J. Jordan's death certificate may be seen in both familysearch.org and ancestry.com. The death certificate gave his age as, "about 55 years," and his birth date as, "about 1879." His parents' names and his place of birth were unknown.
An obituary was published for J. Jordan in the, "Ottumwa Daily Courier," on July 6, 1934. According to his obituary, he was a well-known Ottumwan. He was founder and president of the Iowa Lincoln Memorial Association and was employed at the apartments where he made home. He had just come home and was standing on the lawn talking to a neighbor when he died of a heart attack.
The Lincoln Memorial Association, the organization Mr. Jordan led, had as its purpose the erection and maintenance of a memorial in the memory of Abraham Lincoln on the capitol grounds in Des Moines. The association sought to raise at least $50,000. About $8,000 of this had already been raised through Mr. Jordan's work and the efforts of others. The association had been incorporated under the laws of the state, and the headquarters were established in Ottumwa.
Mr. Jordan was also prominent in the local Negro organizations of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias Lodges. He was an organizer for District No. 11055 in the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and was a member of the Second Baptist Church and active in the work of the church.
It was understood that Mr. Jordan had relatives living, but efforts to locate them had been unsuccessful.
An obituary was published for J. Jordan in the, "Ottumwa Daily Courier," on July 6, 1934. According to his obituary, he was a well-known Ottumwan. He was founder and president of the Iowa Lincoln Memorial Association and was employed at the apartments where he made home. He had just come home and was standing on the lawn talking to a neighbor when he died of a heart attack.
The Lincoln Memorial Association, the organization Mr. Jordan led, had as its purpose the erection and maintenance of a memorial in the memory of Abraham Lincoln on the capitol grounds in Des Moines. The association sought to raise at least $50,000. About $8,000 of this had already been raised through Mr. Jordan's work and the efforts of others. The association had been incorporated under the laws of the state, and the headquarters were established in Ottumwa.
Mr. Jordan was also prominent in the local Negro organizations of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias Lodges. He was an organizer for District No. 11055 in the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and was a member of the Second Baptist Church and active in the work of the church.
It was understood that Mr. Jordan had relatives living, but efforts to locate them had been unsuccessful.
J. Jordan's death certificate may be seen in both familysearch.org and ancestry.com. The death certificate gave his age as, "about 55 years," and his birth date as, "about 1879." His parents' names and his place of birth were unknown.
An obituary was published for J. Jordan in the, "Ottumwa Daily Courier," on July 6, 1934. According to his obituary, he was a well-known Ottumwan. He was founder and president of the Iowa Lincoln Memorial Association and was employed at the apartments where he made home. He had just come home and was standing on the lawn talking to a neighbor when he died of a heart attack.
The Lincoln Memorial Association, the organization Mr. Jordan led, had as its purpose the erection and maintenance of a memorial in the memory of Abraham Lincoln on the capitol grounds in Des Moines. The association sought to raise at least $50,000. About $8,000 of this had already been raised through Mr. Jordan's work and the efforts of others. The association had been incorporated under the laws of the state, and the headquarters were established in Ottumwa.
Mr. Jordan was also prominent in the local Negro organizations of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias Lodges. He was an organizer for District No. 11055 in the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and was a member of the Second Baptist Church and active in the work of the church.
It was understood that Mr. Jordan had relatives living, but efforts to locate them had been unsuccessful.
An obituary was published for J. Jordan in the, "Ottumwa Daily Courier," on July 6, 1934. According to his obituary, he was a well-known Ottumwan. He was founder and president of the Iowa Lincoln Memorial Association and was employed at the apartments where he made home. He had just come home and was standing on the lawn talking to a neighbor when he died of a heart attack.
The Lincoln Memorial Association, the organization Mr. Jordan led, had as its purpose the erection and maintenance of a memorial in the memory of Abraham Lincoln on the capitol grounds in Des Moines. The association sought to raise at least $50,000. About $8,000 of this had already been raised through Mr. Jordan's work and the efforts of others. The association had been incorporated under the laws of the state, and the headquarters were established in Ottumwa.
Mr. Jordan was also prominent in the local Negro organizations of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias Lodges. He was an organizer for District No. 11055 in the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and was a member of the Second Baptist Church and active in the work of the church.
It was understood that Mr. Jordan had relatives living, but efforts to locate them had been unsuccessful.
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