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	Patterson & Markham Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Homan GORDON,   b. Cal 14 Jan 1789, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 17 Jul 1854, Middle Island, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Parmelia PETERSON,   b. Cal 21 Oct 1800, Manor Saint George, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 3 Dec 1866, , Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 66 years)
  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)
  Children	1. Archie W. GORDON,   b. Apr 1870, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States   2. 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)   3. Leonard F. GORDON,   b. Oct 1867, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 6 Dec 1919, Staten Island, Richmond, New York, United States  (Age ~ 52 years)   4. Sarah GORDON,   b. Cal 1872, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States   5. Joseph H. GORDON,   b. Cal Aug 1861, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States   6. Ira B. GORDON,   b. Cal Nov 1859, 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)
  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)
  Children	1. Captain Zephaniah GORDON,   b. Dec 1876, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States   2. Frank De Forest GORDON,   b. 9 Jun 1875, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. Jul 1963  (Age 88 years)   3. George GORDON,   b. Cal 1878, , , New York, United States ,   d. 28 Aug 1880, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 2 years)
  Family ID	F1176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  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] page 134. [S118] .