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John F. JORDAN

John F. JORDAN

Male 1847 - 1888  (41 years)

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  • Name John F. JORDAN 
    Born 21 Feb 1847  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  [4] 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1866  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870  Willey District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5] 
    Died 3 Mar 1888  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I112925  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2017 

    Father Sampson JORDAN,   b. CA 1824 
    Mother Nancy Jane FOX,   b. ca 1828 
    Family ID F27392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Helen DAVIS,   b. CA 1847, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 13 May 1866  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Willey District), enumerated on Sep 1 1870:
      John F. Jordan, 23, farmer; Helen, 22; Minnie L, 2; Ira D, 1.
    • 1880 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Freemans Creek District), enumerated on Jun 19 1880:
      John F. Jordan, 33, farmer; wife Permelia E, 24; dau Minnie L, 12, attended school within the year, cannot read or write; son Harry D, 9; dau Allie H, 5; son Wm. W, 3.
    Children 
    +1. Minnie Lillian JORDAN,   b. 2 Jul 1867, Kincheloe (Jane Lew), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1952, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +2. Ira Dallas JERDEN,   b. 12 May 1871, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1952, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F47758  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Permelia Elizabeth BENNETT,   b. 28 Oct 1856, Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1903  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1876  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. James S. JORDAN,   b. Feb 1883
    Family ID F47760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S2219] History of Doddridge County (1883), H. H. Hardesty, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/doddridgecountyhistory.html).

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 256, Line 6 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792054&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John F. Jourdon, 21, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Sampson N. & Nancy Jourdon, occupation farmer; and Helen Davis, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Eli & Margaretta Davis. Married May 13 1866 in Doddridge Count, officated by G. W. Duff.

    7. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR p. 70 : Line 36 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10711531&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John F. Jordan, 27, b. Harrison Co, res. Lewis Co; and Elizabeth P. Bennett, 19, b. Upshur Co, res. Lewis Co. Married Apr 16 1876 in Lewis County, officiated by R. Weese.