning the Civil War experiences of that regiment, the 87th Indiana, entitled “A Stupendous Effort.” Not long ago a woman came to our office to inquire about the meaning of the headstone’s lettering, thereby forcing me to accept the astonishing fact that not everyone has read that excellent book. Such dereliction will not, however, stand in the way of a repetion of this interesting bit of local history. The 87th Indiana, which had 300 Fulton County men among its 10 companies, was encamped in Tennessee at Triune, south of Nashville, in the spring of 1863 when John Patton wandered into its midst. He had become aware of President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation that freed all slaves in territories then in rebellion against the federal government. So he escaped from his slaveowning master and sought refuge with the nearest Union Army. Thousands like him were doing the same thing at the time. As it happened Patton encoutered soldiers of the 87th’s Company F, whose commander, Captain Horace Long of Rochester, allowed him to stay as a personal cook and body servant. He remained with Long the company and regiment for the rest of the war, through the battle of Chickamauga, the overland campaign leading to the capture of Atlanta, the resulting March to the Sea and finally, the Carolinas campaign to war’s end. When that came in April of 1865, Patton was invited by Long and other soldiers from Rochester to return here and live out his life. That he did and for the next 40 years he was a familiar figure on the local scene. He lived in a small frame house in the southeastern part of the town and performed all manner of useful work for his fellow citizens. They treated him generaly as one of their own and described him as “willing, honest and genteel.” Late in his life they bought him a peanut and popcorn stand which he operated for many years along Main Street. Patton’s age at his death was listed only as “over 80” and not much is known of his background before he appeared at Triume. He once said that he married as a young slave and that his wife and three children were sold away from him. He was sold himself to three diferent master, he claimed, once for the handsome sum of $1,400. The true measure of John Patton’s life as a free man in Rochester, Indiana, was the respect shown to his memory upon his passing in the spring of 1905. His soldier friends quickly determined that “Uncle Johnny” would not be consigned to a pauper’s grave. They agreed to share the expenses of a funeral and appointed two of their number to make the arrangements. The funeral itself took the form of a campfire ceremony of the Grand Army of the Republic, the organization of Civil War veterans. Thus was Patton granted the ultimate compliment his soldier friends could give: recognition as a comrade. The services held at the Fulton County Home were attended by 30 Civil War veterans. A local minister gave the sermon and seven of Patton’s soldier friends each made brief remarks concerning his life. The Evening Sentinel, finally and fittingly, published a substantial obituary of this former slave in which it was written that the funeral “was a tribute of respect to his faithfulness and integrity as a man” and went on to state that Patton “possessed the noblest qualities of the colored race and his memory will abide in Rochester for many a day.” And so it has. [Rochester Sentinel, Tuesday, October 3, 2000] PAULK, KENNETH [Rochester, Indiana]
Pa See: Service Men, World War II, Letters (Letter From Kenneth Paulk) PAULUS, EDWARD [Rochester, Indiana] NOTICE I have purchased the paint shop connected with Henry Warner’s blacksmith and repair shop, and will do first class carriage Painting on old or new work. All work guaranteed to give satisfaction. EDWARD PAULUS. [Rochester Sentinel, Monday, August 15, 1904] PEABODY & KINSELY [Rochester, Indiana] WILL MOVE MILL HERE Wabash Plain Dealer “Peabody & Kinsely, who are operating a large sawmill at Chili, just over the Miami county line, will probably remove the concern to Rochester. The change would be made at once if an agreement as to freight rates were possible with the Lake Erie & Western road. The firm and the freight department of the road are now in communication with a view to making a long term contract.” It will be remembered that representatives of the Peabody & Kinsely company have been in Rochester and made arrangements for the site of mill, which will be just east of the Lake Erie track on the lot near the water tank. [Rochester Sentinel, Friday, June 10, 1904] PEABODY BROS. CO. [Rochester, Indiana] Located N side of E 9th Street due N of lot #596 Robbins & Harter’s 3rd Addn Out Lots. [427 E 9th] Hard lumber, slab wood. See: Downs Sawmill __________ NEWS OF THE DAY The Peabody sawmill in this city located on East Ninth street, is being torn down and will be shipped to Adams county, where it will be set up by a Mr. Cotter, the purchaser. The mill was a paying institution for the owners until the past year when the scarcity of timber and the necessarily high prices caused it to fail to be paying. [Rochester Sentinel, Wednesday, July 20, 1910] PEARSON, JOHN G. [Rochester, Indiana] See: Pearson’s Brass & String Band See: Rochester Bands PEARSON’S BRASS & STRING BAND [Rochester, Indiana] See: Rannells, William W. See: Rochester Bands __________ In 1874 Prof. John G. Pearson and his brother-in-law, James Chapin, started this band, and Pearson tutored Vivian Essick, a child in short pants. Pearson was at one time rated 4th greatest cornetist in the United States. Pearson left Rochester in 1884 for Kansas City, Mo., where he directed the Kansas City band for several years, passing away there in 1940.
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