Eliza Jane was the youngest and 14th child
of Abraham Patterson and Martha Gourley
Patterson. She was born in Mercer Co., PENN
in 1819. She was named after their oldest
child, Eliza, who was a young bride living
in Pittsburgh. Eliza walked home to see her
parents because she missed them, got sick
from the long walk (days), and died in the
same year that Eliza Jane was born. Her
middle name is from their 6th child, Jane,
who died as an infant in 1798 back in
Ireland.

The Pattersons and their large family moved
to Logan County not long after Eliza Jane
was born. There she met and married Robert
Wylie (the Pattersons and Wylies largely
intermarried in the early days of the
county). They had 11 children, many who died
in infancy, including: Infant (1832-1832),
Infant (1838-1838), Infant (1839-1839), John
Young Wylie (1841-1842), Martha "Mattie"
Elizabeth (1843-1906, m.Alexander McConnell,
buried in Fairview Cemetery), Abraham
Patterson Wylie (1845-1917, m. Sarah
McConnell, buried Fairview), John Renwich
Wylie (1848-?, m. Julia Belle Smith), Robert
James Speer Wylie (1850-1925, m. Louisa
Burch, buried Fairview), Nancy Jane "Nannie"
(1852-1932, m. Joseph McConnell, buried
Fairview), Margaret Ann "Maggie" (1854-1927,
buried Northwood), and the Rev. David
Gourley Wylie (1857-1930, m. Jennie
McWilliam).