Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Gordon and Elizabeth [Unk]




Husband Samuel Gordon 1

           Born: Abt 1783
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Dec 1851 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1
       Marriage: 



Wife Elizabeth [Unk] 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1


Children
1 F Margaret Gordon 2 3

           Born: 29 Sep 1802 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Dec 1881
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
         Spouse: Robert Graham (1797-1880) 2 3 5
           Marr: 22 Dec 1819 2 3


2 F Nancy Gordon 6 7

           Born: 1811 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Dec 1900 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH 7
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Spouse: Capt. John Smith (1804-1869) 6 7


3 F Elizabeth Gordon 8

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1851
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Switzer, Jr. (      -      ) 9
         Spouse: [Unk] Levitzen (      -      ) 9


4 F Mary Ann Gordon 8

           Born: 1813
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 M William [1] Gordon 8

           Born: 1815
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



6 F Anna Gordon 8

           Born: 1818
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



7 F Harriet Gordon 8

           Born: 10 Mar 1822 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jan 1917 - ? Clarion Co, PA 10
         Buried:  - Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Dutch Hill, Perry Twp, Clarion Co, PA
         Spouse: Jacob G. Keefer (1815-1882) 10
           Marr: 9 Apr 1840


8 M William [2] Gordon 8

           Born: 1823
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy [Unk] (      -      ) 11


9 F [Unk] Gordon

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Nicholson (      -      ) 12


10 M Samuel Gordon, Jr. 1 13

           Born: 28 Sep 1826 - Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1908 14
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Melvira Houser (1830-1905) 1
           Marr: 18 Dec 1848 - ? Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 15


11 M Andrew Jackson Gordon 16 17 18 19

           Born: 19 Aug 1829 16 19
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Dec 1909 19
         Buried:  - Big Bend Methodist Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 20
         Spouse: Mary Louisa Foster (1833-1909) 17 18 19
           Marr: 4 Jun 1853 16 19



General Notes: Husband - Samuel Gordon


He came to Venango County, PA, from Centre County and in 1826 moved to Sandy Creek township, where he secured a tract of two hundred and fifty acres.

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Sources


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

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1027.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 750.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 22.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 641.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 346.

7 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 126.

8 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 14.

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

10 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 14.

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

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

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

14 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 22.

15 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 90.

16 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 645.

17 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1026.

18 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 577.

19 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 26.

20 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 14.


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