Brief Life History of Hiram L
When Hiram L Gordon was born on 15 November 1846, in Ripley, Indiana, United States, his father, Robert Gordon, was 26 and his mother, Ann "Polly" Behymer, was 20. He married Nancy Ann Gilbreath on 17 July 1867, in Boone, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Prairie Township, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Clay Township, Saline, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 29 March 1910, in Lowry City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Lowry City Cemetery, Lowry City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States.
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- Hiram Gordon, "United States Census, 1870"
- Hiram L Gordon, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Hiram L Gordon, "Find A Grave Index"
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1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Gordon in Berwickshire, named with Welsh gor ‘spacious’ + din ‘fort’.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Gourdon in Saône-et-Loire, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gordus + the locative suffix -o, -ōnis.
English (of Norman origin): alternatively, said to be a nickname from a diminutive of Old French gourd ‘heavy, dull, sluggish’ (compare 8 below).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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