Jean Gordon was an American socialite and a Red Cross worker during World War II. A niece by marriage of General George S. Patton, some writers claim she had an ongoing affair with Patton, allegedly beginning years before the war and continuing behind the front lines of wartime Europe. The published memoirs of Gordon's good friend, Patton's daughter Ruth Ellen, who also collaborated on her nephew Robert's work on the Pattons, as well as correspondence from Patton's wife, Beatrice, reveals that the family considered Gordon and Patton to have been in a romantic relationship. Patton's scholarly biographers disagree. After her lover (a junior officer) returned to his wife, and shortly after Patton died, she committed suicide.
Jean Gordon committed suicide in 1946∼Jean Gordon was born on 4 Feb 1915 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, to Donald Gordon (born about 1877 in Japan ) and Louise Ayer Gordon (born about 1877, Massachusetts). Jean Gordon committed suicide using a gas stove. Jean Gordon's mother, Louise Ayer, was the daughter of Frederick Ayer (8 Dec 1822 - Mar 1918, findagrave Mem 32597742) and Cornelia Wheaton Ayer (20 Jun 1835 - 9 Jan 1878, findagrave Mem 570200096).
Jean Gordon was buried on 10 Jan 1946.
Jean Gordon committed suicide in 1946∼Jean Gordon was born on 4 Feb 1915 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, to Donald Gordon (born about 1877 in Japan ) and Louise Ayer Gordon (born about 1877, Massachusetts). Jean Gordon committed suicide using a gas stove. Jean Gordon's mother, Louise Ayer, was the daughter of Frederick Ayer (8 Dec 1822 - Mar 1918, findagrave Mem 32597742) and Cornelia Wheaton Ayer (20 Jun 1835 - 9 Jan 1878, findagrave Mem 570200096).
Jean Gordon was buried on 10 Jan 1946.
Jean Gordon was an American socialite and a Red Cross worker during World War II. A niece by marriage of General George S. Patton, some writers claim she had an ongoing affair with Patton, allegedly beginning years before the war and continuing behind the front lines of wartime Europe. The published memoirs of Gordon's good friend, Patton's daughter Ruth Ellen, who also collaborated on her nephew Robert's work on the Pattons, as well as correspondence from Patton's wife, Beatrice, reveals that the family considered Gordon and Patton to have been in a romantic relationship. Patton's scholarly biographers disagree. After her lover (a junior officer) returned to his wife, and shortly after Patton died, she committed suicide.
Jean Gordon committed suicide in 1946∼Jean Gordon was born on 4 Feb 1915 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, to Donald Gordon (born about 1877 in Japan ) and Louise Ayer Gordon (born about 1877, Massachusetts). Jean Gordon committed suicide using a gas stove. Jean Gordon's mother, Louise Ayer, was the daughter of Frederick Ayer (8 Dec 1822 - Mar 1918, findagrave Mem 32597742) and Cornelia Wheaton Ayer (20 Jun 1835 - 9 Jan 1878, findagrave Mem 570200096).
Jean Gordon was buried on 10 Jan 1946.
Jean Gordon committed suicide in 1946∼Jean Gordon was born on 4 Feb 1915 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, to Donald Gordon (born about 1877 in Japan ) and Louise Ayer Gordon (born about 1877, Massachusetts). Jean Gordon committed suicide using a gas stove. Jean Gordon's mother, Louise Ayer, was the daughter of Frederick Ayer (8 Dec 1822 - Mar 1918, findagrave Mem 32597742) and Cornelia Wheaton Ayer (20 Jun 1835 - 9 Jan 1878, findagrave Mem 570200096).
Jean Gordon was buried on 10 Jan 1946.
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