Daughter of Ezra Carlton Jr., and Mary Howland. She was the granddaughter of Ezra Carleton, who served as a Private and a drummer during the Revolutionary War when he was a young boy.
Thirsa married Ithiel Gordon in 1853 at Rome, Maine. She was his 3rd wife. They had moved to Pampas, Dekalb, Illinois by 1860. They had four children, then divorced on December 19, 1874 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois.
Their children were:
1. Brazil (1855-?) Only found on the 1860 census
2. 3. Aramenta "Addie" S.(1858-1920) ~m~ 1st Wilson Aler and ~m~ 2nd William P. Thompson
3. Barsell (1859-?) Only found on the 1860 census
4. Demain D. (1860-1905) ~m~ Katherine "Katie" Hendrix
GORDON, Ithiel vs. GORDON, Thirza Ann The End of It - The habitues of the circuit court need scarcely be told that Ithiel W. Gordon and Thirza Ann Gordon, an ill-mated couple living in Austin township, have been for several years engaged in the pastime of lawing each other - Ithiel seeking to be released from the thralldom of matrimony and Thirza Ann asking for separate maintenance and alimony. The divorce suit was disposed of at the February term, 1870, Ithiel failing to obtain his freedom from the restraints of wedlock. On the trial of the divorce case the evidence was of a nature disgusting and vulgar enough to satisfy the appetite of the most depraved reader of the Day's Doings, and the same filthy story was gone over again this week upon the trial of the suit for alimony. The court refused to grant the petition of Thirza Ann, and it is to be hoped that the end of the dirty case has been reached at last.
--Decatur Review, 3 Aug 1871
Ithiel Gordon vs Thirza Ann Gordon: Divorce; decree pro confesso. - 19 Dec 1874 in Decatur Daily Republican.
Thirsa married Ithiel Gordon in 1853 at Rome, Maine. She was his 3rd wife. They had moved to Pampas, Dekalb, Illinois by 1860. They had four children, then divorced on December 19, 1874 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois.
Their children were:
1. Brazil (1855-?) Only found on the 1860 census
2. 3. Aramenta "Addie" S.(1858-1920) ~m~ 1st Wilson Aler and ~m~ 2nd William P. Thompson
3. Barsell (1859-?) Only found on the 1860 census
4. Demain D. (1860-1905) ~m~ Katherine "Katie" Hendrix
GORDON, Ithiel vs. GORDON, Thirza Ann The End of It - The habitues of the circuit court need scarcely be told that Ithiel W. Gordon and Thirza Ann Gordon, an ill-mated couple living in Austin township, have been for several years engaged in the pastime of lawing each other - Ithiel seeking to be released from the thralldom of matrimony and Thirza Ann asking for separate maintenance and alimony. The divorce suit was disposed of at the February term, 1870, Ithiel failing to obtain his freedom from the restraints of wedlock. On the trial of the divorce case the evidence was of a nature disgusting and vulgar enough to satisfy the appetite of the most depraved reader of the Day's Doings, and the same filthy story was gone over again this week upon the trial of the suit for alimony. The court refused to grant the petition of Thirza Ann, and it is to be hoped that the end of the dirty case has been reached at last.
--Decatur Review, 3 Aug 1871
Ithiel Gordon vs Thirza Ann Gordon: Divorce; decree pro confesso. - 19 Dec 1874 in Decatur Daily Republican.
Daughter of Ezra Carlton Jr., and Mary Howland. She was the granddaughter of Ezra Carleton, who served as a Private and a drummer during the Revolutionary War when he was a young boy.
Thirsa married Ithiel Gordon in 1853 at Rome, Maine. She was his 3rd wife. They had moved to Pampas, Dekalb, Illinois by 1860. They had four children, then divorced on December 19, 1874 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois.
Their children were:
1. Brazil (1855-?) Only found on the 1860 census
2. 3. Aramenta "Addie" S.(1858-1920) ~m~ 1st Wilson Aler and ~m~ 2nd William P. Thompson
3. Barsell (1859-?) Only found on the 1860 census
4. Demain D. (1860-1905) ~m~ Katherine "Katie" Hendrix
GORDON, Ithiel vs. GORDON, Thirza Ann The End of It - The habitues of the circuit court need scarcely be told that Ithiel W. Gordon and Thirza Ann Gordon, an ill-mated couple living in Austin township, have been for several years engaged in the pastime of lawing each other - Ithiel seeking to be released from the thralldom of matrimony and Thirza Ann asking for separate maintenance and alimony. The divorce suit was disposed of at the February term, 1870, Ithiel failing to obtain his freedom from the restraints of wedlock. On the trial of the divorce case the evidence was of a nature disgusting and vulgar enough to satisfy the appetite of the most depraved reader of the Day's Doings, and the same filthy story was gone over again this week upon the trial of the suit for alimony. The court refused to grant the petition of Thirza Ann, and it is to be hoped that the end of the dirty case has been reached at last.
--Decatur Review, 3 Aug 1871
Ithiel Gordon vs Thirza Ann Gordon: Divorce; decree pro confesso. - 19 Dec 1874 in Decatur Daily Republican.
Thirsa married Ithiel Gordon in 1853 at Rome, Maine. She was his 3rd wife. They had moved to Pampas, Dekalb, Illinois by 1860. They had four children, then divorced on December 19, 1874 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois.
Their children were:
1. Brazil (1855-?) Only found on the 1860 census
2. 3. Aramenta "Addie" S.(1858-1920) ~m~ 1st Wilson Aler and ~m~ 2nd William P. Thompson
3. Barsell (1859-?) Only found on the 1860 census
4. Demain D. (1860-1905) ~m~ Katherine "Katie" Hendrix
GORDON, Ithiel vs. GORDON, Thirza Ann The End of It - The habitues of the circuit court need scarcely be told that Ithiel W. Gordon and Thirza Ann Gordon, an ill-mated couple living in Austin township, have been for several years engaged in the pastime of lawing each other - Ithiel seeking to be released from the thralldom of matrimony and Thirza Ann asking for separate maintenance and alimony. The divorce suit was disposed of at the February term, 1870, Ithiel failing to obtain his freedom from the restraints of wedlock. On the trial of the divorce case the evidence was of a nature disgusting and vulgar enough to satisfy the appetite of the most depraved reader of the Day's Doings, and the same filthy story was gone over again this week upon the trial of the suit for alimony. The court refused to grant the petition of Thirza Ann, and it is to be hoped that the end of the dirty case has been reached at last.
--Decatur Review, 3 Aug 1871
Ithiel Gordon vs Thirza Ann Gordon: Divorce; decree pro confesso. - 19 Dec 1874 in Decatur Daily Republican.
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THIRSA A.
GORDON
SEP. 23, 1824
JUNE 10, 1896
"Mother thou art
now at home.
Many angels far above.
But yet below thy
children roam.
Til surrounded by
his love."
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