Florida Family Group Sheet for the James B. JORDAN Family
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
* 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.
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