EXCERPTS FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 

 JOHN F. LACEY l 



Compiled by Miss Harriette S. Kellogg 



To Eleanor Lacey Brewster and Berenice Lacey, my 



daughters. 



I have always regretted my inadequate information in 

 regard to my ancestors, and would highly prize any bio- 

 graphical notes of their lives. This subject is one which 

 the young regard as of little importance whilst the 

 sources of knowledge are accessible, but as the grave 

 closes over our parents and grandparents, and as the 

 fountains of knowledge on such subjects have gone dry 

 we begin to thirst for information of this character. 



My grandfather Lacey only died in 1870 and I have al- 

 ways regretted my failure to see him and make all the en- 

 quiries I could as to our family history. 



I write what follows, not for the public, believing that 

 you will appreciate it in after years. 



ANCESTRY 



I was born near New Martinsville, Virginia (now West 

 Virginia), May 30, 1841. My father was John Mills 

 Lacey and my mother was Eleanor Patten Lacey. 



On my mother's side my great-grandfather, William 

 Patten, of Berks County, Pennsylvania, was born in 1754. 

 William was not born a Quaker but became one. He 

 moved to Kentucky and thence to Georgia where my 

 grandfather, Isaac Patten, was born. In 1804 my grand- 

 father and great-grandfather moved from Georgia to 

 Belmont County, Ohio. 



i These excerpts were taken from a manuscript copy of the autobiography 

 presented to Mrs. Sawyer by her father June 27, 1901. 



