Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Oda Coy Gordon    
                Born: Dec-12-1889          in Gilmer Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: Feb-13-1965          in Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV  4,5,2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4,6
             Resided:                      in Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV  4
              Census: 1940                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1938                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1910                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  4
          Occupation: 1940                 Town Sergeant for Town of Harrisville  7
              Father: William Wayne Gordon   (1859 - 1963) 
              Mother: Alice Rebecca Hinzman   (1867 - 1963) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Lovie Spurgeon     
             Married: May-29-1938          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
                Born: Sep- 4-1906          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,8,9
                Died: Jan-25-1998           1
             Resided:                      in Rochester, Monroe Co, NY  5
             Resided: 1978                 in Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV  10
              Census: 1940                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1931                 in Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Census: 1930                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: James A. Spurgeon   (1877 - 1962) 
              Mother: Rosa Lee Leggett   (1882 - 1978) 
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 3
Notes 
           M Child 1: Carl Nelson Gordon      
       Also known as: Nelson Gordon 11
                Born: Dec-20-1939          in Ritchie Co, WV  12,13,7
                Died: Aug-31-1957          in Huntly, Rappahannock Co, VA  12
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  12,14
      Cause of death:                      automobile accident  12
             Resided:                      in Ravenna, Portage Co, OH  12
          Occupation:                      grocery store clerk  12

Sources:
(1) Social Security Death Index. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11545072&Type=Marriage. 
(4) Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV. 
(5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(7) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 
(8) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) 
(9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11543830&Type=Marriage. 
(10) Obituary of mother. 
(11) Headstone. 
(12) Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(14) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  Nelson Gordon. 







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