Maj Gen John Brown Gordon, Sr

1832 - 1904  (71 years)

• Name	John Brown Gordon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Title	Maj Gen
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	6 Feb 1832	Upson County, Georgia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, USA   [3]
  	East Chickamauga
  Residence	1860	Jackson County, Alabama, USA   [10]
  	Division 1
  Military Service	6 May 1861	Alabama, USA   [6, 13]
  Residence	1870	Decatur, De Kalb, Georgia, USA   [5]
  Occupation	Between 1873 and 1880	Georgia, USA
  	US Senator
  Residence	1880	Decatur, De Kalb, Georgia, USA   [7]
  Occupation	Between 1886 and 1890	Georgia, USA
  	Governor of Georgia
  Occupation	Between 1891 and 1897	Georgia, USA
  	US Senator
  Residence	1900	Edgewood, De Kalb, Georgia, USA   [11]
  Burial	1904	Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA   [1, 2, 8]
  	Oakland Cemetery
  		Gordon, John Brown (1832-1904) Maintained by: Find A Grave Record added: Dec 09, 1998 Find A Grave Memorial# 4140
  Death	9 Jan 1904	Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA   [1, 2, 6, 8, 9]
  Person ID	I3938	MontyHistNotes_2014
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Zachariah Herndon Gordon,   b. 10 Mar 1796, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA d. 10 Dec 1886, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mariah Malinda Cox,   b. 11 Jul 1805, Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia, USA d. 5 Feb 1867, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, USA (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Apr 1826	Jones, Georgia, USA   [14]
  Family ID	F5127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Fannie Haralson,   b. 18 Sep 1837, LaGrange, Troup, Georgia, USA d. 28 Apr 1931, Richmond, Georgia, USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1854	Troup County, Georgia, USA   [4, 11, 12]
  Children	> 1. Hugh Haralson Gordon,   b. 11 Jun 1855, Georgia, USA d. 11 Dec 1937, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Franklin Gordon,   b. Jan 1858, Troup County, Georgia, USA d. 22 Jan 1907, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. John Brown Gordon, Jr,   b. 1865, Georgia, USA d. 1884, Georgia, USA (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Fanny Gordon,   b. 1867, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 5. Caroline Lewis Gordon,   b. 8 Sep 1872, Troup County, Georgia, USA d. 17 Oct 1943, Berlin, Coos, New Hampshire, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F16312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 Feb 1832 - Upson County, Georgia, USA Residence - East Chickamauga - 1850 - Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, USA Marriage - 18 Sep 1854 - Troup County, Georgia, USA Residence - Division 1 - 1860 - Jackson County, Alabama, USA Military Service - 6 May 1861 - Alabama, USA Residence - 1870 - Decatur, De Kalb, Georgia, USA Occupation - US Senator - Between 1873 and 1880 - Georgia, USA Residence - 1880 - Decatur, De Kalb, Georgia, USA Occupation - Governor of Georgia - Between 1886 and 1890 - Georgia, USA Occupation - US Senator - Between 1891 and 1897 - Georgia, USA Residence - 1900 - Edgewood, De Kalb, Georgia, USA Burial - 1904 - Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA Death - 9 Jan 1904 - Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Gordon, John Brown (1832-1904)

  
  

  Histories

  Gordon, John Brown (1832-1904) Website link to article in "Wikipedia"

  
  

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• Sources

  [S2968] Ancestry.com, Web: Georgia, Find A Grave Index, 1728-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for John Brown Gordon http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebSearch-3897&h=2127823&indiv=try [S1794] Oakland Cemetery, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA;;), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=Venable&GSfn=William&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=12&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=31351699&CRid=35955&df=all&. [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: East Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M432_85; Page: 342A; Image: 121. Record for John B Gordon http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=18988981&indiv=try [S3281] Ancesrty.com, Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Record for John B Gordon http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=GAMarriages&h=524435&indiv=try [S2937] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia; Roll: M593_147; Page: 231A; Image: 75; Family History Library Film: 545646. Record for John B Gorden http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=3060644&indiv=try [S2999] Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;). Record for John Brown Gordon http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=civilwar_histdatasys&h=382046&indiv=try [S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia; Roll: 143; Family History Film: 1254143; Page: 341B; Enumeration District: 047; Image: 0061. Record for John B. Gordon http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=7633318&indiv=try [S2996] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for John Brown Gordon http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=VAcemeteries&h=4380518&indiv=try [S3525] Historical Data Systems, comp., American Civil War General Officers, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;). Record for John Brown Gordon http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=hdsofficers&h=1081&indiv=try [S3624] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Division 1, Jackson, Alabama; Roll: M653_11; Page: 477; Image: 483; Family History Library Film: 803011. Record for John B Gordon http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=7359763&indiv=try [S4] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Edgewood, De Kalb, Georgia; Roll: 192; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1240192. Record for * John B Gordon http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=8683421&indiv=try [S3281] Ancesrty.com, Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Record for Fannie R Harralson http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=GAMarriages&h=20524435&indiv=try [S216] American Civil War, (Name: Date: 1861-1865;;), GENERAL LISTING http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War. [S3486] Dodd, Jordan, Georgia Marriages to 1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;). Record for Zachariah Gordon http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamga&h=126312&indiv=try