This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of
Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it.
Typed by Lora Radiches:
Surnames in this biography are: Gordon,
Miller,
Rickman, Kelly,
Donnell,
Emerson,
Morton,
Montgomery,
CHARLES
TAYLOR GORDON, of Connersville, a who has spent his active life in connection with one of that city’s oldest and largest industries, is a native of
Indiana and member and representative of families that have lived in the state for considerably more than a century. Mr. Gordon was born at Metamora,
Indiana in 1877, son of
Gillett E. and Laura (
Miller) Gordon. His father was born at Metamora and his mother in Richland Township of
Rush County. His paternal grandparents were Chilon
TAYLOR and Harriett (
Rickman) Gordon, the former a native of Metamora and the latter of Fayette County Mr. Gordon’s great-grandparents were Willia and Elizabeth (Kelly) Gordon. William Gordon was born at Gordonsville, Virginia, and after his marriage brought his bride west to
Ohio in 1809 and in 1811 settled in the twelve-mile purchase, in what is now the State of
Indiana. He established his home at Metamora, or where the modern town of that name stands, and near a spring of clear water erected a blockhouse, in which he and his family sheltered themselves during the period of Indian hostilities, which immediately followed the War of 1812. He entered land from the Government, and that land has been in the Gordon family consecutively through four generations. Charles
TAYLOR Gordon’s maternal grandparents were John W. and Phidela (
Donnell)
Miller, the former born in Richland Township of
Rush County and the latter near Spring Hill,
Indiana. John W. Miller was a son of Charles
Miller, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to
Rush County about 1811 and entered Government land in Richland Township. Mr. Gordon’s ancestors were all farmers and his father followed that occupation but in later years was a contractor. His father was born in 1852 and his mother in 1853, and their children in addition to Charles
TAYLOR are: Hypatia, Mrs. Emerson
Parvis of
Los Angeles; George K., of
Los Angeles; and
Gillett E., connected with the University of
California at Berkeley. Charles
TAYLOR Gordon attended grade and high schools and graduated from high school in 1896. Then came a four-years apprentice-ship as a machinist with the P. H. & F. M. Roots Company at Connersville and he has been continuously in the service of that Connersville industry for over thirty years. He worked as a journeyman, and in 1905 was made foreman in the machine shop and since 1920 has been general superintendent of the plant. Mr. Gordon married in December, 1905, Miss Anna
Morton, who was born at Brookville,
Indiana, daughter of Dr. J. E. and Flora (
Montgomery)
Morton. Her father was born at Black Run,
Ohio, and her mother in
Indiana, being the daughter of a Methodist circuit rider. Her uncle, Dr. James S. Montgomery, is now Chaplain of the House of Representatives at Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have two sons, Charles T., a graduate of Leland Stanford University of
California, and
Elliott M., attending
Purdue University. Mrs. Gordon was educated in grammar and high schools at Brookville, and also attended the
Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute. They are members of the Presbyterian Church and Mr. Gordon is a Republican, a Knight
Templar and thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and
Shriner, being a past master of Fayette Council No. 6, R. and S. M., and a past commander of the Connersville Commandery No. 6, Knights
Templar. He also belongs to the Eastern Star and the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows.