Class of 1877

Francis Jarvis Patten: Born Nov. 2, 1852, Bowdoinham, ME.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1873, to June 14, 1877, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Additional Second Lieut., 21st Infantry, June 15, 1877.

Served: on leave of absence and awaiting orders, June 15 to Dec. 13, 1877; on frontier duty at Ft. Boisé, Ida., Dec. 13, 1877, to Apr. 3, 1880, — Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to June 7, 1880, — constructing Telegraph Line, to Oct., 1880, — Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to Sep. 6, 1881, — Spokane Falls, Wash., to Dec., 1881, — Ft. Klamath, Or., to June, 1882,  p280 — Boisé Barracks, Ida., to July 1, 1884, — Ft. D. A. Russell, Wy., to

(First Lieut., 21st Infantry, Sep. 22, 1884)

Aug. 26, 1884, — Ft. McKinney, Wy., to Sep. 21, 1885, — Rock Springs, Wy., to Oct. 21, 1885, — and Ft. Sidney, Neb., to Sep. 22, 1887; on leave of absence, to Apr. 12, 1888; awaiting orders, to June 28, 1888; on leave of absence, to Dec., 1888; under special instructions of the War Department, to Aug. 29, 1889; and on leave of absence, to Sep. 28, 1889.

Resigned, Sep. 28, 1889.

Civil History. — Unknown, nothing authentic having been received.

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.