JORDAN, Sylvester A.

1847 - 1920  (72 years)

• Name	JORDAN, Sylvester A.  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Aug 1847	Highland Twsp., Clarion Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 2, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Apr 1920	East Brady, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania
  Burial	Abt 6 Apr 1920	Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I2401	Smith-Merrill
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	JORDAN, Jacob Bloom,   b. Abt 1807, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania d. Aft 1880, Highland Twsp., Clarion Co., Pennsylvania (Age 74 years)
  Mother	WHITEHILL, Elizabeth Jane,   b. Abt 1817, Pennsylvania d. Bef 1860, Helen Furnace, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1834	Tylersburg, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anderson, Nancy Ellen,   b. 4 Apr 1851, Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia d. 11 Nov 1936, East Brady, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1871	Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia
  	Conducted by Justice of the Peace John Stewart
  Marriage Fact	20 Apr 1920	East Brady, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania
  _STAT	Death of one spouse
  Family ID	F731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2003

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 4 Apr 1920 - East Brady, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania Burial - Abt 6 Apr 1920 - Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania Marriage Fact - 20 Apr 1920 - East Brady, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Before enlisting in the Civil War, he was a boatman. He enlisted in the Army on March 31, 1864 as a private in Captain John Mary's Company M, 62nd Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. At the Battle of Spottsylvania, Virginia, on May 12, 1864, he received a gunshot wound which caused the loss of use of his left arm. He was sent to Division Hospital, then to Judiciary Square Hospital in Washington, D.C. and then to Satterlu Hospital in Philadelphia, PA where he was honorably discharged on July 24, 1865. After the war he was an oil well contractor and producer, also a tax collector. He lived at various times in Brady's Bend, Queenstown, Lower Hillville, and East Brady, PA. (Medical):Black hair (later grey), Brown eyes and had a long white beard.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] US Census Bureau / National Archives and Records Administration, 1850 - US Census, Pennsylvania., Clarion Co., Helen Twsp - Roll M432_767 - Page 207 - Line 20 (Reliability: 3). Sylvester A Jordon - 2 - M - ' - ' - ' - PA - ' - ' - ' - ' 1850_PA-Clarion-Helen-rM432_767-p207.jpg [S5] US Census Bureau / National Archives and Records Administration, 1860 - US Census, Pennsylvania, Clarion Co., Helen Twsp - Roll M653_1095 - Page 177 - Line 28 (Reliability: 3). Sylvester Jourdon - 12 - M - ' - ' - ' - ' - PA - ' - ' - ' - ' 1860_PA-Clarion-Helen-rM653_1095-p177.JPG [S6] US Census Bureau / National Archives and Records Administration, 1870 - US Census, Pennsylvania - Armstrong Co. - Perry Twsp -- Roll M593_1301 - Page 323b - Line 20 (Reliability: 3). Sylvester Jordan - 23 - M - W - Engineer - ' - ' - Penn - ' - ' - ' - ' - ' - ' - ' - ' - / - ' [S110] US Census Bureau / National Archives and Records Administration, 1880 - US Census, Pennsylvania - Armstrong Co. - Perry Twsp -- Roll T9_1096 - P 9 - L 22 (Reliability: 3). Syl Jordan - W - M - 31 - ' - ' - ' - / - ' - ' - Laborer - ' - ' - ' - ' - ' - ' - ' - ' - ' - ' - PA - PA - PA [S111] US Census Bureau / National Archives and Records Administration, 1900 - US Census, Pennsylvania, Armstrong Co., Perry Twsp - Roll T623_1373 - Page 231A - Line 10 (Reliability: 3). 1900_PA-Armstrong-Perry-rT623_1373-ed16-p231A.jpg