James O. Jordan, farmer, P.O. Driftwood, was born in what is now Gibson township, Cameron Co., PA, December 10, 1838, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Barr) Jordan. His paternal grandfather was James Jordan, formerly of Northumberland county, PA, who settled in Gibson township in 1807, and his maternal grandfather was Robert Barr, a pioneer of Gibson township, and a son of John Barr, a native of Ireland, and a soldier in the war of the Revolution, who settled in what is now Clinton county, PA, in 1787. The subject of this sketch has always resided in Gibson township, and in 1865 settled on the farm he now occupies, which he cleared and improved, and where he has since resided. He was in the Civil War, enlisting August 16, 1862, and was assigned to Company F, One Hundred and Forty-eight Pennsylvania volunteer Infantry, in which he served nine months, when he was discharged on account of disability. In 1860, he married Sarah J., daughter of Reuben and Anna (Berfield) Miller, of Grove township, and they have ten children living: Orrin H., Anna (Mrs. Lester E. Losey), Leona, Mary (Mrs. William H. Carson), Thomas, Sarah, Reuben, Elizabeth, Lewis and Ray. Mr. Jordan is a member of the G.A.R., and is a Republican.

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