James Franklin Jordan, b: 1882 - Visalia, California

^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}

^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}


			^John Jordan^{b.1807 Bond Co., Illinois d.1862 Kern River, California}

		^{Frederick Omega Jordan}^{b.1854 San Juan, California d.1942 Madera, California}	^{Eliza Jane Sadorus}^{b.1814 Titusville, Pennsylvania d.1909 North of Exeter, California}

^{James William Jordan}^b.1904 d.	^{James Franklin Jordan}^{b.1882 Visalia, California d.1961}

^{Frederick Franklin Jordan}^{b.1906 Coarsegold, California d.1999 Oakhurst, California}		^{Sarah Jane Tennessee Bailey}^{b.1861 Searcy, Arkansas d.1935 Madera, California}

^{Ralph Allen Jordan}^{b.1907 Coarsegold, California d.1939 Sonoma, California}

^{Robert Claude Jordan}^{b.1909 d.1982 Oahurst, California}		^Willie Carr^{b. d.}

^Roy Jordan^{b.1911 Coarsegold, California d.}	^{Addie Grace Carr}^{b.1884 Iowa d.1946 Madera, California}

^{Eleanor Rose Jordan}^{b.1913 Coarsegold, California d.2003 Moscow, Idaho}

^{Bessie May Jordan}^{b.1916 Coarsegold, California d.1972}