Ancestry of
William Washington Gordon

(1796–1842)

William Washington Gordon

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Ambrose Gordon 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Mead   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Jan 1796 
  • Birth Location:
  • Screven County, Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Mar 1842 
  • Death Location:
  • Savannah, Chatham, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia 
  • Notes: 

  • Founder of the Cenral of Georgia Railway

    William Washington was the first graduate of the U.S. Military Academy from Georgia. (1815)

• Marriages for William Washington Gordon

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Anderson Stites
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1826

• Sources for William Washington Gordon

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com.
  • ² Chamberlain, General Joshua L., editor-in-chief, Universities and their Sons: History, Influence and Characteristics of American Universities . . ., Vol. 3, Boston: R. Herndon Co. (1899), 314.
  • ³ Georgia Historical Society, "Gordon Family Papers", (accessed 05/13/2015).
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "William Washington Gordon", (accessed 05/13/2015).