Jordan, Woodford

Other Events:

• Other Info or Events: First Settler of Bovina
• Reference Number: 112
• 1860 Census: 1860, Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1870 Census: 1870, Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1880 Census: 1880, Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Biography: 1894; Outagamie County Pioneers Page 202
• Death Record - Civil: 12 Nov 1900

Notes:

1860 Census:
W D Jourdan35
Mary Jourdan29
Johny B Jourdan4
Nancy Faster20

1870 Census:
W D Jordan45
Mary E Jordan40
John B Jordan13
F A Manning19
I H Manning19

1880 Census:
W. D. Gordan54
Mary E. Gordan50
Frances A. Manning26

Biography:
JORDAN, Woodford was born in Raymond, Cumberland Co., Maine on January 19, 1825. He is from pioneer stock, having descended from Reverend Robert Jordan of the Church of England, who came from Dorsetshire, England in 1639 and settled in Falmouth, now Portland, Maine. The line of descent is as follows: First, Robert, second Dominicus, third, Dominicus, fourth, Nathaniel, fifth, Dominicus, who was the first settler in the said town of Raymond; sixth, William, seventh, Dominicus, eighth, Woodford D., who was the first settler in the Town of Bovina, Outagamie, WI, having purchased the land from the Government and built the first house where Shiocton now stands in 1850 and has resided in the town ever since. He married Mary E. Manning on December 14, 1851 at Algoma, WI, no children. He has held the office of school district clerk in the town continuously for 35 years. In June of 1875 he laid out the plat of the village of Shiocton and at present resides upon his farm north of the village. Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.

Death Record - Civil:
Name: Woodford D Jordon
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 12 Nov 1900
Event Place: Outagamie, Wisconsin
Page: 0458

Citing this Record:
"Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJG1-5R6 : accessed 4 September 2015), Woodford D Jordon, 12 Nov 1900; from "Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing p. 0458, volume 02, Outagamie, Wisconsin, reel 104, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison.

Name: Woodford Dingly Jordon
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Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: Shiocton, Outagamie, Wisconsin
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Residence Place:
Gender: Male
Age: 75
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: Real estate
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1825
Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Birthplace: Cumberland Co. Maine
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery: Bovina Cemetary
Father's Name: Dominicus Jordon
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Maine U.S.A.
Mother's Name: Keziah (Dingley) Jordon
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Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Spouse's Name: Mary E. (Manning) Jordon
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Reference ID: p458 n472 cn01483
Additional Relatives:
GS Film Number: 1311647
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4207454
Image Number: 1126

Citing this Record:
"Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2BT-RHG : accessed 4 September 2015), Woodford Dingly Jordon, 1900; citing Death, Shiocton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,647.

Woodford married Manning, Mary E. 14 Dec 1851, Algoma, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, USA. Mary was born 23 Mar 1830, Berlin, Rensselaer, New York, USA; died Abt 1909; was buried , Bovina Cemetery, Shiocton, Outagamie, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 112