Jordan was born in 1818. He is the son of Amasa Beebe and Rachel Smith. Jordan married Elizabeth Thompson and became an innkeeper in Oakland. In an 1869 directory, the Oakland House Hotel is described as "worthy the confidence of commercial travellers and the public generally.
Three of Jordan's children died young and are buried at Oakland Pioneer Cemetery. The youngest was given the impressive name of Emma Rosetta Britamart Beebe.
In the mid 1880s Jordan emigrated to the United States and settled in Bay City, Michigan.
Jordan married first Elizabeth Secord and secondly Elizabeth Thompson.
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