1862

Gladden Patterson was born in 1862 in South Carolina, USA a child of Charles Patterson and Henrietta Honey Patterson.

1870

Gladden Patterson was counted in the census on 01 Aug 1870 in Rafting Creek, Sumter, South Carolina, USA, as a 9-year-old, male, black. Also in the home were; Charles Patterson, Henrietta Patterson, Charles Patterson, and Antony Patterson.

1880

Gladden Patterson was counted in the census on 05 Jun 1880 in De Kalb, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 19-year-old, male, black, son. Also in the home were; his father, Charles Paterson; his mother, Honey Patterson; and his siblings, Wyatt Patterson, Martha Patterson, Charles Patterson, and Belton Patterson.

1885

When he was 23, he married Sarah Franklin about 1885.

1900

Gladden Patterson was counted in the census in Jun 1900 in Rafting Creek, Sumter, South Carolina, USA, as a 39-year-old, male, married, black, head of household. Also in the home were; his wife, Sarah Patterson; and their children, Henrietta Patterson, Mary Patterson, Matlida Patterson, and Charles Patterson.

He died on 02 Aug 1900. He was buried in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Wesley Chapel UMC Cemetery.

1915

On August 4, 1915, Gladden Patterson was mentioned as the father in the death record of Henry Etta McKeever.