Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Jordan, Dayton February 19, 1939
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Sentinel-Standard - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1939

Last rites for Dayton Jordan, 82, were held at his farm home near Woodland, 
Wednesday, February 22. Mr. Jordan died at the same farm on which he was 
born, April 1856, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Jordan, early settlers at 
Woodland. Burial was in the Lake Odessa cemetery.

Mr. Jordan is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Jennie Laird, of Battle Creek, 
and three sons, Lee Jordan of Edmore, William Jordan of Morley, and Fred 
Jordan at home. His wife preceded him in death several years ago. Another 
son, Bernie Jordan, is deceased.

The last of a family of nine children, Mr. Jordan spent all of his life on 
the 80-acre farm which his father took up from the government in the early 
days of the county. On the farm is an orchard of apple trees nearly 100 
years old. Mr. Jordan often recalled how in the early days the family had to 
take its grain by oxen team to Battle Creek to be ground into flour. Another 
of his recollections concerned a country school near Lake Odessa The 
schoolhouse had one window with a pane of real glass - brought from New 
York. When that was accidentally broken one winter, the hole was covered 
with greased paper and the pupils brought saucers of goose grease and bear 
grease from their homes to light up the schoolhouse for study. Lake Jordan 
at Lake Odessa is named for the father of this pioneer.

Relatives of Mr. Jordan in Ionia are Mrs. Dexter Conner, William Stowell, 
Burr Stowell, Alanson Stowell, George Taylor of Easton, and Mrs. Frank Weber 
of Saranac, all nephews and nieces. 

Additional Comments:
Age: 82
Services: Wednesday, 22 February 1939
Lakeside cemetery #3-406

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