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The eight room home was built of bricks manufactured by Brahan's slaves on the site of Sweetwater Creek which lay just below the house. Sweetwater Mansion received its name from the creek and was first occupied by Brahan's son-in-law Robert M. Patton, a post-Civil War governor of Alabama, who completed the mansion in 1835.
The World War II General Patton's youngest grandson, who still is living, has given interviews on the History Channel and the Military Channel, recalling his family heritage. Another son, Robert H. Patton, has written a history of the Patton family: The Pattons: A Personal History of an American Family (Crown, 1994). [9] [10]
Robert Miller Patton (July 10, 1809 – February 28, 1885) was an American politician who served as the 20th governor of the Alabama from 1865 to 1868. [ 1 ] He was born July 10, 1809, in Russell County, Virginia .
Elizabeth's first marriage was to James Patton, her cousin, and they had two children, Margaret Ann and George. James Patton was killed in 1813 after he was wounded in the Creek Indian War. During his final minutes before he died, he asked a fellow soldier, Davy Crockett, to deliver his personal belongings back to Elizabeth.
Jean Gordon (February 4, 1915 – January 8, 1946) was an American socialite and a Red Cross worker during World War II.A niece by marriage of General George S. Patton, some writers claim she had a long affair with Patton, [2] allegedly beginning years before the war [3] and continuing behind the front lines of wartime Europe. [4]
Mar. 28—HAMILTON — Wensley Roberts El-Hefni was a teenage girl standing in a field in Scotland in 1943 when a Nazi plane flew by so low she could see the face of the pilot, the swastikas on ...
Austin Butler, Selena Gomez, Laura Dern and more stars have brought their loved ones as their plus-ones to the Golden Globes over the years. For the 2023 ceremony, Butler brought his sister ...
Royal family traditions during Christmas captured in photos, from Princess Diana's sons on Santa's sled to Meghan Markle's first appearance at Sandringham.