James Gordon

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• Reference Number: 6592
• Birth: 1825, Canada
• Residence: 1851, Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada; near Niagara
• Residence: 1860, Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1 Jul 1863, Worth, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• _MILT: 2 Dec 1863, St Clair, Michigan, USA; Age: 38
• Residence: 1870, White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Occupation: May 1870; Occupation listed as blacksmith on daughter Louisa's birth record

Notes:

James Gordon served in the 1st regiment of the Michigan Mechanics and Engineers during the Civil War. Per his widows's pension application, he died 8 Feb 1871 at or near Elm Creek in Huron County, Michigan. Per the same pension application the couple were married by Wm. Willoughby on 2 Aug 1847 in Trafalgar, Ontario.

James married Leah Furler on 2 Aug 1847 in Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Cornelius Furler and Mary Godfrey or Gallop) was born on 14 May 1831 in Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Jan 1903 in Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Jane Gordon was born in 1849 in Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Nov 1926 in Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA.
2. Stephen Gordon was born on 3 Sep 1850 in Canada; died on 7 Jan 1926 in Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA.
3. Edward M Gordon was born on 2 Apr 1855 in Huron, Michigan, USA; died on 21 Apr 1904 in Fort Gratiot, St Clair, Michigan, USA.
4. Mary Eleanor Gordon was born on 2 May 1858 in Huron, Michigan, USA; died on 30 Jul 1888 in Fort Gratiot, St Clair, Michigan, USA.
5. James Henry Gordon was born in Jun 1862 in Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA; died before 1910.
6. Eli Grant Gordon was born on 1 Apr 1867 in Michigan, USA; died on 4 Nov 1946; was buried in Nov 1946 in Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan, USA.
7. Louise(a) Miralda Gordon was born on 14 May 1870 in White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA; died on 5 Apr 1938 in York, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA.

James married Sarah Hinton on 4 Feb 1845 in Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Hinton and Pheby Unknown) was born about 1825; died between 1845 and 1846 in Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard Martin Gordon was born on 24 Apr 1846 in Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 17 May 1846 in Trafalgar, Trafalgar, Johnson, Indiana, USA; died on 15 Aug 1913 in New Liskeard, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada.