Saturday, December 10, 2011

William Weston Patton

William Weston Patton

Rev. William Weston Patton (19 October 1821, New York City - 1889), was president of Howard University, a fierce abolitionist and one of the contributors to the words of John Brown's Body. He was the son of Rev. William Patton and the grandson of Anglo-Irish Congregationalist immigrant and Revolutionary War Major Robert Patton.



[The National Preacher Vol 2 No 6 Nov 1827]

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