Brief Life History of John Thomas "Poppa John"
When John Thomas "Poppa John" Gordy was born on 20 October 1904, in Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States, his father, Thomas Lucian Gordy, was 26 and his mother, Lillian Eleanor Mulvey, was 19. He married Margaret Ruth Poe on 2 February 1928, in Garland, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Jefferson, Arkansas, United States in 1920. He died on 5 February 1961, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 56.
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- John Gordy, "United States Census, 1920"
- John Thomas Gordy, "Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906"
- Marriage record of John and Margaret Gordy
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Diamonds Found Near Murfreesboro
In a 37- acre plowed field in a state park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas visitors are able to go looking for diamonds. This was the site for the first diamond discovery in 1906. Through the years more than 33,100 diamonds have been found at the Crater of Diamonds.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Scottish: unexplained.
French: variant of Gord ‘heavy, dull, sluggish’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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