Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 794-795 [Hopkins]

      JUDGE J. E. GORDON, president of the Kentucky Bank and Trust
Company and otherwise prominent in business and political and social
affairs in Madisonville, Hopkins county, Kentucky, was born in the
city of his present residence, on December 7, 1866.  He is the
second son of William L. Gordon, whose history, with that of the
family ancestry and other interesting information, is given above.
     Judge Gordon studied law under his father's direction, and was
admitted to the bar in 1885.  He entered into partnership with his
father under the name of Gordon and Gordon, and this relationship
was continued until March, 1901, at which time Judge Gordon withdrew
and associated himself with W. J. Cox, under the firm name of Cox
and Gordon.  January 1, 1903, he was appointed by Governor Beckham
as judge of the fourth judicial district of Kentucky, and is the
nominee of the Democratic party for re-election.  He is the youngest
circuit judge in the state, and had just passed the required age
limit at the time of his appointment.  At the organization of the
Kentucky Bank and Trust Company in March, 1901, he was made
president, and still holds that responsible position.  The capital
stock of the institution is fifty thousand dollars, and the other
officers are W. J. Cox, vice president; P. B. Ross, cashier; C. W.
Lindsay, assistant cashier; and the directors are W. J. Laffoon and
J. W. Glaton.  Judge Gordon owns a farm of three hundred acres, a
part of which lies in the city limits of Madisonville, and he gives
part of his time and attention to its management and the raising of
stock.  He is a thoroughgoing business man, alert and quick to seize
the opportunity as it is presented, and has gained success because
he has deserved it.  He is a man of great breadth of mind, and is a
credit to the high judicial position which he holds.
      In 1887 Judge Gordon was married to Miss Sally Pritchell, a
native of Madisonville and a daughter of the late Dr. J. W.
Pritchell, who occupied a prominent place in the medical fraternity
of Madisonville.  Judge Gordon is a past exalted ruler of the Elks. 
He is one of the well known Democrats of western Kentucky, and was
active in party affairs before he went on the bench.

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