HENRY GORDON
Henry Gordon lives upon the northwest quarter of section 26, where he owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He came to Cass county in 1876 and purchased his farm from Isaac Dickerson. It was, at that time, unimproved prairie. He now has the land nearly all under cultivation and well fenced. He carries on general farming. Mr. Gordon was born in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, October 1, 1840. He is a son of Samuel and Sarah J. (Piper) Gordon, natives of New York. Henry Gordon came to this State in 1863, and settled on a farm in Iowa county, where he remained until he came here. He was married November 13, 1861, to Emily Coats, a native of New York and daughter of David and Sophronia (Sanders) Coats. They have had two children...William, who died when about three years old and Etta M., living with her parents. Mr. Gordon is a Democrat, politically and a member of the A.O.U.W.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 595.
