Franklin County AlArchives Biographies.....Jordan, James M. August 26 1844 - living in 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 25, 2004, 10:42 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) JUDGE JAMES M. JORDAN, planter, of Russellville, Franklin county, Ala., is a native of Paulding county, Ga., born August 26, 1844. He is the eldest of a family of nine children born to Joshua R. and Mary B. (Campbell) Jordan, natives of Georgia and of Scotch-Irish descent. Joshua R. Jordan came to Alabama in 1860 and was employed in farming and in mechanical work until his death in 1877. The maternal grandparents of James M. Jordan were Duncan and Frances Campbell, and his paternal grandmother bore the maiden name of Beesly. James M. came from Georgia to Alabama with his father, and here his home has been made ever since. In September, 1862, he enlisted in company L, Fourth Alabama cavalry, and served with the same until the close of the war. His main battles were at Iuka, Day's Gap, Brice's cross roads, and Harrisburg, but, like all other cavalrymen, was in innumerable skirmishes. He was neither wounded nor captured, and was never off duty one day from the time he enlisted until he was paroled in 1865, at Pond Springs, Ala. Mr. Jordan is very prominent and very active in Franklin county politics. In 1871 he was elected tax assessor, and was re-elected in 1874 and 1877, serving in all nine years; in 1886 he was elected probate judge, and served six years to the full satisfaction of all concerned. He is also engaged in farming, owning 200 acres of arable land, of which seventy-five are kept in a high state of cultivation. The marriage of Mr. Jordan took place, in 1861, to Miss Sarah C. Gober, of Alabama, and a daughter of John Gober, of Tennessee. Nine children have been the fruit of this union, and are named as follows: James J., William P., Albert O., John T., Sidney A., Arthur A., Emmitt O., Alice C., and Stella C. The family are members of the Primitive Baptist church, and stand very high in social life. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1029-1030 Published by Brant & Fuller (1893) Madison, WI This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb