Lorena (Young) Jordan (1820 - 1902)

Born 22 May 1820 in Brown, Ohio, USA

Wife of Silas Jordan — married 29 Dec 1840 in Jennings, Indiana, USA

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1902 at age 82 in Vernon, Jennings, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Loraina Young was born 22 May 1820 in Brown County, Ohio. Her death certificate names her parents as Henry Young and Johna Potts, both originally of New York.^[1] Little is known of her early life, but she had moved to Jennings County, Indiana by 1840.

Loraina married Silas Jordan, another Brown County native, on 29 December 1840 in Jennings County, Indiana.^[2] Their marriage produced eleven children:

• William Jordan, born about 1842.
• Jasper N. Jordan, born 2 August 1843 and died 17 January 1920.
• Winthrop Jordan, born in 1846 and died 26 October 1882.
• Mary E. Jordan, born in 1848 and died in 1878.
• Martha E. Jordan, born in December 1849.
• Fran Jordan, born about 1851 and died before 1860.
• Lucy Jordan, born 27 February 1854 and died 27 February 1940.
• Charles Carfield Jordan, born 16 June 1855 and died 14 December 1930.
• Albert Jordan, born about 1858 and died before 1870.
• Adra Emma Jordan, born 22 August 1860 and died 28 October 1901.
• Carrie Jordan, born 5 December 1863 and died 8 February 1914.

In the 1850 U.S. Census, enumerated on 7 September 1850, the Silas Jordan family resided in Vernon Township in Jennings County, Indiana. Residing with the family were Elisseph Young (age 24) and Caroline Young (age 3), likely relatives of Loraina.^[3]

In the 1860 U.S. Census, enumerated on 15 August 1860, the Silas Jordan family still resided in Vernon Township. Loraina's occupation was given as "House work," as was common for the time. ^[4]

In the 1870 U.S. Census, enumerated on 7 July 1870, the Silas Jordan family continued to reside in Vernon Township on the same farm. Loraina's occupation was given as "Keeping house."^[5]

In the 1880 U.S. Census, enumerated on 9 June 1880, the Silas Jordan family resided in Vernon Township. Loraina's occupation was still given as "keeping house." The two youngest daughters, Adra and Carrie, resided with their parents, as well as two grandchildren, Harry Thixten (age 7) and Carrie Randall (age 6).^[6]

Loraina was widowed in February 1900, and in the 1900 U.S. Census, enumerated on 5 June 1900, was residing with her daughter, Carrie Jordan Saupe, and her family in Vernon, Indiana. It is quite possible that both she and Silas had resided there for several years before his death.^[7]

Loraina Jordan died on 4 August 1902 in Vernon, Indiana of acute dysentery at the age of 82.^[8] She was buried in the Baldwin Cemetery beside her husband.^[9]

This profile was originally created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

Sources

1. ↑ Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Death Certificates; Year: 1902; Roll 06. Retrieved from ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database online], 25 July 2019.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 [database online]; accessed 25 July 2019.
3. ↑ 1850 U.S. Census, Jennings County, Indiana, population schedule, Vernon Township, p. 767, dwelling 749, family 749, Silas Jordan; NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 155 (p. 384A). Accessed from ancestry.com, 25 July 2019.
4. ↑ 1860 U.S. Census, Jennings County, Indiana, population schedule, Vernon Township, p. 179, dwelling 1224, family 1224, Silas Jordan; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 271. Accessed from ancestry.com, 25 July 2019.
5. ↑ 1870 U.S. Census, Jennings County, Indiana, population schedule, Vernon Township, p. 40, dwelling 297, family 297, Silas Jordan; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 329 (p. 199A). Accessed from ancestry.com, 25 July 2019.
6. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census, Jennings County, Indiana, population schedule, Vernon Township, p. 13, dwelling 127, family 127, Silas Jordan; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 288 (p. 461A). Accessed from ancestry.com, 25 July 2019.
7. ↑ 1900 U.S. Census, Jennings County, Indiana, population schedule, Vernon, p. 305, dwelling 115, family 121, August Saupe; FHL microfilm 1240379. Accessed from ancestry.com, 25 July 2019.
8. ↑ Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Death Certificates; Year: 1902; Roll 06. Retrieved from ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database online], 25 July 2019.
9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 July 2019), memorial page for Loraina Jordan (1822-1902), Find A Grave Memorial no. 9239019, citing Baldwin Cemetery, Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana, USA.