1804-1855
New York - Illinois - Iowa
All the various genealogies one finds on the web say Dotia was born 2 May 1804 in Columbia County, New York. If so, it must have been soon after her parents moved there. Her father was born in Dutchess County, then moved west with his brother (probably) to Delaware County (for the 1800 census), then moved back east to Columbia County in time for the 1810 census. [The Slocum book says her parents didn't move to Columbia County until ~1811, but I think it is wrong on this particular point.]
She was the daughter of Peleg Slocum and Ruth Hill, one of 11 children.
Her siblings:
Humphrey 17 May 1792 - d 1864
married Eunice Adams
Africa 19 Feb 1794 - 11 Jan 1812
Eleazer 8 Mar 1796
married Sarah Marshall
William M 23 Feb 1798 - died young in Columbia Co (~1811/2/3)
Abram 21 June 1800 - d 1800
Abigail 18 Oct 1801 - d 1826
married John Marshall
[Dotia 1804]
Peleg 28 July 1807 - 5 June 1862
married Nancy Norton
Harriet R 12 Sept 1811 -
married Truman Montgomery
George 25 Feb 1813 - d 1862
married Sophronia Kinsman
Zina B 11 March 1817
married Thankful A Dibble
The family didn't stay long in Columbia County - by the time of the next census, they had moved west again, to Genesee County. Her future husband’s family, the Pattees, moved from New Hampshire to Genesee County at about the same time. The Pattees lived in a town called Sweden, and sometime between 1820 and 1830 the county lines were redrawn and it became part of Monroe County.
In 1823 (May 3), she married Day Emerson Pattee and their first son, Wellington, was born 20 June 1822. Oops. The date for the marriage comes from The Slocum book, which does not give birthdates for their children, so the date for Wellington’s birth comes from his tombstone. Either source could be mistaken, or not.
Their other children were:
George Jason 1 Sep 1823 Sweden
Aldine (female) ~1828
Orvilla 24 May 1829 Sweden
Jason ~1830
Sampson ~1830
Alden 20 Dec 1830 Sweden
Louisa ~1834 NY
Harriet 10 May 1834 Sweden (named after Dotia's sister)
Truman 25 Mar 1836 Sweden (named after Dotia's sister Harriet's husband)
Tamson (female) ~1838 - I don’t think this date can be correct - she married in 1844! (named after Day's sister - who was named after her father's first wife)
I think the name George Jason should be simply George - as you can see, they had another son named Jason. I wonder if there wasn’t a comma left out between the names at some point???
They stayed in Sweden for about 20 years - all their children were born there.
1830 NY Monroe Sweden 374a
Day E Petty 120003? 20001
m under 5 b. 1825-30 Jason 1827, Sampson
f under 5 Orvilla 1829 -1
f under 5 Aldine 1828 - 2
m 5-10 b. 1820-25 George Jason 1823 - 7
m 5-10 Wellington 1822 - 8
f 20-30 Dotia 1804 - 26
m 30-40 Day = 32
2 other m 30-40? X, Y
1840 NY Monroe Sweden 136a image 11 stamp 136 written 270
DE Petty 1110011 021101
m under 5 b. 1835-40 Truman 1836 Tamson f 1838
m 5-10 b. 1830-35 Alden 1831
f 5-10 Harriet 1834
f 5-10 Louisa 1834
m 10-15 b. 1825-30 Jason 1827 Sampson about 10
f 10-15 Orvilla 1829
f 15-20 b. 1820-24 Aldine 1828 Wellington 18, George 17
m 30-40 X? or Z?
f 30-40 Dotia 36
m 40-50 Day = 42
Although Day and Dotia were on the census for Monroe County in 1840, they were in the process of moving west. According to a history of Stephenson County, Illinois, Day moved there in 1839. I suspect he went out there, found a place to settle, and went back to New York to organize the move with the rest of the family, possibly leaving the boys in Illinois.
Dotia wasn't the only Slocum to be moving west. Brother George was in Michigan for the 1840 census, and brothers Humphrey and Zina and sister Harriet moved there too - Humphrey before 1850 and Zina and Harriet later. I don't know whether the causes were personal - mother Ruth died in 1834 - or political/economic - but it did amount to another of those spasms that scattered people all over the landscape.
They must have been fairly well off - in 1845, son Wellington bought 4000 acres ($5000) and in 1848, Day himself bought - well, I’m not that strong with land records, but it looks like he bought 12000 acres, although only one of the records lists a price. (Maybe he just made a claim? These were public lands.) Imagine owning 4000 acres (much less 12)!
In 1844, daughter Tamson married:
Brown, Josiah A - Patty, Tamson 04/11/1844 / 214 Stephenson
Illinois State Marriage Database
Since Tamson was supposedly born in 1838, this is pretty impossible. I suspect she has been confused with Aldine, born 1828. Or maybe even Sampson born 1830??
In 1846, sons George and Jason enlisted to fight in the Mexican war:
About twenty-five recruits were obtained in Stephenson County, including William Goddard (?) of West Point, who was promoted to a Captaincy, and survived the contest to fall at Shiloh, the Pattee boys, George and Jason, from Lancaster and Silver Creek; . . . .
Company under Captain McKinney of Dixon - 2nd Regiment Illinois troops
mustered in 2 July 1846
in Battle of Buena Vista and others
home to Springfield 4 June 1847
History of Stephenson County, Illinois. . . , p. 272-3
In 1847, son Wellington married Rebecca Dyer:
Patter, Wellington - Dyer, Rebecca 03/14/1847 / 342 Stephenson
Illinois State Marriage Database
Jason and Orvilla also married sometime in the late 40s, but I don’t have dates.
Here they are in 1850:
1850 Illinois Stephenson Silver Creek 371a - Nov 4
line 7 - Day E Pattee 52 m farmer NH
Dorshey 42 f NY
Alden 19 blacksmith
Harriet 15
Solmon 13
Arvilla Smith 20
Wellington, Jason and George (possibly) are enumerated separately:
Wellington
1850 Illinois Stephenson Silver Creek 378a - Nov 8
Wellington Pattee 28 farmer NY
Rebecca 20 f NY
Rebecca 1/12 f Il
David Nills? 58 m farmer Vt
George? b. 1823 = 27
1850 Illinois Stephenson Freeport p. 242a
George Pattee 24 m clerk NY in a hotel
Jason ~1830 = 20
1850 Wisconsin Sauk, Adams 14b
Elizabeth Pattee 19f - - OH
J Pattee 22m no occ 300 NYArvilla is presumably Orvilla, who married James Henry Smith - don’t know where he is in this census. I also can’t find Tamson Pattee and Josiah A Brown. Solmon could be Truman b. 1836=14. Aldine, b. ~1828 = 22 and Louisa 1834=16 could be married (and Aldine could be Tamson). But Sampson 1830=30 is missing also.
In 1853, son George married Mary A Judd:
Patty, George - Judd, Mary A 02/09/1853 / 385 Stephenson
Illinois State Marriage Database
Soon after that, the family moved on to Iowa. Day and son Alden are on the 1856 Iowa State census, one of the questions on which is - how long they have resided in the state. Both of them say 2 years, although Alden is the one son who is not in Iowa for the 1860 census.
1856 Iowa State Census
Patter Day E 58 M 2 NH Farmer 692 Clay
Patter Alden 26 M 2 S NY 692 Clay
Dotia probably died in 1855. The cemetery listing says 1865, but it could be a misreading. Various Pattee researchers with whom I have communicated give the date as 1855, and it is certain that Day is by himself for the 1860 census:
1860 Iowa Hardin Clay 672 430-411 -
Day 61 NH (NY)
Day lived on for another 20 years after Dotia died. They are both buried at the Hazel Green Cemetery in Hardin Co, Iowa.
Location on section 33, 3/4 miles northwest of Hazel Green, on dead-end road.
Hazel Green Cemetery, Etna Township, Hardin County, Iowa
Patee, Day E. 19 Aug 1798-15 Apr 1875
Patee, Dorshey 2 May 1804-22 Jan 1865 wife of D. E. ss
Patee, Wellington 20 June 1822-20 May 1863 son of D. E. & D.
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