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John Gordon

Birth	:	15 Feb 1802 Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	15 Feb 1880 Greene County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.6547012, -78.7763977
Description	:	Son of Charles Richard and Anna (Garst) Gordon. Married Mary "Polly" Waggoner on 1 Apr 1824 in Clark County, OH. Father of Richard b. 1825, Sampson b. 6 Feb 1829, George W. b. abt 1832, Eli b. abt 1835, John b. abt 1837, Mary A. b. abt 1839, Deborah b. abt 1841, Anna b. abt 1843, James B. b. 1845 and William b. 1847. Excerpts from the memoirs of John Gordon (1802-1880), eldest son of Charles Richard, written in 1863: Charles Richard Gorden or Gordon had 17 children: John, James, William, Andrew, Lettie, Giles, Anna, Eliza, Mary, Richard, Catherine, George Washington,... Read More	Son of Charles Richard and Anna (Garst) Gordon. Married Mary "Polly" Waggoner on 1 Apr 1824 in Clark County, OH. Father of Richard b. 1825, Sampson b. 6 Feb 1829, George W. b. abt 1832, Eli b. abt 1835, John b. abt 1837, Mary A. b. abt 1839, Deborah b. abt 1841, Anna b. abt 1843, James B. b. 1845 and William b. 1847. Excerpts from the memoirs of John Gordon (1802-1880), eldest son of Charles Richard, written in 1863: Charles Richard Gorden or Gordon had 17 children: John, James, William, Andrew, Lettie, Giles, Anna, Eliza, Mary, Richard, Catherine, George Washington, Maza, Sarah, David, Frederick, and Deliliah. The spelling "Gordin" began in this generation. My father, Richard Gordon, was born in Buckingham County, Virginia Dec. 12, 1774, two years before the Declaration of Independence was declared. His father, Giles Gordon, was in the Revolutionary War. He was in one of the hardest fought battles in Virginia about the close of that war. I have heard my grandmother say she stood in her yard and heard the cannon firing while her husband was in the battle and that when he came home he said he could have walked over the space of a ten acre field on dead men's bodies without touching ground. I was born on the 15th day of February 1802 some two miles from Salem on Harrison Creek. My mother was sixteen years and six months old at the time of my birth. In the fall of 1805 my father moved to Highland County, Ohio. They moved in a two horse wagon. We came through Abington in the extreme south western part of Virginia, through eastern Tennessee and Kentucky and crossed the Ohio River where Maysville now stands. The vicinity was a "law unto itself." A man that would disturb the peace at a gathering of any kind, was taken by four men, each taking an arm or leg, and bumped against a tree a certain number of times and then compelled to leave the community. I saw two men served thus myself. They were James and John Findley, who afterward became very noted personages in the state, especially James B., who was long known as a minister of the gospel, and was also, at one time, chaplain of the Ohio Penitentiary, and author of a book entitled "The Prison Life." My mother was an economical and hard working woman and as hardy as a "pine knot," and father was very thrifty, and considerable of a horse jockey--made considerable by horse trading. In the fall of 1817 we had a hewn log house up, 21 by 26 feet, two story high, with one door, one window, and two loose floors, and a small stove in it that cost $50--a midling cold looking place by the way, on a cold winter. For three years we had a very hard time, sometimes very scanty provisions and clothing, though we did not suffer so much as some older settlers. On October 7, 1816, they again started for Ohio-- such was the pioneer spirit! They came to the home of an aunt and uncle of Anna, Mary (Garst) and Christian Frantz, and later bought a farm on which they lived the rest of their lives. The back part of the farm joined the Frantz farm, located four miles from Springfield, OH.

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Where is John Gordon's memorial?
John Gordon's memorial is located at: Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany County, USA.
When did John Gordon death?
John Gordon death on 15 Feb 1880 in Greene County, Ohio, USA
Where are the coordinates of the John Gordon's memorial?
Latitude: 39.6547012
Longitude: -78.7763977

Family Members:

Parent

Charles Richard Gordon

(1774 - 1857)

Anna Garst Gordon

(1785 - 1858)

Spouse

Mary “Polly” Waggoner Gordon

(1805 - 1866)

Siblings

William Gordon

(1805 - 1890)

(unknow - unknow)

Letty Gordon Myers

(1808 - 1893)

Eliza Gordon

(1813 - 1830)

Mary Ann Gordon Donovan

(1814 - 1896)

Charles Richard Gordin Jr.

(1816 - 1878)

Children

(1825 - 1911)

(1829 - 1906)

(1835 - 1919)

(1842 - 1923)

(1845 - 1921)

(1847 - 1929)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Rose Hill Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6547012, -78.7763977

2. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6547012, -78.7782974

3. Hughes Burial Plot
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6594790, -78.7671530

4. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6618996, -78.7680969

5. Allegany County Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6707110, -78.7670860

6. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6589940, -78.7530470

7. Sumner Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6595535, -78.7531433

8. Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6580920, -78.7526390

9. Green Mount Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6583640, -78.7515020

10. German Lutheran Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6573130, -78.7504050

11. Eastview Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6570470, -78.7498070

12. Woodlawn Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6572840, -78.7462290

13. Restlawn Memorial Gardens
La Vale, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6756660, -78.8066910

14. Hoblitzell
Wolfe Mill, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6743500, -78.7291100

15. Hillcrest Burial Park
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6739650, -78.7258280

16. Mount Hermon Church Cemetery
Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6351750, -78.7181570

17. Rice-Hite Cemetery
Bowmans Addition, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6986480, -78.7402130

18. Moses McKenzie Cemetery
La Vale, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6260530, -78.8333660

19. Selby Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6569400, -78.7059700

20. Saint Marys Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6030998, -78.7343979

21. Davis Memorial Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6022780, -78.7325010

22. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6850014, -78.7003021

23. Tomlinson Cemetery
Ellerslie, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7219220, -78.7656190

24. McKenzie-Brewer Graveyard
Cresaptown, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6054710, -78.8383950