This page contains photos and memorabilia of Gordon ancestors and relatives.

Henry_and_Margaret_Gordon_history:  some background, a few obituaries, and a little scandal

Gordon_news_Shelby_County_IN:  Shelby County news tidbits from late 1800s and early 1900s

Gordon_Hoffman_divorce:  Margaret Hoffman Gordon and Henry Pond Gordon divorce, filed Jan. 4, 1899

Gordon_Hoffman_allowance:  Margaret Hoffman Gordon’s allowance following 1899 divorce from Henry Pond Gordon

HCGordon_to_Grace_Ann:  Letters from Hauser C. Gordon to Ann A. Skylstad and Grace A. Qualls.

Hoffman Genealogy

The photos are in chronological order, more or less.  Click on a photo to enlarge, and then click through the carousel, using right and left arrows.

William Gordon (1779-1860) and Elizabeth Kelly (1786-1862), grandparents of Henry Pond Gordon (1857-1934)

Drawing of farms owned by Leonidas Gordon (1822-1891) in Shelby County, IN. He was a 2nd great-grandfather of the Applegate girls.

Leonidas Gordon 1896-1950

Henry Pond Gordon 1854-1934, father of Julia Gordon Patten and grandfather of Margaret Patten Applegate

Henry Pond Gordon in Texas

Margaret Hoffman Gordon 1861-1952, mother of Julia Gordon Patten and grandmother of Maggie Applegate

Margaret Hoffman Gordon 1861-1952

Margaret Hoffman Gordon and others

Margaret Hoffman Gordon and others (back)

Mary Ann Gordon 1906-1985 (illegitimate daughter of Henry Pond Gordon; he married her mother after divorce from Margaret Hoffman Gordon)

Julia Ann Gordon (1882-1921)

Julia Ann Gordon as a child (1882-1921)

Julia Ann Gordon 1882-1921

“My Own Life” written by Julia Anne Gordon in 1894. She was maternal grandmother of the Applegate girls.

“My Own Life” written by Julia Anne Gordon in 1894. She was maternal grandmother of the Applegate girls.

Julia Ann Gordon, Jan. 5, 1898

Julia Ann Gordon (1882-1921) and brother Leonidas (1896-1950)

Julia Ann Gordon, standing

Julia Ann Gordon (1882-1921)

Julia Ann Gordon Patten 1882-1921

Julia Anne Gordon Patten obit (1882-1921)

Margaret Hoffman Gordon and some grandkids

Middle: Leonidas (1896-1950); right, Loren (1898-1947) on mother’s (Margaret Hoffman Gordon) farm in Morristown

Margaret Hoffman Gordon and unknown

Margaret Hoffman Gordon (right) and sisters

Margaret Hoffman Gordon, far right, at her 90th birthday celebration in 1951.

Morristown High School class of 1924

Kent Gordon, 2nd cousin of Applegate girls. He lives in a beautiful cabin he built on Margaret Hoffman Gordon’s farm.

Jane, Kent’s lady friend, Kent Gordon, Grace, Richard, March 2013, Morristown

Henry Gordon shoots up the saloon, Aug. 17, 1899

William Gordon headstone 1779-1860

Mary Duedworth Gordon headstone 1731-1822

William Gordon headstone 1818-1858

Julia Pond and Leonidas Gordon headstone

Julia Pond and Leonidas Gordon headstone

Margaret Hoffman Gordon headstone