John Nathan Jordan was born 29 November 1831 in Constable, Franklin, New York.[1] His parents were John Brazee Jordan and Elizabeth Hobbs. He eventually settled in Berlin, Waushara, Wisconsin where he worked as an engineer on the lakes, then purchased a farm. He served in the Civil War, enlisting at Berlin in Company I of the Eleventh Wisconsin infantry in 1861 and served until the end of the war.[2] He was captured at Sabine Cross Roads, and was kept at a rebel prison for several months in Tyler, TX; John kept a diary of his service throughout the war and reportedly makes for interesting reading, particularly the horrors as a prisoner of war.[3] After the war, he returned home and married Lavinia Mercy Davis in 1866. He and Mercy had seven children:
Agnes L. Jordan-Smith;
Warren D.;
Anna E. Jordan-Verrette;
Georgia Mercy Jordan-Decker;
Tessie Jane Jordan-Robinson;
John E. (Ned); and
Elbert Lewis Jordan.
John Nathan Jordan died on 30 June 1907 and is buried at the Welsh Cemetery in Berlin, Waushara, Wisconsin.[4]
↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890.
Year: 1870; Census Place: Warren, Waushara, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1744; Page: 345A; Family History Library Film: 553243.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNHR-SWN : 14 September 2017), John N Jordan, Warren, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 196, sheet 375D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1452; FHL microfilm 1,255,452.
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890.
Thank Carol Baldwin (Baldwin-3428) for biography, photo and sourcing for Jordan-2789.
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