The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-05
Former Mayor OF the CITY
and justice Of the Peace
Passes Away !
VALIANT WAR RECORD
Life a Very Busy and Use
full One as Brief
Sketch Shows,

peace and Widely znpRn citizen.
died at his home at 205 Hodges
street in Broad oaks at / O'Clock
Monday morning with liver and kid
nsy trouble the cause ofnis death.
He had been in falling health a year
Or more and had been bedIast seven
weeks.
The funeral viii be held IN the
Gordon home Tuesday afternoon ae
2:3O O'Clock with the Grand Army
Of the Republic In caarso and the
Rows. Paul L. Flanagan and william
]. Newton will oficlats. The inter-
ment will be at the odd Feiows' Gem
etery.
Samuel w. Gordon was born III
Clark county, Va, august s, 1s4s.
and lacked just one day Of being 60
years of age when he died. The
Gordon family was estabiishsd IN
Virginia by widow who came 70
this country from Scotland at an
early date. Gordonsyille, Va, was
named in honor of the family.
Franklin Gordon. grandfather OF
Samuel w. Gordon. was native of
GordOnsyile, Va, and a solder OF
the Revolutionary war. John Corr
don, father of Samuel w. Gordon.
was born in Culpepper county. va.
in 1897. In his youth he moved
with his parents to the valley OF viz
ginia and resided there until 1885,.
He was obliged to dee from the val4
ley on account OF. his. political views
as he was a stroag Union man an
his life. He then moved to OHIO
and resided near BafnesSlile whore
he died in 1870. ne was q farmer
and fairly successful while res
ident OF his native state he and Miss
Susan Cooley, daughter OF Joseph
and Polly Cooley, who were natives
OF Virginia and OF EnglIah origin
and old pioneers In virginia where ali
their days were spent, were married
The head OF the Cooley family wa
also a soldier of the Revolution.
Susan Gordon, mother Of Samuel
W. Gordon, died at GAINESVILLE. o.
in 1881, She and her husband
reared six sons and one daughter.
The sons were named James, who
enlisted in the Seventh Virginia In
fantry Of the Confederate army ana
died while in service, Joseph q. Who
married and moved to Iowa In 1867.
John D. of BERKELEY county, W. Va.
Robert 7. of Salem, W. Va, who
served in the Third Weye virginia
infantry Of the Union army and was
engaged in number Of prominent
battles, George H, OF Warren conn
ty, Va, and Samuel w. of this city.
The daughter was named Mary and
she married James W. Lewis. Of
Meadville, Pa. All are dead except
Robert.
In Virginia Samuel W. Gordon
passed his youth on a farm and at
tended the common schools OF hts
day. He was but ds years OF age
when the Civil war broke out, but
he was tilled with a patriotic desire
to tight for the old nag and ne en-
listed in the sixtieth Ohio infantry
from Belmont county, February IS.
1862, and served until July II.
I1S65, when he was discharged At
Harrisburg, Pa. He participated In
the battles of spottsylvanla, The
wilderness and Cold Earbor. Hs
was in the Ninth army corps. Aside
from the principal battles mentioned
he took part in many skirmishes and
was corporal In Company D OF the
sixtieth regiment Il
After the war Mr.. Gordon came to
Clarksburg and he and ursula O.
Waters, OF Hampshire county. 3
daughter Of Nancy and Susan
iwaysrs, formerly OF Clarksbnrg.
were married. In 1875 Mr.. ana
Mrs, Gordon moved to Bsrnestiiie.
o., where Mr.. Gordon engaged ip
farming until 1879, when ne moved
to Virginia and resided on . fruit
farm near Winchester. He engaged
in the nursery business there untll
1882 when he moved to Clarksburgs
his home ever since.
Mrs Gordon died December 3.
1890, leaving two sons. John W
and George 81. Gordon. both Of thia
city, the latter Of whom Is q promi-
nent justice of the peace here.
Mr.. Gordon's second Wits. Who
survives, was Allt5 Mary A, Hon. 4
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