Florida Family Group Sheet for the James B. JORDAN Family *********************************************** Copyright Abby. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Abby Email address: Husband: James B. JORDAN Birthdate: 8 June 1837 Birthplace: Wake County, North Carolina Death date: 27 April 1899 Place of death: Deland, Volusia, Florida Burial: Oakdale Cemetery, Deland, Volusia, Florida Father: Mother: Marriage date: 26 Sept 1866 Marriage place: Trimble County, Kentucky Wife: Martha Elizabeth FEARN Birthdate: 10 August 1846 Birthplace: Trimble County, Kentucky Death date: 1936 Place of death: Deland, Volusia, Florida Burial: Oakdale Cemetery, Deland, Volusia, Florida Father: Samuel FEARN, Jr. Mother: Elizabeth OWEN CHILDREN Child No. 1: Samuel Dangerfield JORDAN Sex: M Birthdate: 7 Nov 1867 Birthplace: Kentucky Death date: 29 Aug 1939 Place of death: Burial: Oakdale Cemetery, Deland, Volusia, Florida Marriage date: 30 Jan 1894 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Mary Frances TANNER Child No. 2: Catharine "Katie" Bertram JORDAN Sex: F Birthdate: 20 Aug 1869 Birthplace: Trimble County, Kentucky Death date: 7 Aug 1898 Place of death: Deland, Volusia, Florida Burial: Oakdale Cemetery, Deland, Volusia, Florida Marriage date: 13 May 1885 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Richard Turner Julian GRAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Documentation: JAMES B. JORDAN - died at 61 years Birth place information was obtained from the 1830 census of his son Samuel D. Jordan, Deland Volusia, Florida. Birth date and place source: Old Settlers' Journal Also stated: "Jordan was a Captain in a North Carolina Regiment during the war between the states and served two years under General Vance in Virginia. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, being imprisioned on Johnson's Island until the close of the war." Death date from the West Volusia County, Florida Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume One, Oakedale Cemetery, Deland, 1882 - 1971: Page 82; Jordan Monument James B. died April 27, 1899, age 61 years Katie, beloved daughter of J.B. & M.E. Jordan died Aug 7 1898, aged 29 years also headstones (Kate - J.B.J. - Martha) Jordan, Samuel D. son of James B. & Martha E. Jordan Nov 7, 1867 - Aug 29, 1939 Jordan, Mary Frances daughter if Horace A. and Ellen B. Tanner Oct 27, 1873 - Sept 13, 1957 Page 37: A Confederate Memorial (enclosed with a low fence) In Loving Tribute to the Memory if Our Confederate Veteran Dead in Oakdale Cemetery, DeLand, Florida... Additional name... Jordan, James B. 1st Lt & Adj Co D 26 N.C. Inf. (Company D is Wake County in North Carolina) Listed in the 1885 Florida Census: Jordan, J.B. 0029 VOL History of Volusia County, Florida Chapter XVII DeLand (1873 - 1890) page 111 Page 111 also J.B. Jordan of Kentucky,... Page 112 ... J.B. Jordan ... all of Kentucky...took up homesteads in 1875 and built log cabins in the pine woods... Page 113 ... 1877 and J.B. Jordan moved to DeLand settlement and opened the first store there. Page 114 In 1878 J.B.Jordan sold his store to G.A. Dreka... Middle name could be "Bell" Bap & End dates from Family Search for James Bell Jordan .