Re: Gordons KY>Cedar County, MO
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Gordons KY>Cedar County, MO
James Atwell 7/14/04
Gloria, I am searching for a William M. Gordon that was born ab 1825 in KY [according to the 1860 Mo; Texas Co. census]. Can't find him again, but his wife and children are in Marion Co., AR on the 1870 census without him. William M. Gordon married on Mar 11, 1855 in Union Co., IL. He married Mary Jane Norman Crane [1st wife of Josiah N. Crane/Crain]. She had 3 Crane children. William and Mary Jane had 3 children; first 2 [John William b. 1855 and Cyrus Frank b. 1859] were born in IL. Third child [Mary Ellen b. 1864 AR]. In 1862 the oldest Crane child joined the Confederate Army in Buffalo, Dallas Co., MO. He was 16 yrs. old. Don't know if William and Mary Jane lived there or not, but Cedar Co. is just east of Dallas Co. From the birth of last child I am certain that William and Mary Jane were together Jan 1864. This being during the Civil War Mary Jane may have gone to AR for safety. Could this be the same William Gordon that you are referring to?
Barbara Crane Shearman
Oklahoma