The full biographical sketch as printed, transcribed from the public-domain book. Spelling and wording are the original author’s; a few scanning errors may remain.
W. OMER PATTY.
Through various changes in business, the late W. Omer Patty of Greenville, Ohio, maintained his standard of high principles, and while he was enterprising, industrious and suc- cessful, he was a man of intelligence and high ideals, although modest and retiring in disposition. He interpreted life and duty in the terms of manliness of character and faithfully strove to be a living example of his faith. With a high sense of honor and integrity, he was true to his convictions of right and duty, and fearless in advocating those things which he be- lieved would be for the betterment of the world. . Governed by principle rather than policy, he earned and retained the respect of his associates, and his integrity of character was universally recognized.
A kind and loving husband and father, he left his fam- ily and community bereft of one who made life better for his living. From early childhood he was a member of the Christian Church and his faith bore fruit in his earnest Christian char- acter. He believed in prohibition and voted as he prayed and did much effective work for his cause and won his associates to his way of thinking. The purity of his life and his admirable character contributed much to the moral tone of his commun- ity, and his business industry, ability uprightness have added materially to its wealth and prosperity.
W. Omer Patty was brought up at Pleasant Hill, Ohio, where he was graduated from the public and high schools.
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He later attended college at Ada, Ohio, and the Wilks Busi- ness College at Dayton, Ohio. Following this thorough prepa- ration he embarked in the grain business at Pleasant Hill with
C. M. Patty and John G. Myers, which association continued profitably for a couple of years* Later he moved to Fletcher, Ohio, where he continued his grain operations for four years. In 1903 he moved to Greenville and was associated with Fred
D. and Joe F. Coppock and his father. Doctor Patty, in the lum- ber business, the firm operating the landed estate of Mr. DeCamp. At the death of Mr. Patty his widow and sons and her brother, Fred Coppock, continued the business.
In the spring of 1891, W. O. Patty was united in marriage with Margaret A. Coppock, a daughter of Allen and Maria Furnas Coppock. To this uinon were given three sons, Clar- ence E., born Jan. 22, 1892; Joseph Charles, bom Nov. 15, 1896, and Wm. Allen, born Feb. 6, 1907. Allen Coppock was a son of Joseph and Sarah Jay Coppock. He enlisted in Com- pany A, 147th regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and served four months as a soldier in the Civil war. He joined the Ma- sons in 1868, and is a member of Dan Williams Post, G. A. R. No. 369. Margaret Spencer, the mother of Maria Coppock, was born in South Carolina, and the father, Joseph Furnas, was born and reared in Miami county, on the farm his father entered.
In 1849 Doctor Patty and Sarah Jane Dowell, daughter of Charles and Nancy Dowell, were united in marriage, an<T at the age of sixty-two years her spirit took its flight to the "far away home of the soul," from a very kind, affectionate and devoted home life where her qualities shone most brilliantly. Doctor Patty was born in 1827 in Montgomery county, Ohio. He was Scotch descent on his father's side and on his mother's side French and English. He was the son of Chas. and Phoebe Pear- son Patty, of South Carolina. For fifty-two years he practiced medicine at Laura and Pleasant Hill. He was not only active as a physician, but as a citizen ; was a member of the Masonic Order of Pleasant Hill. He was a man characterized by a strong mind and did much reading and thinking. The last thing he wrote in his own autobiography were these words, "Glad day when I shall set out to join not only that great company of disembodied spirits, but my own son, Omer, than whom was never better man born, nor more full of filial af- fection."
Then after two years of eager waiting he was called to this
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reunion from the home of Mrs. W. O. Patty, after a life of eighty-five years, rich in ministrations and usefulness to a large community of people in which he was a friend and coun-* sellor.
Source: History of Darke County, Ohio. See the original pages at the Internet Archive.
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