He was the son of George Russell Gorton and Lena Hopf and was born in Philadelphia. He and his siblings were orphaned at a young age, with his mother passing away in 1902 and his father dying in a railroad accident in 1904. Carl married Myrtle Elizabeth Yost (1908-1988), the daughter of Jacob Seabold Yost and Iola Benson Frylling, marrying around 1938 and having one daughter together. Carl and his family made their home in Amber, Pennsylvania, where he worked for the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad Company. .
He was the son of George Russell Gorton and Lena Hopf and was born in Philadelphia. He and his siblings were orphaned at a young age, with his mother passing away in 1902 and his father dying in a railroad accident in 1904. Carl married Myrtle Elizabeth Yost (1908-1988), the daughter of Jacob Seabold Yost and Iola Benson Frylling, marrying around 1938 and having one daughter together. Carl and his family made their home in Amber, Pennsylvania, where he worked for the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad Company. .
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