1.  Anon.  1966.  Marriage Index:  Ohio, 1789-1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-400):

Patterson, George

Davis, Rebecca

Jan 14, 1831

Clinton Co.

2.  1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find, but based on other evidence (see below), should be in Kalamazoo.

3.  1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #64 of 80):  Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI, Roll M432_353, p. 32B, enumerated 17 Jul 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1850:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
444	478	George Patterson	47	M		Farmer	2000	Va
		Rebecca    "	45	F				O
		Mary A Eaton	15	F				Mich		/

4.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #53 of 176):  Kalamazoo P.O., Village of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI, Roll M653_548, p. 459, PN 53, 387/384, enumerated 20 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

David S Hopkins	25	M		Carpenter Master		200	New York
May A      "	24	F					Michigan
George P   "	9/12	M					"
George Patterson	59	M		Farmer	3000	500	Pennsylvania
John McPherson	25	M		Carpenter			Canada
Betsey Waller	17	F					Ohio

5.  1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #107-108 of 266):  Kalamazoo P.O., Kalamazoo Village, Kalamazoo Co., MI, Roll M593_680, pp. 174B-175A, PN 74-75, 505/488, enumerated 29 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Hopkins Wm D	43	M	W	Carpenter			New York
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Patterson George	67	M	W	Carpenter		5000	Virginia
Hopkins Mary A	34	F	W	Keeping House	2500		Michigan
_______ Frank	7	M	W	At school			Michigan
_______ Charles	5	M	W				Michigan

6.  1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #44 of 99):  49 Dutton Street, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI, Roll 586, p. D, PN 44, SDD 1, ED 134, enumerated 14 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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5

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8

9

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21

24

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26

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49

446

471

Patterson George

W

M

77

none

/

Deputy Sheriff

VA

PA

PA

Hopkins Mary A

W

F

43

Dau

/

Keeping house

MI

VA

OH

_______ Frank B

W

M

17

GSon

/

Attends School

/

MI

NY

MI

_______ Charles H

W

M

14

GSon

/

Attends School

/

MI

NY

MI

*Dutton Street

7.  1890 U.S. Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

.  Elijah H. Pilcher.  1878.  Protestantism in Michigan: being a Special History of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Incidentally of Other Denominations.  R.D.S. Tyler & Co., Publ., Detroit, MI (online at books.google.com):

p. 254

KALAMAZOO, the county-seat of Kalamazoo County, was first settled in 1829... The introduction and progress of Methodism — of Protestantism generally — is that with which we have to do specially.  In 1830, Kalamazoo was included in the St. Joseph Mission... in 1831, Kalamazoo Mission appears in our Minutes...

p. 255

At the next session of the Conference, that is, in September, 1832, James T. Robe was appointed to this Curcuit... He was succeeded by Rev. Richard C. Meek, in 1833, who organized a Society in the fall of that year, or in the spring of 1834, consisting of the following persons, as well as we have been able to ascertain, viz: Harrison Coleman, leader; Elizabeth Coleman, Julia Coleman, E.A. Coleman, Fanny Coleman, George Patterson, Rebecca Patterson, and Hannah Wood.  The Society was much increased during the next year.  This was the first organization of a Christian Church in this beautiful town...

.  First United Methodist Church [of Kalamazoo]:

"The Kalamazoo Methodist society met first in the home of George Patterson..."

.  Kalamazoo County Directory, with a History of the County (online at Univ. of Mich. Library):

p. 42

George Patterson first came here in the spring of '33, and during the summer built a house on the northeast corner of the lot now occupied by the handsom residence of Wm. B. Clark, Esq.  He then brought his family here from Cassopolis [Cass County, MI]...

.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).