Gordon, James (Lynnville, IL)

Born: 1796-XX-XX Ireland, United Kingdom

Died: 1865-03-12 Lynnville, Illinois

Flourished: Lynnville, Illinois

James Gordon was a farmer, postmaster, and pioneer settler of Lynnvile, Illinois. He was the brother of William Gordon and uncle of John P. Gordon. Gordon was postmaster of Lynnville from January 1837 to July 1841, and again from May 1848 to May 1849. In 1850, he was living with his wife and children in Morgan County, Illinois, and owned real property valued at $2,000. In 1860, Gordon was living and farming in Lynnville and owned real property valued at $5,000 and a personal estate of $5,000.

Richard Yates to Abraham Lincoln; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls, Records of the Post Office Department, RG 28, 1832-1844, 12B:554, 1845-1855, 18:144, National Archives Building, Washington, DC; The Biennial Register of all Officers and Agents in the Service of the United States (Washington, DC: Blair & Rives, 1838),*279; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1839 (Washington, DC: A. B. Claxton, 1839), 262*; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1841 (Washington, DC: Thomas Allen, 1841), *349; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, from the Thirtieth September, 1841, to the Thirtieth September, 1843 (Washington, DC: J. & G. S. Gideon, 1843), 547*; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1849 (Washington, DC: Gideon, 1849), 480*; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Morgan County, IL, 292; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Lynnville, Morgan County, IL, 155; Gravestone, Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, IL.