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CATNUM: 1833
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NameFirst: Patton ~James C.
NameLast: Patton
NameMiddle: Calvin
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BirthDay: 12
BirthYear: 1882
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OriginalBirthCity: Hammondville
OriginalBirthState: KY
OriginalBirthCounty: Hart
OriginalBirthNation: USA
DeathMonth: 11
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DeathYear: 1958
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OriginalDeathCity: Chicago
OriginalDeathState: IL
OriginalDeathCounty: Cook
OriginalDeathNation: USA
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OriginalNotes: NOTE: I am probably confusing James C. Patton, photographer and James C. Patton, minister. In the 1910 census there is a widowed 41-yr.-old  James C. Patton, minister, b. Mississippi, parents b. Mississippi; lived at 1125 Harlan (Harlow?) St., b. about 1869
PARENTS: both parents b. KY
Indianapolis Recorder, Jan. 26, 1901, p. 8:
Rev. J. C. Patton of New Albany has been called to the pastorate of the Shiloh Baptist Church and took charge last Sun.
Recorder, Nov. 1, 1902, p. 1 Baptist University Notes:
Rev. J. C. Patton D. D. president has charge of theological department and Greek.  Grad. From Kent. State Univ. in 1899, this yr. completed course in the National Correspondence College at Vincennes and the degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred upon him. His average was 98 1/2 (excelled only by 2 in history of the college)
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EDUCATION: KY State University [alumni office does not have records for him], National Correspondence College of Vincennes
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CENSUS INFORMATION:
1920 Indianapolis ED115, sheet 15, line 66:
705 N. Senate Ave., apt 5
JC        B 37 rent b. KY, MB KY, FB KY Photog. Own Place employer
Mary E.  Mu 28      b. VI  MB VI, FB VI no occupation
Chas. Bro B 23      b. KY, MB KY, FB KY photog. Photo shop                                                 w (wageworker?)
NEWSPAPERS:
Indianapolis News, Nov. 9, 1909, p. 9:
Mentions colored industrial school, The Parkview Normal and Industrial Institute, which will teach photography among other subjects.  Rev. J. C. Patton, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, is head of the project, and president of the educational board.
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Jet magazine, 13 Nov 1958, Died: James C. Patton, 68, veteran Chicago photographer, of a heart condition. Http://books.google.com/books?id=ikEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=%22james+c.+patton%22+photographer+indianapolis&source=bl&ots=MxbfHweyIV&sig=F5Yc2TXe_ks_qORIzaK0ZAKHznQ&hl=en&ei=UndPTcK9E8r2gAf81pnzDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22james%20c.%20patton%22%20photographer%20indianapolis&f=false
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http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6482&iid=IN-1504019-0526&fn=James+Calvin&ln=Patton&pid=9995884
WWI Registration: James Calvin Patton, Feb. 12, 1882; photographer, works for himself, 422 Indiana Ave.; Wife: Elizabeth; home 236 N. Cap.

Mar. Co. WPA Marriage Records: wife's name, marriage and birth dates
From city directories it appears that J. C. Patton worked in Indianapolis from about 1908-1925.  Tim Peterson says that he removed to Chicago and that a son continued the business until the 1960s.

Http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.wiley/4802
Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > Kentucky > Wiley obituaries - scrapbook collection  
Services for Mrs. Mary Gaddie, who died Monday in her home, 1135 Roach Street, will be held tomorrow in the First Baptist Church of North Indianapolis. Mrs. Gaddie, who was 77, was a native of Green County, Kentucky. She lived in Indianapolis, Indiana twenty-three years and was a member of the First Baptist Church of North Indianapolis. Surviving are her husband, Willie Gaddie; a son, James Gaddie of Indianapolis; a daughter, Mrs. Eva Middleton of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Myers of Muncie; three brothers, J. C. Patton and Charles Patton, both of Chicago, and Alex Patton of Canton, Ohio; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Floral Park. [dated July 1, 1948]

http://emuseum.icp.org/view/people/asitem/P/37?t:state:flow=4e60ae1a-b3a9-464e-9da1-46f044076112
James Calvin Patton
Date: American, 1882 - 1958
place of birth:United States, Kentucky, Hammondville
active in:United States, Indiana, Indianapolis
active in:United States, Illinois, Chicago
Biography: African American photographer James Calvin Patton (1882-1958) operated Patton's Studio in Indianapolis in the 1910s and early 1920s. In the mid- to late 1920s, Patton relocated the studio to Chicago, making panoramic portraits of groups, including the 35th Annual NAACP conference and the Greater St. John Baptist Church Gospel Choir, through the mid-1950s.

WWII Draft Registration Card, 1942: James Calvin Patton, resides 355 East 47th St., Chicago, Cook Co., IL, age 60 b. Hammsville, KY, Feb 12, 1882, phone Drexel 2763; Person who will always know your address: Chas. Patton, 185 E. 35th, Chicago, photographer / self; place of employment: 355 E. 47th St., Chicago / Negro, light brown, brown eyes, gray/bald hair, 5'11" 174 lbs. [note: the transcription index reads b. Hammondville, KY]
OriginalWorkerTypes: photographer, gallery owner
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OriginalFormats: postcards, cirkut
OriginalOccupation: preacher
OriginalCombination: brother, son?
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City: Indianapolis
State: IN
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County: Marion
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OriginalSource: The Recorder, July 3 - Oct. 30, 1909, p. 4: View Photographer, "I make views of homes, buildings, family groups, portraits, enlarging and frame work, neatly done, Special low prices for next 30 days. . . "
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