Peter Gordon, Jr., who is serving for the second term as mayor of Kemmerer. was born in Elginshire, Scotland, on the 6th of October, 1871. His father, Peter Gordon, was also a native of the land of hills and heather and in the year 1872 he sailed with his family for the new world. For a few years he resided in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and then removed to Canada, whence he eventually came to Wyoming, arriving in this state in 1885. He first located in that section of Uinta county which eventually became Lincoln county and there he was connected with railroad interests, being active along that line of business until 1888. He then turned his attention to merchandising, in which he was actively engaged for a number of years, and is now living retired, enjoying a rest which he richly merits and well deserves. He still makes his home in Kemmerer and has reached the age of seventy-four years, but his wife passed away at Fossil, Wyoming, in June, 1898. In their family were five children, James, Mrs. Maggie Watson, Mrs. Elsie Collipriest and Mrs. Annie Hanak.
    The youngest of the family is Peter Gordon of this review, who in his boyhood days attended the public schools of Ontario, Canada, until he reached the age of fourteen years, when he came with his parents to Wyoming. In this state he entered railroad service and later embarked in business with his father at Fossil, where he continued for some time in mercantile lines. He arrived in Kemmerer in 1902 and established a retail liquor business, which he has since successfully conducted.
    On the 19^th of December, 1892, at American Falls, Idaho, Mr. Gordon was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Robinson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Robinson of that place. They have become parents of nine children, five of whom are living: Marie, who was born in Pocatello, Idaho, in 1897, and is a graduate of the high school of Kemmerer; Josephine, who was born in Pocatello in 1899 and is now a second year pupil in the high school; Thelma, who was born in Kemmerer, in 1905; James, born in McCammon, Idaho, in 1903; and Agnes, born in Kemmerer in 1908.
    Mr. Gordon has been quite active in community affairs and is serving as vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, heartily cooperating in its plans and purposes for the upbuilding of the city and the extension and improvement of its trade conditions and relations. For five years he filled the office of city clerk and was then elected mayor of Kemmerer, in which position he made so creditable a record that he was reelected and is now serving for the second term. He stands very high in business and political circles and is known as a representative citizen, alert to every interest that tends to advance the welfare and promote the growth of his municipality.