In amongst the notes and letters and pictures that my mother has collected about the Patricks and the Brownlows, I found a copy of some reminiscences that Mary Birge wrote down. I don’t know when she wrote it. It came from a granddaughter of Mary’s brother,William Knox Patrick (5). Her father is James Knox Patrick […]
Knoxville Marble Company
I have always wanted to know how Annie and Will met. How does a young woman from Knoxville, who went to school in Philadelphia, meet a young man from St. Louis? What if they met in Washington, D.C. in 1874 when Will was there to interview for a position on the Newton-Jenney Expedition and Annie […]
Some Patrick Updates
This summer, while looking at business directories for Pittsburgh, I found that the 1815 directory listed “Patrick James, mason” in Lawrenceville, PA, on the north side of Pittsburgh. The family lore never mentioned Lawrenceville. However, looking through the directory, I noticed that the masons and stone cutters (about five or six) were all located in […]
