Montgomery Gordon
(1835-1895)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Eliza Jane Wilson

Montgomery Gordon 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 13 Feb 1835, Robinson, Washington, PA, United States 1 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Eliza Jane Wilson
  • Died: 6 May 1895, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA at age 60 2 3
  • Buried: 9 May 1895, Imperial: Valley Cemetery, Allegheny, PA 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: LZZ7-75W.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Grant Township, Clark, Missouri, USA. 5 The 1880 census recorded Montgomery Gordon, farmer, 44, living with wife Eliza J., 40; William J., works on farm, 18; Olive M., 13; Georgiana, 9; Bertha, 6; and Lawrence G., 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Georgiana and Bertha in Missouri.

2. Death Certificate: Pittsburgh PA Death Record, 6 May 1895, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. Montgomery Gordon, white, male, age 60 years 2 months, 23 days, married, night watchman, died 6 May 1895 of pneumonitis pulmonary consumption, duration of illness 8 weeks, father David Gordon born PA, mother Rachel M. Gordon born PA, birthplace Washington Co. PA., late residence 6105 Rodman St. 19th Ward in Pittsburgh. Time of residence 3 years. Place of previous residence: Clark Co. Mo. Place of interment: Imperial, Allegheny Co. Pa. on 9 May 1895. Physician J. S. Dodds M.D. of 6229 Station Street, 19th Ward, undertaker J. B. Moreland of 6104 Penn Ave. 20th Ward. Date of certificate: 7 May 1895 Date of Registration: 10 May 1895.

3. Residence: 6105 Rodman St. 19th Ward in Pittsburgh on 6 May 1895 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 4

4. Obituary: Pittsburgh Press: GORDON - on Monday, May 6, at 8:15 p.m., Montgomery Gordon, in his 61st year. Interment at Imperial, PA. on 8 May 1895 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 6


Montgomery married Eliza Jane Wilson. (Eliza Jane Wilson was born on 18 Sep 1839 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA,1 7 died on 11 Jan 1903 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 7 and was buried in Imperial: Valley Cemetery, Allegheny, PA 7.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 37384. William J. Gordon. Father Montgomery Gordon. Mother Eliza Jane Wilson. Spouse Mary Beecher.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97687872.

3 Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 13 Jan 1903, page 15. Obituary of Eliza Jane Gordon.

4 Ancestry.com, "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., Deaths, 1870-1905," https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/109652091/person/270075170067/hints Montgomery Gordon died 6 May 1895 in Pittsburgh, PA.

5 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66P-F2Y William J. Gordon Grant Township, Clark, MO.

6 Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 8 May 1895, page 9.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97687087.



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