Clinton Plumer Gordon and Joanna Jane Murtland

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Husband Clinton Plumer Gordon ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1854 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Mar 1922 3
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Samuel Gordon, Jr. (1826-1908) 1 5
         Mother: Melvira Houser (1830-1905) 1

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       Marriage: 2 Oct 1878 6

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Wife Joanna Jane Murtland ⁶

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            AKA: Johanna Murtland 7
           Born: 1859
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jan 1930 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: John Murtland (1812-1876) 8 9
         Mother: Margaret Flemming (      -1894) 7 9

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Children

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1 M Roy W. Gordon ¹⁰

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           Born: 12 Jun 1879 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jessica Maude DeWoody (1881-1951) 11
           Marr: 29 Dec 1899 - ? Venango Co, PA 10

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2 F Oma Verne Gordon ¹²

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           Born: 8 Aug 1880 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Mar 1958 - Boyd Co, KY
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Melvin Hazlett Kunkle (1878-1967) 12 13
           Marr: 19 Jun 1901 - ? Venango Co, PA 12

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3 M Edward Budd Gordon ¹⁴

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           Born: 5 Feb 1885 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Mar 1941 15
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Louisa McKean "Lulu" DeWoody (1885-1933) 11
           Marr: 27 Jun 1906 - ? Venango Co, PA 14

         Spouse: Nettie Kelly (      -      ) 16

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4 F Edna Frances Gordon ^{6 17}

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           Born: 27 Apr 1888 - Venango Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 1973 - ? Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Charles F. Richey (1879-Aft 1941) 18 19
           Marr: 1 Jun 1910 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 19

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5 M Walter Scott Gordon ⁶

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           Born: 17 May 1891 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Bradford, McKean Co, PA

         Spouse: Melissa Gae Nelson (      -      ) 20
           Marr: 25 Dec 1913 20

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6 F Florence Eileen Gordon ⁶

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           Born: 8 Jun 1897 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Apr 1932 21
         Buried: 

         Spouse: E. Raymond Sharp (      -      ) 21
           Marr: 16 Apr 1919 21

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General Notes: Husband - Clinton Plumer Gordon

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He spent his working life as an independent oil producer. As a young man he went to Butler County, Pennsylvania, to drill. Attending a pie social, he was spotted and because of his appearance dubbed "Colonel Gordon-Gordon" by the Murtland sisters, who lived in the area. Joanna Jane, a black-eyed beauty, declared she was going to marry that man. And indeed she did. They made their home on Bully Hill in a house which he built next to his father's home. There they raised their family not only in comfort but also in affluence. Their children attended the Graham School, a comfortable walk away, for their early education. The two older children, Roy and Oma, married early, but the four younger children were sent to boarding school.
For a short time he was in partnership with his two sons, Roy and Budd, in Franklin; they had the Buick agency on 12th Street. This was dissolved at his death. At the time he was living in Bessemer, Pennsylvania, where he owned leases. His widow continued to live there for a short time and then moved to the original Gordon homestead on Bully Hill. This house had been purchased by her son-in-law, Charles Richey, and renovated for her.

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General Notes: Wife - Joanna Jane Murtland

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Her death occurred while she was living alone in her son Budd's house in Franklin, Her clothing caught fire from a small gas fire and she was badly burned.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1028.

2 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 21.

3 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 35.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 30.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 894.

6 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 34.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 982.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 917, 982.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 640.

10 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 57.

11 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 56.

12 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 36.

13 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 40.

14 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 60.

15 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 60.

16 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 61.

17 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 936.

18 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 935.

19 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 49.

20 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 73a.

21 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 82.