Lot P. Patty, M.D.
Lot P. Patty, M.D., was born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, January 28, 1821. His parents dying when he was only ten years of age, he was left on his own resources, and we find him at the age of eighteen an unaided but by his own exertions, taking up the study of his profession under the preceptorship of Doctor Lindsey, of Ohio, and later attending lectures at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1842. He then began the practice of his profession in Miami County, Ohio, and after a few years of active practice, he traveled through the western country and finally located in Huntington County, Ind., where he remained until 1848. He then made an extensive trip through the western States and eventually located at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where he followed his profession for a few years, after which he located in St. Louis, and continued the practice of his profession until 1854. He then came to Kansas and located at Leavenworth, where he practiced about three years. During this time the State was agitated politically, and Dr. Patty took an active part with the Anti-Slavery Democrats, but being unable to organize that party he allied himself with the Free-State party, which he subsequently represented in the Kansas Legislature, known as the Topeka Constitution, and here began the troubles that tested the true nobility of his manhood. For this be was persecuted, his house was fired into, his life threatened, and he was for the time being compelled to leave his adopted State. He immediately repaired to his native State and interested many in behalf of the principles he had espoused, and formed a body of men prepared for the consequences, returning here. He was, however, unmolested upon his return, and in the winter of 1856-57 he located in Topeka and continued the practice of his profession until 1867. In 1868 he located here and has been very reputedably and successfully connected with the practice of his profession since, and an avowed supporter of the party that has made his adopted State what it is to-day. He is a liberal supporter of all organizations that have for their object the elevation of the standard of morals of society. Latterly Dr. Patty has retired from active practice and is devoting his attention to dairy farming. He was married in Huntington, Ind., to Miss Sarah Jane Dortch, a native of Tennessee but descendant of a Virginia family. They have a family of three daughters living, Blanche A., widow of the late L. F. H. Williams; Ann E., now Mrs. John N. Ritter, of Columbus, and Nellie May. Blanche A. Williams belongs to the Christian Church, Mrs. Ritter and Nellie May belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From History of the State of Kansas, by William G. Cutler, A. T. Adreas publisher, Chicago IL, 1883