Jeremiah Baldwin Gordon^{[1, 2]}

1835 - 1896  (60 years)

• Name	Jeremiah Baldwin Gordon
  Born	9 May 1835	Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 May 1896	Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Buried	5 May 1896	Waverly Street Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I2219	Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Homan Gordon,   b. Cal 14 Mar 1786, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 17 Jul 1851, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Parmelia Peterson,   b. Cal 20 Sep 1799, Manor Saint George, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 3 Dec 1866, , Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	Abt 1820	, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Family ID	F622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Mariah Peterson,   b. 30 Jul 1838, Eastport, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 1 Oct 1874, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 36 years)
  Married	15 May 1856	, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Children	1. Ira B. Gordon,   b. Cal Nov 1859, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States   2. Joseph H. Gordon,   b. Cal Aug 1861, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States   3. Louise A. Gordon,   b. Nov 1864, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 29 Apr 1901, Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 36 years)   4. Leonard Frederick Gordon,   b. Oct 1867, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 6 Dec 1919, Staten Island, Richmond, New York, United States  (Age ~ 52 years)   5. Archie W. Gordon,   b. Apr 1870, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States   6. Sarah Gordon,   b. Cal 1872, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States   7. LeGrand Gordon,   b. Cal 1874, , , New York, United States ,   d. 26 Aug 1880, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 6 years)
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Smith,   b. 1853, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 30 Aug 1880, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 27 years)
  Married	Abt 1874	Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Children	1. Frank De Forest Gordon,   b. 9 Jun 1875, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. Jul 1963  (Age 88 years)   2. Captain Zephaniah Gordon,   b. Dec 1876, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States   3. George Gordon,   b. Cal 1878, , , New York, United States ,   d. 28 Aug 1880, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 2 years)
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Emily Jane Smith,   b. 22 May 1857, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 11 Jul 1937, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Abt 1880	Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Children	1. William V. Gordon,   b. 12 Nov 1884, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 14 Feb 1940, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 55 years)   2. Elbert Montireville Gordon,   b. 30 Jan 1887, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 2 Sep 1954, , Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 67 years)   3. Theresa V. Gordon,   b. Mar 1893, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F9350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hawkins Genealogy (2001) calls him a bayman in Brookhaven Town. He is probably the "Baldwin" Gordon that lived on the beach in Blue Point and was an agent for a wrecking company. He also was a Lifesaver. The obits in the Bklyn Daily Eagle for May 8, 1896 has on May 6 funeral of Baldwin Gordon at the M.E. church of Patchogue. He was 63. He was a beach fisherman and his habitation on the Great South Bay opposite Patchogue has been visited by many Brooklynites who journeyed to the beach during the summer season. Internment was in the old cemetery. A widow and nine children and several grandchildren survive him." Son of Jeremiah Homan Gordon and Parmelia Peterson, husband of Sarah Maria Peterson and father of Ira R., Joseph H., Louise A. (married John J. Petty), Leonard F., Archie W., and Sarah Gordon. Husband of Alice Smith and father of Legrand, Zephaniah, Frank DeForest, and George Gordon. Husband of Emily J. Smith, (widow of James Harrison Raynor) and father of William V., Albert M., and Theresa V. Gordon. Known as Baldwin Gordon, he lived at Long Cove House. September 1, 1880 - "Baldwin Gordon lives on the Great South Beach, opposite this place. A short time ago, one of his children was bitten in the finger by a cat that was suffering from disease in its throat. In a day or two the child showed similar symptoms to those of the cat. The another of the family fell ill and finally the mother was taken sick. All three died. Mrs. Gordon was buried yesterday. Physicians pronounced the disease to be malignant diphtheria. Patchogue, August 26, of diphtheria, Legrand, 3y, August 28, of the same, George, 2y, children of Baldwin Gordon. August 30, of the same - wife of Baldwin Gordon. Obituary - Patchogue, L.I., May 6 - The funeral of Baldwin Gordon was held from the M.E. church yesterday afternoon, the Revs. H.W. Paine and A.E. Colton officiating. Mr. Gordon was born in Patchogue sixty-three years ago and was a descendant of one of the oldest families in that village. For a number of years he was a beach fisherman, and his habitation on the Great South Beach opposite Patchogue had been visited by many Broolynites who journeyed to the beach during the summer season. Interment was in the old cemetery. A widow and nine children and several grandchildren survive him. Jeremiah "Baldwin" Gordon was buried on May 5th, 1896 by C.W. Ruland Funeral Home. (Long Island Surnames; Long Island Traveler (Southold), Thursday, October 29, 1874, Page: 3; Soutside Signal, Babylon, September 4, 1880, Page 3; Long Island Traveler (Southold), Thursday, September 16, 1880, Page: 3; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), Wednesday, May 6, 1896 - Page 5; The Records of Ruland Funeral Home) Note: The "old" cemetery in Patchogue at that time would have been The Old Willow Cemetery. Occupants of this site were disinterred in 1901 and moved to Cedar Grove or Waverly Avenue. He is not at Cedar Grove.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] New York, Suffolk County, 1865 state census, Islip township, (Islip Twp.), page 134. [S118] Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.