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Note for: Matilda Jordan, OCT 1846 - 1873
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Individual Note: Matilda Jordan, born in Tarrant County Texas in 1846. When the mother Alabama Jordan, died in San Juan, Monterey, California, in 1859, Matilda was sent to an Aunt in Shreveport La., She married George Peyton and they had a daughter, Pearl. In 1871, the family came to Visalia, to see her Father and Brothers and Sisters. George, left Pearl and Matilda there for a year. Matilda was ill with Tuberculosis and they hoped for a cure in the California, air. She so wanted to be with her husband, James went back to Louisiana with his sister and her daughter and stayed until Matilda passed on in 1872.
This Information Obtained From:
1. Frank Jordan, % Jordan Press, 144A E. Duran Ave. Coalinga, California
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Note for: James Bolivar Jordan, 18 AUG 1848 - 26 JUL 1911
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Individual Note: "Jim" Jordan raised fine horses along with his farming interests. He was also Superintendent for a wellknown Irrigation district around Visalia, Tulare County, California.
This Information Obtained From:
1. Frank Jordan, % Jordan Press, 144A E. Duran Ave. Coalinga, California
2. Cornelia Fenenga Warner
Mussel Slough twp, 1880, James Jordan, Jennie, Lulu, Pearl and Ola. Thanks
for the reminder abt James. I went and checked my Jordan file, which is
different from the Jordan's in my personal file, and this is what I found
as the children of James and Jennie. I'm quite certain that Frank L is
_not_ their child, and I now know that James is not (re Jennie's death
date) it is possible that Claude Jordan was mentioned on the group photo I
sent for the reunion, I know Pearl is. we should assume that he isn't a son
until we have further data.
some of my sources for these kids are from your Blakemore contact, whom I
accepted
data from and tried to get sources, but did not succeed.
I have 1888 for a b. date for James O., and there's a b. date of 1870 in
your files. Unfortunately, I don't remember where I came by my data.
Roy is the "unnamed" son, b. and d. in 1883 - Cornelia Fenenga Warner, This Information Obtained From: 1. Cornelia Fenenga Warner, 11/10/1998.
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Note for: John Francis Jordan, 10 DEC 1852 - 1917
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Alias: /Johnny/
Individual Note: John F Jordan, graduated from Heald's Business College in San Francisco in 1873. Later, he, with Dan Overall, and William Hammond, formed the Visalia Abstract Company and Jordan carried this business for many years. When he sold, his nephew, J. Herbert (Bert) Bliss purchased it and was the owner when he died in 1915.
"Johnny", had a genuine liking for all his many friends. In inquiries about land it was a familiar femark, - " Ask Johnny, he knows every foot of land in Tulare County". Typically Pioneer in all his thoughts and faith in his fellow man, he holds a place in the early history of Visalia.
Frank Jordan 1963
Jordan Press
144 A E. Durian Ave.
Coalingo, California
John Francis Jordan, was the owner of following Businesses:
Visalia Abstract Co.
Visalia Bank
Palace Hotel
He served on the Visalia City Counsel.
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
JOHN F. JORDAN. While the abstract business has engaged the attention of during a large portion of the time since he settled in Visalia, his work as secretary and manager of this enterprise by no means represents the limits of his activities. As evidence of his varied interests it may be mentioned that lie assisted in the organization of the Kaweah Lemon Company, Incorporated, of which he is now secretary anti which owns two hundred and fifty acres in the foothills fast of Visalia. As a director of the Enema Fruit Company he is closely connected with die development of the company s property. embracing four hundred and forty acres two miles north of Visalia. In addition he holds the office of secretary of the Lemon Cove Ditch Company and is secretary of the Queen Oil Company in tile establishment of which he took an active part. Ever since the organization of the Acme Oil Company in which he assisted, he has been a member of its board of directors, and he was also a prominent worker in organizing the Visalia Fruit and Land Company. It will be readily understood that the management of these important interests requires a versatile mind, keen reasoning faculties, indomitable energy and force of will, all of which qualities Jordan possesses.
In the eastern part of Texas. December 10, 1830, occurred the birth of John F. Jordan, son of Frank and Alabama McMicken Jordan, natives respectively of Illinois and Alabama. His father removed to Texas in an early day and lived there for some time, also owned and managed a plantation near Shreveport, La. When lie came to California in 1834 he made the trip overland as captain of a train comprising seventy-four families. Settling in Monterey county, in what is now San Benito county, he took up the hotel business. and began to raise and deal in stock. In 1858 he came to Tulare county and two years later brought his family to Visalia, which he afterward considered his home, although the buying and selling of stock frequently required his presence in other places for considerable periods. His death occurred in Visalia in 1878. when he was fifty-nine years of age, he having survived his wife who passed away in San Benito county. In politics a Democrat. always a he was supporter of party principles. Not with standing the fact that he came to California entirely without means, he accumulated considerable property and was considered One of the successful men of his day.
Among four sons and three daughters comprising the parental family (of whom three sons and one daughter are living), John F. Jordan was fifth in order of birth. The trip across the plains occurred when he was a child of four years, hence the greater part of his life has been passed in California. After completing the studies of the Visalia public school he took a commercial course in Heald's Business College at San Fran cisco, from which he was graduated in February of 1875. On his return to Tulare county he was appointed deputy postmaster and the following year (1876) received the appointment of deputy sheriff. In 1879 he was elected county auditor and served in that capacity during the five ensuing years. On retiring from office he turned his attention to the abstract business, which he started in 1884 and in 1892 incorporated as the Visalia Abstract Company, he being secretary, manager and a director. Under his supervision a large business has been established in the bringing down of abstracts and perfecting of titles, and no one is recognized as a more accurate judge of titles than he. The know ledge he has acquired along this line represents years of study as well as actual experience and makes his advice concerning titles of the greatest value.
After coming to Visalia and taking up active business duties. Mr. Jordan established domestic ties through his marriage to Alice L. Neil, a native of California. They are the parents of three children: Ethel V., Roy F., and Neil J., all of f whom are at home. In Masonry, Mr. Jordan ranks high, being a member of Lodge No. 128. F.& A. M., at Visalia: Chapter No. 44 R. A. M.; Commandery No. 26. K. T., of which he acts as recorder: Scottish Rite No. 9. of which he is treasurer; and Islam Temple. N. M. S.. San Francisco. Always a pronounced Democrat, he has been a local leader of his party, at one time served on the county central committee, in 1904 acted as delegate to the state convention, and in other ways has manifested his interest in the progress of the party. Lois A. Clark.
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Note for: Robert McMickin Jordan, 1856 -
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Individual Note: Born in San Juan Batista, California in 1856. Came to Visalia with the family in1860; but he left for Oregon in 1881. He was never home again. The family did hear from him in the late 1890's. Then he was lost to them again and they knew nothing about him.
Frank Jordan 1963
Jordan Press
144 A E. Durian Ave.
Coalingo, California
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Note for: Henry F. Bliss, -
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Individual Note: "He was an early day mail carrier and while on duty he drowned in Rattlesnake Creek near the town of Auckland, Tulare County, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains." - Janice Clarke Moore. THIS INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM: 1. Janice Clark Moore 1/15/1999;
. Her sources for this information are family journals, birth, marriage, and death certificates, bibles, and personal knowledge.
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Note for: William Bently Blakemore, 17 SEP 1835 - MAY 1915 Index
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William Bentley Blakemore, was born September 17, 1835 in Sumner Co.
Tenn. He died May 1915 in Dinuba, Tulare Co. California. He and Jeanette
were married March 23, 1865 in the home of William and Mary Clark. Mary was
the Mary Graves of the Donner Party.
The year 1882 was heartbreaking for W.B. and Jeanette.She often said how
she hated the sight of cyprus trees as they surounded the cemetary in Visalia.
She was pregnant with James Bently, and carrying Nellie on her hip standing in
the cemetary burying one child while another lay at home dying.
Their son Walter Jordan married Salome Anne Haavan on October 25, 1906.
Her parents were Iver Haavan and Mary Corno. Walter(Jack ) and Salome were my
grandparents.
Their children were as follows: William Haaven Blakemore, born July 17,
1907, died March, 1983. Iver, born February 17, 1909, died October1, 1988.
Walter J. born September 21, 1913, died April 3, 1975. Robert, born June 9,
1915, living in Placerville, California. Victor, born October 1, 1918,
died June 11, 1924 from failed heart valve. Neldora Lillian, my mother,
born June 23, 1920, living with me now.
Neldora married Edgar Douglas Clark on June 22, 1936. He was born
February 22, 1914 and died August 16, 1990. How did you find them? He said
the Clarks dropped the "e" from the name in the 1700's.
Sophronia Jordan evidently was married three times, first to Douthet,
then April 25,1842 to James Cropfield, next to J.B. Baldwin on Dec. 11, 1889.
Roxie came to California with Jeanette's family train. Her husband,
Uriah Moore, had allready died. She was born January 23, 1843. She died
April 28, 1888.
Alabama McMickin had one sister , Lucy, who also came to California with
them. She married Jack Lindsey and raised a family on the Kings River. They
are buried in the Kings River cemetary.
My sourses for this information are family Journals, birth,marriage
certificates, death certificates, bibles, and personal knowledge. - Janice Clark Moore. This Information Obtained From: 1. Janice Clark Moore 6/9/1998. Her sources for this information are family journals, birth, marriage, and death certificates, bibles, and personal knowledge.
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Note for: Janie "Jennie" Lowry, 16 NOV 1851 - 26 JUL 1883 Index
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This Information Obtained From: 1. Tulare County CA Marriage Records A-37This Information Obtained From: 1. Tulare County CA Marriage Records A-374. 2. Thanks to a contact made yesterday from the Genforum site, I now know a
fair amount more about James Bolivar Jordan's first wife, and there are a
number of corrections as well as new information. Here is what she sent me;
I have a Martha J Lowrey in my database with the following 2 sources. Her
family left MO abt 1854 & settled in Sonoma Co, moving to Tulare Co abt 1862.
PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: HISTORY OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA; p 635; phcpy from John LOWREY, Fremont, CA, poss Ray French, Bellevue, WA; NOTES: name Martha LOWREY, dau of James Elgin & Elizabeth LOWREY, "Their oldest daughter married J B JORDAN and their union is blesssed with five children." D. 1883. (Doc 18:110LO).
RESIDENCES-BIRTH-PARENTS: 1860 U.S. Census, Vallejo TWP, Sonoma Co, CA; 1860; Pg 625, Line 18; Federal Archives, Seattle, WA, M653 Roll 69; NOTES:
name Martha LOWRY, page 9, b. MO, living with parents Elgon & Elizabeth
LOWRRY & his extended family.
And here is what I found, today; from the Tulare Co., CA m. index, "M. J. "Lowery" m. Jul 10, 1867 to W V Turman".
from The Visalia Cemetery Index, William V. Turman b. 15 Aug 1844 d. 20 Mar
1871 aged 26 years, 7months 5 days.
from the Visalia Cemetery Index, Jennie b. 16 Nov 1851 d. 26 Jul 1883
" " " " " , Myrtle Lea Jordan dau of M. J. and J. B. b. 31 Aug 1877 d. 23 Oct 1878 from the Visalia Cemetery index, son of J. B. and M. J. d. 13 Feb 1883 aged 3 days 1860 census, Visalia, Tulare, CA-in "Terman" household, house 122 of 136, twp 1, William is listed as 16, m, w, a student, born in AR (Arkansas), parents are John of MO and Nancy of Tennessee. Signed Cornelia Fenenga Warner, 8/25/
11/11/1998 - Thanks to a contact made yesterday from the Genforum site, I now know a
>> fair amount more about James Bolivar Jordan's first wife, and there are a
>> number of corrections as well as new information.
>>
>> here is what she sent me;
>>
>> I have a Martha J Lowrey in my database with the following 2 sources. Her
>> family left MO abt 1854 & settled in Sonoma Co, moving to Tulare Co abt
1862.
>>
>> PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: HISTORY OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA; p 635; phcpy from
>> John LOWREY, Fremont, CA, poss Ray French, Bellevue, WA; NOTES: name Martha
>> LOWREY, dau of James Elgin & Elizabeth LOWREY, "Their oldest daughter
>> married J B JORDAN and their union is blesssed with five children." D.
>> 1883. (Doc 18:110LO).
>>
>> RESIDENCES-BIRTH-PARENTS: 1860 U.S. Census, Vallejo TWP, Sonoma Co, CA;
>> 1860; Pg 625, Line 18; Federal Archives, Seattle, WA, M653 Roll 69; NOTES:
>> name Martha LOWRY, page 9, b. MO, living with parents Elgon & Elizabeth
>> LOWRRY & his extended family.
>>
>> and here is what I found, today;
>>
>> from the Tulare Co., CA m. index, "M. J. "Lowery" m. Jul 10, 1867 to W V
>> Turman".
>> from The Visalia Cemetery Index, William V. Turman b. 15 Aug 1844 d. 20 Mar
>> 1871 aged 26 years, 7months 5 days.
>> from the Visalia Cemetery Index, Jennie b. 16 Nov 1851 d. 26 Jul 1883
>> " " " " " , Myrtle Lea Jordan dau of M. J. and
J. B. b. 31 Aug 1877 d.
>> 23 Oct 1878
>> from the Visalia Cemetery index, son of J. B. and M. J. d. 13 Feb 1883 aged
>> 3 days
>> 1860 census, Visalia, Tulare, CA-in "Terman" household, house 122 of 136,
>> twp 1, William is listed as 16, m, w, a student, born in AR (Arkansas),
>> parents are John of MO and Nancy of Tennessee.
>>
>> Jane Lowrey "Jennie"
>> 16 Nov 1851
>> ,,Missouri
>> 26 Jul 1883
>> , Tulare Co., CA
>> married 1st 10 Jul 1867, Tulare Co., CA
>> William V. Turman
>> 15 Aug 1844
>> 20 Mar 1871
>> married 2nd 14 Dec 1873 Tulare Co., CA
>> James Bolivar JORDAN
>> 18 Aug 1848
>> ,Van Zandt,Texas
>> --CHILDREN--
>> none are known by Jennie's marriage to William Turman
Signed Cornelia Fenenga Warner, 11/11/1998
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Note for: Allice Augusta Collins, 9 NOV 1859 - 19 DEC 1917 Index
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This Information Obtained From: 1. Cornelia Fenenga Warner 2. Tulare County Marriage Records #D-42
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Note for: Mary Elizabeth Bliss, 1869 - 1895 Index
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This Information Obtained From:
1. Frank Jordan, % Jordan Press, 144A E. Duran Ave. Coalinga, California
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Note for: George Lacey Bliss, 1866 - 1913 Index
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This Information Obtained From:
1. Frank Jordan, % Jordan Press, 144A E. Duran Ave. Coalinga, California
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Note for: Arthur Neill Jordan, - Index
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Served in WW I.
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Note for: Roy Jordan Blakemore, 16 AUG 1876 - 27 DEC 1882 Index
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This Information Obtained From: 1. Janice Clark Moore 6/9/1998. Her sources for this information are family journals, birth, marriage, and death certificates, bibles, and personal knowledge.
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Note for: Matilda McCoy, - Index
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This Information Obtained From: 1. Lynn James, (904)-277-3536, 558 Piney Island Drive, Fernandina Beach, FL., 32034 April 1998.
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Note for: Rebecca Compton, 12 JAN 1776 - ABT 1835 Index
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THIS INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM: James S. Jewett, Jordan Family Newletter; Combined History Edwards, Lawrence, and Wabash Counties, Illinois - 1883: Philadelphia, Pa,. J. L. McDonough and Co,. Pages 1-377; Pages 74-76: See: Joshua Jordan and Brother-in-Law Levi Compton (1764 - Va. - 1844); Pages 291-292: - Shawneetown Land District Records - 1814-20, 1978: By: L. M. Volkel, page - 1-141; page -34-4-24-1817 Caleb Jordan. Compiler; Harley Buntin Neal, 1716 Post Ave. Rockford Illinois Phone (815) 968-6240. 11/18/1998, Edited by; James Franklin Kirkman, 2658 Browning Ave., Clovis, CA. 93611.