HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA:  From the earliest time to the present,
with biographical sketches, notes, etc.  Illustrated; Chicago:  Brant and
Fuller, 1888.  p. 697.  Unknown County.

William F Gordon, a prominent citizen of Rushville, and at present a
retired farmer, was born in Franklin County, Indiana, September 7, 1843. 
He was the fourth child and oldest son in a famiy of six children, three
sons and three daughters, born to Orval and Druzilla (BLACKLIDGE) Gordon,
both natives of Kentucky.  His paternal grandparents were William and
Elizabeth GORDON.  His maternal grandfather was James BLACKLIDGE.  His two
brothers were Orval C. and John N., both of whom are living.  His three
sisters were Lovina, Carlotte, and Elizabeth, the first two of whom are
deceased.  By his second wife, who, when he married her, was Mrs. Mary
ALSWORTH, his father had three children:  Martha E., Manetta, and Edward,
the last of whom is deceased.
	He was reared upon a farm in his native county.  At eighteen he 
entered the service of the Union Army in Company C, Sixty-eighth Indiana 
Regiment, with which he served until the close of the war.  He entered as 
a private but was promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant, from which rank he 
was mustered out.  He participated in the battles of Hover's Gap, 
Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Nashville, and other smaller engagements, 
in all of which he discharged his duties as became a loyal soldier.  He 
returned to Franklin County after the war and took up the occupation of 
a farmer.
	He was married December 2, 1866, to Laura J. MARTINDALE, who was 
born in Franklin County, IN., February 14, 1843, and was the daughter of 
Abner and Eliza (BUTCHER) MARTINDALE, natives of Pennsylvania and New 
Jersey respectively.  Her paternal grandparents were Amos and Martha 
MARTINDALE.  Her maternal grandfather was Thomas BUTCHER.  After their 
marriage, Mr. and Mrs. GORDON continued to reside upon a farm in Franklin 
County, until 1872, when they removed to Rush County and located first in 
Union Township.  In 1880 he was elected Treasurer of Rush County when he 
moved to Rushville and filled that office one term.  Since his term 
expired, his attention has been given to superintending his farm.  Mr. 
and Mrs. GORDON are the parents are two children.  The first was a son 
that died in infancy, unnamed, and Guy, now a young man of eighteen.  Mr. 
and Mrs. GORDON are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  The 
former is a member of the G. A. R. and a Republican in politics.  He has 
held the office of Treasurer of the Agricultural Society a number of 
years, and at present he is a member of the Board of Cemetery Directors, 
and is President of the Rushville Natural Gas Oil and Water Company.  He 
is a reliable and influential man.  Mrs. GORDON taught school several 
terms before her marriage.

Gordon Blackridge Butcher Martindale
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Rush-IN Franklin-IN PA NJ

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