Person:John Gordon (120)

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John Boyle Gordon
b.1 Dec 1798 Madison County, Kentucky
d.13 Feb 1853 Boone County, Missouri
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m. 2 Mar 1797
  1. Elizabeth Gordon1797 - 1854
  2. John Boyle Gordon1798 - 1853
  3. Mary Gordon1800 - 1862
  4. George Washington Gordon1802 - 1860
  5. Emily Gordon1804 - 1847
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m. 1824
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Name John Boyle Gordon
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 1 Dec 1798 Madison County, Kentucky
Marriage 1824 Madison County, Kentuckyto Sophia Hawkins
Death[1] 13 Feb 1853 Boone County, Missouri
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    2. John Boyle Gordon, b. 01-Dec-1798 in Milford, Madison County, Kentucky, occupation Lawyer, d. 13-Feb-1853 in Maple Heights, Boone County, MO. Died from pneumonia. Moved in 1826 from Kentucky to Missouri. Joined the Sons of the American Revolution. National number 50820. District of Columbia number 1951.

    He married Sophia Hawkins, married 1824 in Madison County, Kentucky,2 b. 5-Feb-1805,2 (daughter of Nicholas Hawkins and Ann Robertson) d. 30-Mar-1880 in Columbia, Mo.2

    Children:

    3. i Boyle Gordon b. 08-Dec-1825.
    ii Robert Emmett Gordon, b. 1927 in Boone County, MO, d. 06-Jul-1903. Went to California. Was a bachelor.
    iii Martha Gordon, b. 15-May-1831 in Boone County, MO,6 d. 03-Feb-1882.
    4. iv Wellington Gordon b. 31-Jan-1834.
    v Ann Gordon, b. Aug 1838 in Boone County, MO, d. Feb. 1844.
    vi Ida Gordon, b. 28-Feb-1843 in Madison County, KY, d. 04-Sep-1896.
    5. vii Carey Hawkins Gordon (I) b. 10-Jun-1844.

    http://www.thegordondnaproject.com/58440.html

  2. ↑ Find A Grave.

    John Boyle Gordon
    Birth 1 Dec 1798
    Madison County, Kentucky, USA
    Death 13 Feb 1853 (aged 54)
    Boone County, Missouri, USA
    Burial: Columbia Cemetery
    Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA

    Attorney and Legislator. He was educated at Transylvania University of Lexington Kentucky. Gordon studied law in the office of W.H. Caperton of the Richmond bar and went into practice with Col. John Speed Smith of Kentucky. After establishing a successful practice he married Miss Sophia Hawkins, daughter of Nicholas Hawkins. The Hawkins family had emigrated to Kentucky from Virginia previous to 1826. After a time, the Gordon family moved to Boone County Missouri. Gordon entered the political arena and carried the county for the Whig party being elected to the legislature for five consecutive terms from 1830 - 1840. Columbia is indebted to him for his eloquence and perseverance in regards to locating the State University in the city. In 1840 he returned for a time to his home state of Kentucky to teach law. In an unusual turn of events he returned to Columbia Missouri and retired from active practice in order to devote his time to instructing his children. When he died in 1853 he left behind six children and his wife. The eldest daughter, Martha, married Judge Robert H. Clinkscales. His second daughter, Ida, married Professor Oren Root Jr. His oldest son Boyle followed law in his father's footsteps studying law and was a professor at the University. Emmett, Wellington and Carey completed a full classical course of four years at the University. Cause of death: pneumonia.

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63952119/john-boyle-gordon

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