Sarah Lee Jones Gordon was the oldest child of Jeremiah Lee and Emily Lee, a pioneer African-American couple in the mining town of Central City, Colorado.
Sarah was born about 1854 in Weston, Missouri. Her family moved to Central City in 1863, where she was one of a handful of black students who attended the first public school organized there.
In 1875 Sarah married Edwin Jones, a barber, and moved to Leadville. After Edwin died in 1890, she moved back in with her parents. She married again in 1893, to Nimrod Gordon, who worked in Denver as a waiter and porter.
Sarah's health started failing a couple of years later, and in 1893, while visiting her parents, she suffered a fatal hemorrhage after a coughing attack. She left no children.
Sarah was buried in the Lee family plot at Riverside Cemetery in Denver.
Sarah was born about 1854 in Weston, Missouri. Her family moved to Central City in 1863, where she was one of a handful of black students who attended the first public school organized there.
In 1875 Sarah married Edwin Jones, a barber, and moved to Leadville. After Edwin died in 1890, she moved back in with her parents. She married again in 1893, to Nimrod Gordon, who worked in Denver as a waiter and porter.
Sarah's health started failing a couple of years later, and in 1893, while visiting her parents, she suffered a fatal hemorrhage after a coughing attack. She left no children.
Sarah was buried in the Lee family plot at Riverside Cemetery in Denver.
Sarah Lee Jones Gordon was the oldest child of Jeremiah Lee and Emily Lee, a pioneer African-American couple in the mining town of Central City, Colorado.
Sarah was born about 1854 in Weston, Missouri. Her family moved to Central City in 1863, where she was one of a handful of black students who attended the first public school organized there.
In 1875 Sarah married Edwin Jones, a barber, and moved to Leadville. After Edwin died in 1890, she moved back in with her parents. She married again in 1893, to Nimrod Gordon, who worked in Denver as a waiter and porter.
Sarah's health started failing a couple of years later, and in 1893, while visiting her parents, she suffered a fatal hemorrhage after a coughing attack. She left no children.
Sarah was buried in the Lee family plot at Riverside Cemetery in Denver.
Sarah was born about 1854 in Weston, Missouri. Her family moved to Central City in 1863, where she was one of a handful of black students who attended the first public school organized there.
In 1875 Sarah married Edwin Jones, a barber, and moved to Leadville. After Edwin died in 1890, she moved back in with her parents. She married again in 1893, to Nimrod Gordon, who worked in Denver as a waiter and porter.
Sarah's health started failing a couple of years later, and in 1893, while visiting her parents, she suffered a fatal hemorrhage after a coughing attack. She left no children.
Sarah was buried in the Lee family plot at Riverside Cemetery in Denver.
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