PATTON, Jacob Harris, author, born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, 20 May, 1812. He was graduated at Jefferson college, Pennsylvania, in 1839, and at Union theological seminary, New York, in 1846. After leaving college he taught four years at the south, three of which were spent as tutor in Nashville university. He then came to New York city, and, on finishing his course in the seminary, was principal of a private classical school till 1882. He has since devoted himself entirely to authorship. His publications in book-form include "A Concise History of the American People" (2 vols., New York, 1860-'82) ; "Yorktown, 1781-1881 " (1881) ; " The Democratic Party, its History and Influence" (1884); "A Brief History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States" and "The Natural Resources of the United States" (1888).