Forrest Malone Gordon Sr (1880 - 1945)

Born 11 Feb 1880 in Montgomery County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Holmes — married about 1901 in Montgomery Co., Georgia, USA

Husband of Sally Pauline (Sellars) Gordon — married 18 Aug 1919 in Laurens, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Aug 1945 at age 65 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Forrest Malone Gordon was born 11 February 1880^[1], the son of John Wesley Gordon, Jr. and Julia Ann Moseley Gordon. In 1880^[2], 1900^[3] and 1910^[4], he lived in Montgomery County, Georgia with his parents and siblings.

He married Emma Holmes about 1901. Their daughter was Nellie Gordon. Emma died in 1910.

He registered for the draft for World War I, naming his daughter Nellie as his next of kin. He gave his occupation as carpenter and his physical description was medium of build and height with blue eyes and grey hair^[5].

Forrest Malone Gordon, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

He married Sallie Pauline' Lou' Sellers.

His daughter Nellie was married in California in 1938^[6].

He registered for the draft for World War II, naming his wife as next of kin and his employer as Broussard & Son, Insurance Company, Beaumont Texas^[7].

Forrest Malone Gordon, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

He died 2 August 1945, in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas^[1] and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, Plot: Section B.^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Forrest Malone Gordon, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
2. ↑ Horace M. Gordon, United States Census, 1880
3. ↑ Forest M Gordon, United States Census, 1900
4. ↑ Forest Gordon, United States Census, 1910
5. ↑ Forrest Malone Gordon, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
6. ↑ Forrest M Gordon, mentioned in the record of Oren H Morey and Nellie Gordon Sellars
7. ↑ Forrest Malone Gordon, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #106839419
9. ↑ Forrest M Gordon, BillionGraves Index

Bibliography

• Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS19-JMW : 5 December 2014), Forrest Malone Gordon, 02 Aug 1945; citing certificate number 35904, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,963.
• United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GJ-DYQ : 13 January 2022), Horace M. Gordon in household of John W. Gordon, District 275, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3JL-X56 : accessed 3 December 2019), Forest M Gordon in household of John W Gordon, Militia District 275, Long Pond, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 9B, family 154, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,213.
• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML2K-RJS : accessed 3 December 2019), Forest Gordon in household of John W Gordon, Long Pond, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 135, sheet 22A, family 361, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 201; FHL microfilm 1,374,214.
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZN-N8D : 23 August 2019), Forrest Malone Gordon, 1917-1918.
• California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FV-4CY : 9 March 2021), Forrest M Gordon in entry for Oren H Morey and Nellie Gordon Sellars, 16 Nov 1938; citing Orange, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,051,211.
• United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPPP-D2G : 7 November 2017), Forrest Malone Gordon, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 December 2019), memorial page for Forrest Malone Gordon (11 Feb 1880–2 Aug 1945), Find A Grave Memorial no. 106839419, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Mary Casey (contributor 47948197).
• BillionGraves Index, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7VRW-33PZ : 26 March 2019), Forrest M Gordon, died 02 Aug 1945; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States.

See also:

• John E. Moseley, Jr. Mosley Families of Montgomery and Emanuel Counties, Publication: John E. Moseley, March 1969 Page: # 231