William J. Gordon ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: LX36-T2Y.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Grant Township, Clark, Missouri, USA. ⁴ The 1880 census recorded Montgomery Gordon, farmer, 44, living with wife Eliza J., 40; William J., works on farm, 18; Olive M., 13; Georgiana, 9; Bertha, 6; and Lawrence G., 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Georgiana and Bertha in Missouri.

2. Residence: 6105 Rodman St. 19th Ward in Pittsburgh on 6 May 1895 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁵

3. Census in 1910 in Richland Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. ⁶ The 1910 census recorded William J. Gordon, road contractor 48, living with wife Mary, 47. They were married for 30 years and she had birthed 2 children by 1910, both alive that year. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1920 in Hopewell Township, Beaver, PA. ⁷ The 1920 census recorded in Temple Hollow, stock manager for P. M. Moore, 66, living with wife Mary J., 57. He and his father were born in Missouri and his mother in Maryland. Mary and her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1930 in Hopewell Township, Beaver, PA. ⁸ The 1930 census recorded William J. Gordon, liveryman, 69, living with wife Mary, 69. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Cause of Death: acute urenia, cystetis, 28 Apr 1934, Aliquippa, Beaver, PA. ²

7. Occupation: retired farmer on 28 Apr 1934 in Hopewell Township, Beaver, PA. ²

8. Residence: on 28 Apr 1934 in Hopewell Township, Beaver, PA. ²

William married Mary Beecher, daughter of William Beecher and Isabella Alexander. (Mary Beecher was born on 15 Oct 1865 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA,^{1 9} died on 4 Oct 1933 in Aliquippa, Beaver, PA ^{1 9} and was buried on 6 Oct 1933 in Aliquippa: Woodlawn Cemetery, Beaver, PA ^{1 9}.)