Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John F. Jordan    
       Also known as: John F. Jourdon 1
                Born: Feb-21-1847          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2,3,1
                Died: Mar- 3-1888          in Lewis Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Willey District, Lewis Co, WV  
             Resided: 1866                 in Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  4
            Military:                      Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  5
              Father: Sampson Jordan   (1824 -     ) 
              Mother: Nancy ___ 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Helen Davis     
         Census name: Hellen Davis 
             Married: May-13-1866          in Doddridge Co, WV  6
                Born: ca 1847              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  7,1
              Census: 1870                 in Willey District, Lewis Co, WV  
             Resided: 1866                 in Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Eli Davis   (1822 - 1879) 
              Mother: Margaretta Davis   (1823 - 1906) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Minnie Lillian Jordan      
       Also known as: Minnie Lilly Jordan 8
                Born: Jul- 2-1867          in Kincheloe (Jane Lew), Harrison Co, WV  9,10
                Died: Mar- 7-1952          in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  4,10
              Buried:                      in Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  4,11,12
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: Michael Darrias Cottrill  b. Feb- 4-1864  d. Nov-22-1935  
             Married: 1887                 in Lewis Co, WV  8
           M Child 2: Ira Dallas Jerden      
       Also known as: Dallas Jerden 13,11,14
                Born: May-12-1871          in Lewis Co, WV  4,1 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug- 2-1952          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Buried:                      in Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV  12
              Census: 1930                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1920                 gas laborer  14
             Resided: 1897                 in Lewis Co, WV  
                Wife: Cora Jane Carder  b. Oct-19-1877  d. Dec-26-1955  
             Married: Dec-  -1897          in Doddridge Co, WV  1

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(3) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), 
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers
/doddridgecountyhistory.html. 
(6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John F. Jourdon, 21, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of 
Sampson N. & Nancy Jourdon, occupation farmer; and Helen Davis, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Eli & Margaretta 
Davis.  Married May 13 1866 in Doddridge Count, officated by G. W. Duff. MR p. 256, Line 6 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792054&Type=Marriage. 
(7) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(8) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) Headstone (year only) 
(11) Headstone. 
(12) Findagrave.com. 
(13) Death record of son. 
(14) 1920 Census, Lewis County, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in death record as May 12 1871, while his headstone shows it
as 1872.  But his birth record, in which he is identified as Ira D. Jordan,
shows a birth date of May 12 1869.  He was in the 1870 Census, age 1.  He seems
to have adopted spelling Jerden soon after his marriage, as reflected in census
records.  His death record gives his name as Ira Dallas Jerden.  He is
identified as Dallas Jerden in the 1920 Census, in his son's death record, and
on his own headstone.  The death date on his headstone is inscribed as 1953,
making both the birth and death dates on the marker incorrect.







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