Susan C. Gordon

Brief Life History of Susan C.

When Susan C. Gordon was born on 4 March 1861, in Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Gordon, was 41 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Kendall, was 36. She married David Thomas Dove on 4 March 1878, in Warren, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Cedarville, Warren, Virginia, United States in 1880 and Greenway District, Clarke, Virginia, United States for about 50 years. She died on 6 March 1947, in Clarke, Virginia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Meade Memorial Episcopal Church Cemetery, White Post, Clarke, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Thomas Dove
1850–1924
Susan C. Gordon
1861–1947
Marriage: 4 March 1878
Alice Daisy Dove
1878–1960
Crete William Dove
1882–1969

Sources (11)

  • Susie Dove in household of Crate W Dove, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Susie C Dove, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
  • Susie C in entry for Crete W Dove, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"

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World Events (8)

1862 · The Battle of Fredericksburg

The Battle of Fredericksburg involved 200,000 troops with General Ambrose Burnside of the army of the Potomac against General Lee’s Army of the North.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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