Charles Alexander GordonAge: 80 years1862–1943
- Name
- Charles Alexander Gordon
- Given names
- Charles Alexander
- Surname
- Gordon
 Birth | October 26, 1862 22 21 |
 Birth of a brother | William J Gordon about 1862 Note: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a brother | Francis Marion Gordon Jr about 1866 (Age 3 years) Note: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census |
| Birth of a brother | Elija Belva Gordon October 28, 1867 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | George W Gordon about 1869 (Age 6 years) Note: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | July 1, 1870 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Polly Shepherd after 1870 (Age 7 years) Note: Mary is shown in the 1870 Census; but, not beyond that date |
| Death of a mother | Cynthia Manerva Magee December 15, 1874 (Age 12 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr — Lucretia Pevehouse — View this family June 13, 1875 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 16, 1880 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Elijah Magee May 1884 (Age 21 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr — Bathesheba “Bashie” Magee — View this family about 1897 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 55 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | June 5, 1943 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Gibson Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr Birth: about 1840 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| mother |
Cynthia Manerva Magee Birth: November 21, 1840 31 29 — Wayne, Tennessee, United States Death: December 15, 1874 — Wayne, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 17, 1860 — Wayne, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years brother |
William J Gordon Birth: about 1862 22 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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10 months himself |
Charles Alexander Gordon Birth: October 26, 1862 22 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 5, 1943 — Gibson, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Francis Marion Gordon Jr Birth: about 1866 26 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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22 months younger brother |
Elija Belva Gordon Birth: October 28, 1867 27 26 — Clifton, Wayne, Tennessee, United States Death: July 5, 1952 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
George W Gordon Birth: about 1869 29 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Bathesheba “Bashie” Magee |
| father |
Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr Birth: about 1840 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| step-mother |
Bathesheba “Bashie” Magee Birth: about 1846 37 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: after 1920 |
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Marriage: about 1897 — Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Lucretia Pevehouse |
| father |
Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr Birth: about 1840 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| step-mother |
Lucretia Pevehouse Birth: about 1833 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: June 13, 1875 — Wayne, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Francis Marion Gordon Sr - Household
Wayne, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Francis Marion Gordon Sr - Household
Perry, Tennessee, United States
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