As mentioned in the previous post about James and Fannie’s marriage and divorce, the custody court case for Camille took three weeks, 176 witnesses, and 4 days of arguments. It is a sensational story that would fit right in with today’s sensational news coverage. This story had “legs” as the old newspapermen used to say. […]
The Marriage and Divorce of James and Fannie
James McCall Patrick (3) seems to have had the bad luck in the family. His quarry businesses never did well. His mines, except for the Colonel Sellers, never made much money, and even the Colonel Sellers had problems (see Bowman vs Patrick). His marriage was unhappy and ended when his wife died young. His only […]
The Family that Mines Together, Stays Together, Part III
1890s Will sold his interest in the Col. Sellers in 1895 to his mother Eliza, probably to finance his investment in the Southern Eureka Mine in the Tintic District in Utah. However that investment didn’t not pan out and in 1901, Will filed for bankruptcy and discharged almost $70,000 in debt. Around 1890 or so, […]
Bowman vs. Patrick
With mining comes lawsuits. That’s just the way it is. Will was a party to several lawsuits in his mining career. Sometimes he brought the suit and sometimes he was the defendant. But the one lawsuit that lasted the longest and had the most effect on his life was Bowman vs. Patrick. The story starts […]
The Patrick Brothers in Mining
The brothers are: James McCall – June 12, 1848 – Feb. 27, 1918 William Francis – May 3, 1853 – July 20, 1905 Warner Knox – May 1858 – May 30, 1914 Edward Thomas – Feb. 2, 1861 – Mar. 14, 1924 Lucien Linton – Sept. 24, 1863 – Nov. 25, 1944 James has been […]
