Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
4. PATTERSON
ESAB0ARD TRAIN
Founder Of Cash Register Com.
pany Was on Way to
Shore for Health
DAYTON JUNGLE B0UNTIFUL"

Atlantic City. N. j.. May s.
Stricken with heart, attack while en-
route to the shore on the Pennsylvania
Railroad bridge train due here at 3:Vo
yesterday afternoon. John II. Patterson.
seventy seven years old. chairman OF
the Bonrd of Directors. and founder OF
the National Cash Register Company
Dayton, o., died before medical atten.
tion could reach him as the train was
passing Kirkwood, Camden County.
Mr.. Patterson was seated in a chair
car chatting with his valet. his only
companion. when he suddenly fell back
unconscious. DR.. r. F. Trudeau. OF
Saranac Lake, n. Y, who was In the
next Pullman, was summoned by 4
porter. He tried to revive the stricken
man, but all restorntives failed.
After an examination DR.. Trudeau
pronounced Mr.. Patterson dead from an
acute heart attack. He had been
sufferer from chronic cardiac condition..
The body was brought through to this
city and the authorities ordered II TO
undertaker's rooms after. an ihvestisa
ton. William Roberts. the valet. wired
the family and is awaiting instructions;
and arrangements will probably be made
to take the body 10 Dayton today.
Mr.. Patterson had reservations. at the
MARLBOROUGH. .Blenheim, where he was
to have remained for two weeks for the
benefit Of his health.
"Dayton's Uncle Bountiful''
John Henry Patterson was born in
DAYTON. O., December 13. 1874, and
since 1882 has devoted his life to manu-.
featuring cash registers and making
workers happy. For, although the meth
DDS he adopted for dealing with com.
petitors of the National Cash Register
Company were often questioned. the
generosity of his philanthropies earned
for him the sobriquet ''Dayton's. Uncle
Bountiful."
The first member Of his family to come
to the United States was his great
grandfather, John Patterson. who ar.
rived in 1928. His grandfather, Colo.
mel Robert Patterson, who took part in
the Revolution. was the founder Of Lex
ington, Ky, and one of the three origi.
nal owners of the land now occupied by
Cincinnati, o.
Mr.. Patterson received mis- education
in the public schools of his native city
and later attended the Miami Univer.
city. In 1864 he enlisted in the Hun.
dred-Day Men and served one summer
in the 131st Ohio Volunteer Infantry in
the Civil War. After the war he en-.
tered Dartmouth College and was grad.
uated In 1867.
Bought Register Plant
Between that time and his purchase,
with his brother, Of virtually the entire
stock in the National Manufacturing
Company, which was making cash reg.
listers, Mr.. Patterson did farm work.
canal toll collecting, retailing Of coal
and mine operating.
In 1901 France made him Chevalier
Of the Legion of Honor in token Of Tho
interest he had taken in his employees.
Mr.. Patterson's extensive estate, Hills
and Dales, has always been open to his
employees and the public. A golf course,
tennis courts. baseball field and other
facilities for recreation are provided,
while large clubhouse permits dances,
concerts. lectures and entertainments
throughout the week. He established
another clubhouse in the city for the
use Of employees where educational
classes are conducted in the winter
| mOnts.