Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Jordan, Hon A R 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Jordan, Hon. A. R. (deceased), who for many years served Grundy County as one 
of its judges, was a man of highest standing and clearest judgment.  He was 
born in Kennebec County, Maine, December 13, 1843, a son of Samuel and Philena 
(Dow) Jordan.  In 1854 the family migrated to Morris, Ill., where the father 
died in 1885, and the mother in 1884.  Judge Jordan was educated in the public 
schools of Morris, under the private tuition of Prof. H. K. Trask, and in 
1860, he entered Union College, from whence he went forth to fight for his 
country as a member of Company G, Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, as 
a private during the Civil War.  After being discharged on account of 
disability in November, 1861, he again enlisted in the spring of 1862, and was 
commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company I, Sixty-ninth Illinois Infantry, 
and received his discharge at the expiration of the three months’ service for 
which it was formed.  He then went to Central City, Colo., and worked in the 
mines, and taught school, and there became a member of the Third Colorado 
Cavalry, being a participant in the Sand Creek massacre.  In 1865, he returned 
to Morris, Ill.; later went to Council Bluffs, Ia., but within two years, he 
returned to Morris, and entered upon the practice of law, attaining to a high 
position in his profession.  A Republican, his party honored him upon numerous 
occasions, and he served as States Attorney and County Judge with dignified 
capability.  In 1869, Judge Jordan married Miss Sarah D. Parmelee, a daughter 
of Charles D. Parmelee of Morris.  His death occurred in 1905.

pages 843-844

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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