When Louis Isom Gorden was born on 4 July 1885, in Christian, Illinois, United States, his father, Isham Baber Gorden, was 42 and his mother, Effadilla Workman, was 36. He married Jeannette L Dinkins on 27 December 1905, in Township of Prairieton, Christian, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1900 and Township of Prairieton, Christian, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. He died in June 1974, at the age of 88, and was buried in Christian, Illinois, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Irish: altered Anglicized form of Mag Mhuirneacháin. See Gordan .
English: habitational name from Gordan, the name of a valley in North Somerset preserved in the placename Gordano.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Gordon .
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