John Nathan Jordan (1831 - 1907)

Born 29 Nov 1831 in Constable, Franklin, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lavinia Mercy (Davis) Jordan — married 1866 in Berlin, Waushara, Wisconsin, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 30 Jun 1907 at age 75 in Belmont, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

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:

1. Agnes L. Jordan-Smith;
2. Warren D.;
3. Anna E. Jordan-Verrette;
4. Georgia Mercy Jordan-Decker;
5. Tessie Jane Jordan-Robinson;
6. John E. (Ned); and
7. Elbert Lewis Jordan.

John Nathan Jordan died on 30 June 1907 and is buried at the Welsh Cemetery in Berlin, Waushara, Wisconsin.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Bath, Summit, Ohio; Roll: M432_732; Page: 320A; Image: 112
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28337893
4. ↑ From Stevens Point Journal, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin; July 12, 1907

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Bath, Summit, Ohio; Roll: M432_732; Page: 320A; Image: 112
• 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.
• Year: 1900; Census Place: Warren, Waushara, Wisconsin; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0115; FHL microfilm: 1241823.
• Find-a-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28337893.

Acknowledgement

• Thank Carol Baldwin (Baldwin-3428) for biography, photo and sourcing for Jordan-2789.