Morton Ode GORDON

  General Notes:

1910 OH CENSUS, Guernsey Co, Valley Twp: Henry Poland, 25, 1st marriage, married 5 yrs, miner, coal mine; wife Mimmie, 24, 1st marriage, married 5 yrs, 2 children, 1 living; dau. Rhoda, 2; son-in-law Ode Gordon, 22, 1st marriage, married 0 yrs, miner, coal mine; sister-in-law Ellie, 22, 1st marriage, married 0 yrs, 0 children, 0 living. All were b. OH and parents b. OH.

US WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: Ode Gordon; 29; resided Caldwell, Noble Co, OH; b. Sep 17, 1887 in Sharon Twp, Noble Co, OH; mining, Cambridge Coal Com, Caldwell, Mine; wife and 3 children; medium height and build, brown hair, lt. brown eyes.

US WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942: Morton Ode Gordon of 915 Moxahala Ave, Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH; b. Sep 17, 1888 in Noble Co, OH; nearest relative: Clara Gordon of address above; employed by Ralph Paul, 1276 Wheeling Ave, Zanesville, OH, miner at Darlington R. Paul, Muskingum Co, OH.

Morton married Ellie (---). (Ellie (---) was born about 1888 in OH ³.)

Morton next married Clara A. PHELPS, daughter of Rev. Jacob B. PHELPS and Phoebe Esther WICKHAM, about 1915 in OH.¹ (Clara A. PHELPS was born on 5 Apr 1894 in WV ⁴ and died on 30 Jan 1989 in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH ⁴.)