GORDON, James William - 1890 Bio (1856-1932)

GORDON, RHODES, VAN ATTA

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 8/8/2007 at 17:28:30

Portrait and Biographical Album of Jefferson and Van Buren Counties, Iowa, Printed 1890 by Lake City Publishing Co., Chicago, Pages 578-579

James W. GORDON, proprietor of a livery, sale and boarding stable, of Fairfield, Iowa, commenced business in his present line in 1886, but has been a resident of the county since 1876. He is a native of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa., born September 18, 1856, and a son of Adam and Lydia A. (RHODES) GORDON, both of whom were also natives of Greene County. On the father's side the family is of Scotch (sic) origin, and on the maternal side of Irish descent.

The days of his boyhood and youth our subject passed uneventfully in his native State, and at the age of twenty years he came to Iowa, where he has since made his home, locating on a farm near Fairfield City. To the cultivation and improvement of his land he devoted his attention for some ten years, when in 1886, he sold out and bought into his present business.

On the 14th of October, 1883, in Lonica, La Salle County, Ill., Mr. GORDON was married, the lady of his choice being Miss Cora A. VAN ATTA, a native of La Salle County, and a daughter of Wilson VAN ATTA. By their union were born three children, but one of the number, the second in order of birth, Ora, died at the age of ten months. Those living are Lidda A. and Hazel A.

In his political affiliations Mr. GORDON is a supporter of Democratic principles, and socially he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, belonging to the local lodge of Fairfield. His business is now in a flourishing condition and he is winning a fair share of the public patronage. He has all the accommodations of a first-class livery, and those who once do business with him are ever afterward willing to extend to him their further patronage on account of his promptness and courteous treatment.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.