Henry C. Gordon^[1]

1830 - 1896  (66 years)

• Name	Henry C. Gordon
  Born	15 Apr 1830	Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Aug 1896	Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
  Buried	2 Sep 1896	Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
  Person ID	I3221	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	Mary J. Corwin,   b. 1842, Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 6 Apr 1894, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 52 years)
  Married	Abt 1863
  Children	1. Ida Eugenia Gordon,   b. 31 Oct 1865, Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 28 Nov 1961, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 96 years)   2. Charles H. Gordon,   b. Cal Sep 1867, Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 29 May 1889, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 21 years)   3. Lewis Frank Gordon,   b. 20 Oct 1871, Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 10 Oct 1941, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 69 years)   4. Edna Belle Gordon,   b. 4 Dec 1874, Port Jefferson, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 21 Jul 1962, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F9495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry was carpenter / builder throughout his life; a trade passed down to both his sons and grandsons. Born in the town of Brookhaven, Henry appears with his parents, Jeremiah and Permelia Gordon in the 1850 census, age 20, Carpenter. He married Mary J. Corwin of Bellport about 1863. Together they had four children, all born in Port Jefferson (1870 and 1880 censuses; obituaries). Henry settled into Bridgeport around 1882, while still keeping one foot in Port Jefferson for several years. He appears in L.I. newspaper articles throughout this time, including one in 1884 mentioning "the case of Henry C. Gordon against Sylvester Gordon, his brother" and another in 1887 that mentions Henry's land in Port Jefferson is of interest to P. T. Barnum so that he may build several cottages on Barnum Ave. Henry died 31 Aug 1896 at Bridgeport, CT and was buried 2 Sep in the Gordon Family Plot at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport.

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.