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Colonel George Patton Sr. (June 26, 1833 – September 25, 1864) was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. He was the grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton . George Patton was also the great-grandfather of Major General George Patton IV , who died in 2004.
George Smith Patton Jr. was born on 11 November 1885, [1] [2] in the Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel, California, to George Smith Patton Sr. and his wife, Ruth Wilson, the daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson, the second mayor of Los Angeles, and Margaret Hereford, a widow from Virginia. [3]
Portrait of Col. George S. Patton by William D. Washington, circa 1861. The 22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from the western Virginia that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Its commander was George S. Patton Sr., the grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton.
George Patton IV (1923–2004), son of George S. Patton and also a U.S. Army general; George Smith Patton (attorney) George S. Patton, Sr. (1833–1864), Confederate colonel and grandfather of George S. Patton; Raymond Stanton Patton (1882–1937), American admiral and engineer, second Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ...
George Smith Patton (September 30, 1856 – June 10, 1927) was an American attorney, businessman and politician who served as Los Angeles County District Attorney and the first mayor of San Marino, California. Patton was the son of Susan Thornton Glassell and George S. Patton Sr., a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War.
His father, John Mercer Patton, a member of the Council of State, served as Acting Governor in March 1841. An ancestor, Hugh Mercer, served as a general during the American Revolution. His brother was Confederate colonel George S. Patton Sr. Patton graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1855, placing 2nd in a class of 16. While still ...
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Patton died in Richmond, Virginia, on October 29, 1858. He was interred at Shockoe Hill Cemetery. His sons James French Patton, Isaac Williams Patton, George S. Patton Sr., Hugh M. Patton, and Waller T. Patton all became Confederate States Army officers (and William M. Patton fought with VMI cadets). Col.