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John Copeland Gordon

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John Copeland Gordon

Birth
Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
Death
12 Feb 1842 (aged 52)
Rushford, Allegany County, New York, USA
Burial
Rushford, Allegany County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Married 1/24/1810 to Harmony Woodworth, daughter of Luther L. Woodworth( he was born in Coventry, CT in 1770) in Cavendish, VT. They moved to Rushford, NY around 1809, where he took up farming, brick making & operated a sawmill. Harmony's brother, Luther Woodworth, Jr. walked all the way to Rushford, NY from Cavendish, VT with John White!

Children of John & Harmony were:
1. Matilda Gordon( -1820), m. George Green & lived in Brockport, NY
2. James Gordon(1820-1895)m. Polly Bresler - Brockport, NY
3. Luther Gordon(1822-)m.1848@ Attica, NY Florilla Cooley
Ran a mercantile business & Invented the "Genessee Plow"
4. Walter Gordon (1824-1894)not married, was a Methodist Minister
5. Wilson L. Gordon(1828-) m.Marcia Remington, 2m. ---?
He moved to Topeak, Kansas.

Sources:
1. Rushford & Rusford People by Helen J White Gilbert 1910
2. Rushford Centennial
3. History of Allegheny County,Rushford, NY
4. Federal Census 1850 - 1875 Rushford, NY
4. Genealogical & Biographical notes on the Tarbell- Tarbell Family

Married 1/24/1810 to Harmony Woodworth, daughter of Luther L. Woodworth( he was born in Coventry, CT in 1770) in Cavendish, VT. They moved to Rushford, NY around 1809, where he took up farming, brick making & operated a sawmill. Harmony's brother, Luther Woodworth, Jr. walked all the way to Rushford, NY from Cavendish, VT with John White!

Children of John & Harmony were:
1. Matilda Gordon( -1820), m. George Green & lived in Brockport, NY
2. James Gordon(1820-1895)m. Polly Bresler - Brockport, NY
3. Luther Gordon(1822-)m.1848@ Attica, NY Florilla Cooley
Ran a mercantile business & Invented the "Genessee Plow"
4. Walter Gordon (1824-1894)not married, was a Methodist Minister
5. Wilson L. Gordon(1828-) m.Marcia Remington, 2m. ---?
He moved to Topeak, Kansas.

Sources:
1. Rushford & Rusford People by Helen J White Gilbert 1910
2. Rushford Centennial
3. History of Allegheny County,Rushford, NY
4. Federal Census 1850 - 1875 Rushford, NY
4. Genealogical & Biographical notes on the Tarbell- Tarbell Family


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JAMES GORDON, Sr.
DIED
Dec. 9, 1844
Aged 92 yrs.

JERUSHA
his wife
Died Mar. 8, 1834
Aged 80 Yrs.

OUR SON
JOHN GORDON
DIED
Feb. 12, 1842
Aged 52 Yrs

HARMONY
HIS WIFE
Died Apr. 1, 1846
Aged 56 Yrs



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