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Patton, Sadie Smathers [1]

Patton, Sadie Smathers

By George Myers Stephens

28 Sept. 1886–2 Jan. 1975

Sadie Smathers Patton, local historian, was born in Henderson County [2], the daughter of John Wesley and Mary Rickman Smathers. She was educated by private tutors and read law under a Hendersonville attorney. As senior court reporter she served in most of the counties of western North Carolina. Active in numerous local and regional historical and patriotic organizations, she was a founder and trustee of the Cherokee Historical Association [3], producer of the outdoor drama, Unto These Hills [4] . From 1941 to 1957 she was a member of the executive board of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History [5].

Sadie Patton was the author of Ghost Stories and Legends of the Mountains (1935) [6], The Story of Henderson County (1947) [7], Sketches of Polk County History (1950) [8], Saint James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville (1953?) [9], Buncombe to Mecklenburg: Speculation Lands (1955) [10], and The Kingdom of the Happy Land (1957) [11].

Her husband was Preston Fidelia Patton and they had an adopted son. She was buried in Calvary Churchyard, Fletcher.

References:

Asheville Citizen-Times , 25 Apr. 1954, 6 Apr. 1958, 9 June 1958

North Carolina Biography , vol. 3 (1956)

William S. Powell, ed., North Carolina Lives (1962)

Subjects:

Women [13]

Authors:

Stephens, George Myers [15]

Origin - location:

Henderson County [16]

From:

Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press. [17]

1 January 1994 | Stephens, George Myers

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[1] http://ncpedia.org/biography/patton-sadie
[2] http://ncpedia.org/geography/henderson
[3] http://www.cherokeehistorical.org/
[4] http://www.cherokee-nc.com/index.php?page=9
[5] http://www.history.ncdcr.gov/
[6] http://cloud.lib.wfu.edu/vufind/Record/496889
[7] http://www.worldcat.org/title/story-of-henderson-county/oclc/701735338
[8] http://www.worldcat.org/title/sketches-of-polk-county-history/oclc/2922858
[9] http://www.worldcat.org/identities/nc-st%20james%20episcopal%20church%20hendersonville%20n%20c
[10] http://www.worldcat.org/title/buncombe-to-mecklenburg-speculation-lands/oclc/1747226
[11] http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Kingdom_of_the_happy_land.html?id=ZI8bGQAACAAJ
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[13] http://ncpedia.org/category/subjects/women
[14] http://ncpedia.org/category/subjects/unc-press
[15] http://ncpedia.org/category/authors/stephens-george-my
[16] http://ncpedia.org/category/origin-location/mountain-7
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