Husband Johnston Barndollar Jordan 1 2
AKA: J. B. Jourdan 3 4
Born: 27 Jun 1824 - Bloody Run, Bedford Co, PA 1 5
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Father: Samuel Jordan (1787-1854) 5 6
Mother: Catharine Myers (1790-1864) 1 6
Marriage: 1855 5
Wife Lavinia Christina Shoup 5
AKA: Lavina Shupe,3 Lavinia Shupe,4 Lovina Christina Shupe 7
Born: 4 Feb 1835 5
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Father: Isaac Shupe (1790-1847) 8 9 10 11
Mother: Elizabeth Whitmore (1798-1845/1847) 3 4 8 9
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1 F Catherine Elizabeth Jordan 5
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Spouse: C. P. Emil Swensson (1858- ) 12
Marr: 25 Dec 1883 - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
2 M Daniel Shoup Jordan 5
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3 M Henry Johnston Jordan 7
AKA: Harrie Johnston Jordan 5
Born: 25 Apr 1859 7
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Spouse: Eliza A. Rush ( - ) 13
Marr: 2 Jan 1892 14
4 M Edwin Debare Jordan 5
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Spouse: Mary Johnson ( - ) 5
General Notes: Husband - Johnston Barndollar Jordan
He received his education in the common schools of his native place, and at the age of fifteen years left Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and removed with his father to White Horse Tavern, Somerset County, remaining there for three years. He then went to Bedford, Bedford County, to learn the carpenter trade, and was there engaged in that work for six years. In 1848 he removed to Mount Pleasant and conducted the Green Tree Hotel for his father, until the death of the latter in 1854. He then established himself in the foundry business, associated with his two brothers, Henry and William, and for ten years they conducted a very successful business under the firm name of Jordan Brothers. At the expiration of this period of time they disposed of their plant, and for several years thereafter engaged in horse dealing. In 1878 he established himself in the hotel business, conducting a most popular and highly patronized house. He came to Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland County, in December, 1897, rented the old hotel there and subsequently bought the same. He refurnished and renovated it, putting in some modern improvements, and made it one of the best hotels in the county, becoming one of the most popular and best-known hotel men in western Pennsylvania. Much of his success was due to his wife, known far and near for chicken suppers, which she gave at frequent intervals, and which were largely patronized by people all over western Pennsylvania.