David Edgar Gordon Jr. (1889 - 1978)

Born 20 Mar 1889 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 May 1978 at age 89 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States

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Biography

When David Edgar Gordon and his twin brother David Edgar were born on March 20, 1889, their father, David, was 51, and their mother, Margarite, was 41. He had one daughter with Catheryn O MILLS Gordon.

He lived in Thompson Township, Pennsylvania until about 1920, when he moved to Hagerstown, Maryland. ^{[1][2] [3] [4][5]}

He served in World War I as a private in Europe. He was engaged in the Battle of Argonne Forest, the bloodiest of the war. He was uninjured.^[6]

He died in 1978 at the age of 89. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Marriage

Wife: Catheryn Mills Gordon from Hagerstown, Md. ^[7][1]

Residence

• Residence (1900) Thompson Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania
• Residence (1910) Thompson, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence (1917-1918) Fulton, Pennsylvania
• Residence (1920) Thompson, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence (1924) Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, employed by Weller & Gordon ^[1]
• Residence (1929) Hagerstown, Maryland, employed as a driver. ^[2]
• Residence (1930) Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland ^[3]

Name: David E Gordon

Birth Year: abt 1892

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Marital Status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Home in 1930: Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland

Street address: Salem Avenue

Ward of City: 5 Pt

Block: 500

House Number in Cities or Towns: 566

Dwelling Number: 135

Family Number: 152

Home Owned or Rented: Rented

Home Value: 30

Radio Set: No

Lives on Farm: No

Age at First Marriage: 27

Attended School: No

Able to Read and Write: Yes

Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Able to Speak English: Yes

Occupation: Electrician

Industry: Electric Power Plant

Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker

Employment: Yes

Veteran: Yes

War: WW

Household Members:

David E Gordon 38

Catherine O Gordon 35

Hilda L Gordon 9

• Residence (19 Mar 1934) Hagerstown, MD. ^[7]
• Residence (1935) Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
• Residence (1 Apr 1940) Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA
• Residence (1942) Washington, Maryland, USA
• Residence (1945) Hagerstown, Maryland, USA, employed as electician at Blue Ridge Trans. Co.^[4]
• Residence (1959) Hagerstown, Maryland, USA, ^[5]

Military

David served as a private in Europe during World War I. ^[7]

Branch: Army ^[8]

Organization: Co. L. 51 Infantry 2 May 1918 to 18 June 1919

Enlisted 2 May 1918

Engagements:

Gerardner section 4/3/19 - 10/12/18

Meuse Argonne 11/1/18 - 11/11/18

Service Overseas:

6 July 1918 to June 12, 1918

Honorably discharged: 18 June 1919 at Camp Dix, N. J.

SSN

214-10-5535 ^[8]

Death

David died 22 May 1978. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} City Directory
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Polk's City Direectory for Hagerstown Maryland. 1929. p. 221
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Year: 1930; Census Place: Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland; Roll: 880; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0020; Image: 929.0; FHL microfilm: 2340615 name=1930Census>
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Polk's Hagerstown (Washington County, MD.) City Directory 1945-46p. 161 R. L. Polk & Co., Boston.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Polk's City Directory 1959.
6. ↑ Wikipedia article accessed 28 March 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse-Argonne_Offensive
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Veteran's Compensation Application, Number 262491 and number 1132, dated Mar 19, 1934.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.. Ancestry.com
9. ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/34841013/person/18711673159/facts : accessed 13 March 2017), profile for David Edgar Gordon Jr..