"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana"
Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884


WILLIAM I. JORDAN, Township Trustee, and general merchant of Fayetteville,
is a native of the town where he is now doing business, his birth occurring
November 16, 1853.  He is the eldest in a family of three children born to
THOMAS and ELIZABETH (HODGE) JORDAN, and at twenty-one years of age began
doing business for himself.  For a number of years he was engaged in
saw-milling, but in 1881 he began merchandizing at Fayetteville, where he
has ever since continued.  In 1875 his marriage with MISS EMMA WALL, a
native of England, was solemnized, and two children have been born to them,
named IVA L. and GOLDY.  In politics Mr. Jordan is a stanch Democrat,
casting his first ballot for Samuel J. Tilden.  In 1884 he was elected
Trustee of Indian Creek Township by a majority of ninety-eight votes.


Data Entry Volunteer:  Diana Flynn  "ivie@tima.com"