Born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Harris Kinzie
and Juliette Augusta (Magill) Kinzie
Sister of
George Herbert Kinzie, Alexander Wolcott Kinzie, John Harris Kinzie Jr. and Arthur Magill Kinzie
Wife of
William Washington Gordon II
— married
23 Dec 1857 in Cook, Illinois
Descendants 
Mother of
Eleanor Kinzie (Gordon) Parker, Juliette Magill Kinzie (Gordon) Low, Sarah Alice Gordon, William Washington Gordon, Mabel McLane (Gordon) Leigh and George Arthur Gordon
Died
at age 81
in Amagansett, Suffolk, New York
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2017
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Biography
Sources
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/juliette-gordon-low-1860-1927
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 April 2021), memorial page for Eleanor Lytle “Nellie” Kinzie Gordon (18 Jun 1835–22 Feb 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #81111337, citing Laurel Grove Cemetery North, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by R Lawrence (contributor 47693087) .
- Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920 Name Eleanor L Kinzie Gender Female Marriage Date 23 Dec 1857 Marriage Place Cook, Illinois, USA Spouse Name William W Gordon Spouse Gender Male
- Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955 Winston-Salem Journal; Publication Date: 23/ Feb/ 1917; Publication Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/96144224/?article=7c50e250-0d21-4f4c-966d-538841bdcfe0&focus=0.5683684,0.6918226,0.703 Name Eleanor K. Gordon Gender Female Death Age 82 Birth Date 1835 Birth Place Chicago Residence Place Savannah, GA.Death Date 22 Feb 1917 Obituary Date 23 Feb 1917 Obituary Place Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America Spouse General William Washington Gordon
An account of the Ft Dearborn Massacre, edited by Nellie Kinzie Gordon
THE FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE
Written in 1814 by Lieutenant Linai T. Helm One of the survivors WITH LETTERS AND NARRATIVES OF CONTEMPORARY INTEREST Edited by Nelly Kinzie Gordon https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41663/41663-h/41663-h.htm
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Rejected matches › Helen B (Unknown) Chambers (1834-1916)
Eleanor is 14 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 18 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 25 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 14 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 20 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 15 degrees from Isaac Newton, 19 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 18 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 14 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.