Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Washington Braden "Wash" Gordon and Sarah Emma Miller




Husband Washington Braden "Wash" Gordon 1 2 3

           Born: 1860 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1913
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Gordon, Jr. (1826-1908) 1 4
         Mother: Melvira Houser (1830-1905) 1


       Marriage: 8 Nov 1883 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 5



Wife Sarah Emma Miller 2 6

           Born: 17 May 1860 6 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Henry Christian Miller (      -      ) 6 8
         Mother: Mary Ann Dewoody (1834-      ) 6




Children
1 M Harry Gordon 2

           Born: 10 Oct 1884 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1943 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Marion Nedeau (      -1977) 9


2 M Frank N. Gordon 2

           Born: 4 Jul 1891 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1941 - ? California
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rose R. Crawford (Abt 1890-      ) 9
           Marr: 29 Jan 1913 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 10


3 F Lena Mae Gordon 11

           Born: 12 Mar 1899 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Feb 1990 - Santa Clara Co, CA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Douglas Carryl "Duke" Aitken (1898-1992) 11
           Marr: 31 May 1921 11



General Notes: Wife - Sarah Emma Miller


After the death of their mother, she and her sister, Mary Ella, were raised by their grandmother, "Polly" (Foster) DeWoody.

She was left a widow at an early age, and in 1913 moved to California to be near her two sons.

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Sources


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

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

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

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

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

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

7 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 12.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1146.

9 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 24.

10 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #10304.

11 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 27.


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