Browse Items (1 total) Tags: Gilliams Press Syndicate Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added James A. Patton Photograph of James A. Patton; (born 5/8/1852; died 12/8/1928). Illinois commodities speculator an financier. Known as the "Wheat King." Tags: biography, Commodities Trader, Decatur IL., Financier, Gilliams Press Syndicate, James A. Patton, Photo File: Biography, Speculator, Wheat King