Contributor: Margaret McCleskey
HUSBAND: Charles Alexander Gordon
Birth date: 14 February 1845
Birth place: Hillsboro, Scott, MS
Death date: 30 January 1929
Death place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Burial place: Riverside Cemetery, Iredell, Bosque, TX
Father: George Alexander Gordon
Mother: Margaret Adeline Gray
WIFE: Amanda Elizabeth Heflin
Birth date: 7 January 1853
Birth place: Griffin, Cherokee, TX
Death date: 14 July 1915
Death place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Burial place: Riverside Cemetery, Iredell, Tx
Father: David Green Heflin
Mother: Mary Ann Hester
Marriage date: 24 July 1873
Marriage place: License issued in Hill Co., TX
CHILD 1: James Gray Gordon
Birth date: 27 May 1874
Birth place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Death date: 14 September 1953
Death place: Rural Napa, Napa, CA
Spouse: Unknown
Marriage Date: Unknown
Marriage Place: Unknown
CHILD 2: Infant Daughter Gordon
Birth date: 6 December 1875
Birth place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Death date: 6 December 1875
Death place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Spouse: Never married
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CHILD 3: Daniel Edward Gordon
Birth date: 2 November 1876
Birth place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Death date: 29 August 1961
Death place: Dallas, Dallas, TX
Spouse: Louise Bell (Carrie?) Mason
Marriage Date: 6 November 1904
Marriage Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX
CHILD 4: Mittie Ethell Gordon
Birth date: 4 February 1879
Birth place: Iredel, Bosque, TX
Death date: 2 February 1953
Death place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Spouse: Never married
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CHILD 5: Mary Adaline Gordon
Birth date: 14 July 1881
Birth place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Death date: 26 September 1882
Death place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Spouse: Never married
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CHILD 6: John Morgan Gordon
Birth date: 31 July 1883
Birth place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Death date: 7 April 1969
Death place: Monahans, Ward, TX
Spouse: Josie Kate Weeks
Marriage Date: 31 May 1914
Marriage Place: Iredell, Bosque, TX (License was issued in Upshur Co., TX)
CHILD 7: Infant Son Gordon
Birth date: 15 August 1885
Birth place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Death date: 15 August 1885
Death place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Spouse: Never married
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CHILD 8: Martha Lovera (Mattie) Gordon
Birth date: 23 July 1866
Birth place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Death date: 15 August 1905
Death place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Spouse: Never married
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CHILD 9: William David Gordon
Birth date: 1 December 1888
Birth place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Death date: 1977
Death place: Walnut Springs, Bosque, TX
Spouse: Louise Pearl McKnight
Marriage Date: abt 1914
Marriage Place: Unknown
CHILD 10: Frances Ruth Gordon
Birth date: 10 October 1890
Birth place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Death date: 9 January 1975
Death place: Hico, Hamilton, TX
Spouse: Albert Bernard (Bern) Sawyer
Marriage Date: 2 May 1923
Marriage Place: Glen Rose, Somervell, TX
CHILD 11: Charles Wesley Gordon
Birth date: 6 September 1892
Birth place: Iredell, Bosque, TX
Death date: 2 October 1964
Death place: Sepulveda, Los Angeles, CA
Spouse: Edna Nadine Carlile
Marriage Date: 9 June 1928
Marriage Place: Huntington Beach, CA
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NOTES: William David Gordon had multiple wives. Louise Pearl McKnight was the mother of his only child, Tryphenia Katherine Gordon, b. 16 March 1915. After Bern Sawyer died, Frances Ruth Gordon married Allen Dawson. She is buried at Riverside Cemetery next to Bern who is said to have been “the love of her life.” .