C.R. Patterson, a free Black man originally from Virginia, founded J.P. Lowe & Company in Greenfield, Ohio, in 1873 with partner James P. Lowe. C.R. Patterson later bought out Lowe’s shares in 1893 and the company’s name was eventually changed to C.R. Patterson and Sons when two of Patterson’s sons, Samuel and Frederick, joined the company.
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