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MRS. ELIZA J. GORDON
A resident of California since 1868,
Mrs. Eliza J. Gordon was born in Indiana, November 18, 1835. Her father, Josiah Anderson, a native of
Kentucky, removed to Indiana where he was a farmer. Later he located near Burlington, Iowa,
residing on a farm there until 1849, when he became a pioneer of California,
passing away at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. He had married Lucinda Westfall, a native of
Ohio who died in California, aged sixty-five years, leaving their ten children,
three of whom are now living, namely:
Eliza J., our subject, Newton and J. O., all of Stockton. Eliza J. grew up in Iowa and there attended
the public schools. She was married in
1851 to Aaron Gordon, who was born in Springfield, Ohio, August 21, 1830, a
brickmason by trade. Removing to Iowa in
an early day he was married there and followed his trade until the civil War
when he enlisted in Company A, 83rd Iowa
Volunteer Infantry, serving throughout the war.
He received an honorable discharge, after which he continued at his
trade in Iowa until 1869, when he brought his family to California, coming via
the Panama route and soon selected Stockton as his location. Here he engaged in contracting and building. Many of the important buildings of those
early days are to his credit. He built
his residence at 1452 South Hunter Street where he resided until he died August
10, 1909. He was a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon were blessed with ten children, four of whom are living: Virgil, Mrs. Imogene Parker, Elmer E., and
Mrs. Algena Loos, of
Stockton. Mrs. Gordon continues to
reside at her old home surrounded by her family and many friends who appreciate
her for her merit and worth.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
693. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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