William B Gordon
Marion Township Bio, Pike County, Ohio
William B. Gordon , son of William V. Gordon, was born in Marion Township, Pike County, Ohio, October 18, 1846. He was married October 24, 1867 to Mary E. Riker, who was born in Porter Township, Scioto County, March 1, 1847, a daughter of Solomon and Susannah (Stockham) Riker. They have had four children of whom three are living - Maria Rue, Wilber Haven and Effie Blanche. Mr. Gordon has one of the best farms in the township, containing 160 acres of land, which he has acquired by industry and economy. He and his wife have been active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church since childhood, and he is an active worker in the temperance cause. His father was born in New Jersey in 1804, and came to Pike County, Ohio in 1816. He was married August 24, 1828 to Maria, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Prettyman) Beauchamp. They were the parents of ten children - William B., Elizabeth P., Sarah L., Eliza Jane, David A., Charles M., Joseph R., Charlotte, Cornelius W. and William B., our subject. Mr. W. V. Gordon died August 26, 1860, and April 17, 1868 his widow was married to John Beauchamp, who now resides on the old Gordon homestead, about one mile east of California (now Stockdale, Ohio).
, son of William V. Gordon, was born in Marion Township, Pike County, Ohio, October 18, 1846. He was married October 24, 1867 to Mary E. Riker, who was born in Porter Township, Scioto County, March 1, 1847, a daughter of Solomon and Susannah (Stockham) Riker. They have had four children of whom three are living - Maria Rue, Wilber Haven and Effie Blanche. Mr. Gordon has one of the best farms in the township, containing 160 acres of land, which he has acquired by industry and economy. He and his wife have been active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church since childhood, and he is an active worker in the temperance cause. His father was born in New Jersey in 1804, and came to Pike County, Ohio in 1816. He was married August 24, 1828 to Maria, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Prettyman) Beauchamp. They were the parents of ten children - William B., Elizabeth P., Sarah L., Eliza Jane, David A., Charles M., Joseph R., Charlotte, Cornelius W. and William B., our subject. Mr. W. V. Gordon died August 26, 1860, and April 17, 1868 his widow was married to John Beauchamp, who now resides on the old Gordon homestead, about one mile east of California (now Stockdale, Ohio). History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
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