Over the past year, off and on, I’ve been positing artifacts I discovered after my grandfather’s death in December 2013. These are old family papers, and while I have a varied collection, most of the collection relates back to Ellie Stoneroad Patterson, a name I never tire of typing. Ellie was my great-great-great grandmother, and she seems to have, from an early age, put many thoughts and observations to paper. She saved materials relating to both her forebears and the forebears of her husband, John Lyon Patterson. The real credit for saving this collection belongs to Grace Patterson Henry, Ellie’s daughter and my great-great grandmother. I’ve seen explanatory notes written…