Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Gordon and Eleanor Cummins




Husband James Gordon 1

           Born: 1790 2
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           Died: 1855 2
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         Father: James Gordon (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Dunlap (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 1828 2



Wife Eleanor Cummins 1

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         Father: William Cummins (      -1825) 3
         Mother: Margaret Todd (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M William C. Gordon 2

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2 M Joseph T. Gordon 2

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         Spouse: Nancy Fleming (      -      ) 2


3 M James A. Gordon 2

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4 M John D. Gordon 2

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           Died: 1 Jul 1863 - Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA




General Notes: Husband - James Gordon


He served as sheriff of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and while acting in such capacity made the arrest of J. L. Gillis for the abduction of Morgan, of anti-Masonic fame. He was a delegate to the convention which met at Harrisburg to further the interests of the county in relation to the extension of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 441, 446.

2 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 441.

3 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 445.

4 Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Vol. II (Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1869), Pg 228.


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