They were listed in the 1850 census in Greenfield, Ohio, which was a busy station on the underground railroad.

[4][7] He initially worked at Dines and Simpson Carriage and Coach Makers Company, and learned blacksmithing.

[3] The United States was experiencing the Panic of 1893, a financial crisis and business was suffering.

[3] Patterson bought Lowe's shares and to mark the inclusion of his son Samuel renamed thee company C.R.

Patterson & Sons halted their auto production and concentrated once again on the repair side of the business.

[1] By the 1920s, they started focusing on building and designing truck and bus bodies, which were fitted to chassis made by other manufactures.