Samuel Gordon, Jr. and Melvira Houser

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Husband Samuel Gordon, Jr. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Sep 1826 - Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1908 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Samuel Gordon (Abt 1783-1851) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 18 Dec 1848 - ? Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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Wife Melvira Houser ¹

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            AKA: Melvina Graham,5 Mellviry Houser 2
           Born: 1 Jul 1830 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1905
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

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         Father: Peter Houser (1801-1875) 2 6 7
         Mother: Margaret Hill (1807-1865) 2 6 7

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Children

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1 F Margaret Ann "Maggie" Gordon ^{1 8 9}

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           Born: 1853 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George Randolph Tibbens (1849-1917) 11

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2 M Clinton Plumer Gordon ^{1 10}

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           Born: 1854 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Mar 1922 12
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Joanna Jane Murtland (1859-1930) 13
           Marr: 2 Oct 1878 13

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3 F Elizabeth Gordon ¹

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           Born: 1857 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1920
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Allen Bell (      -Bef 1918)
           Marr: 1 Jan 1895 - Sandycreek, Venango Co, PA

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4 M Washington Braden "Wash" Gordon ^{1 10 14}

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           Born: 1860 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1913
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Emma Miller (1860-      ) 14 15
           Marr: 8 Nov 1883 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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5 M Charles Augustus Gordon ^{1 10}

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            AKA: Charley Augustas Gordon
           Born: 1863 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Baker (Abt 1874-      )
           Marr: 24 Dec 1891 16

         Spouse: [Unk] Ewing (      -      ) 3

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6 F Jane "Jennie" Gordon ^{1 10}

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           Born: 1865 10
     Christened: 
           Died: while young - New York City, NY
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Gordon, Jr.

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He and his wife had eight children; six were still living in 1890.

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General Notes: Wife - Melvira Houser

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Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1028.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 894.

3 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 22.

4 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 90.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 30.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 496.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1029.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1041.

9 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 86.

10 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 21.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1040.

12 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 35.

13 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 34.

14 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 23.

15 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 91.

16 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #1890.