4 months.
NOTE: An edit was sent to me by The Meriwether Society, Inc. (#46827721) to change the name to Carolina, and another contributor, plyce (#47047961), said no, there was a different child named Caroline who lived to adulthood. Name on records and in obit is simply infant of.
The Meriwether Society, Inc. cites this record: R. LaRue, “Southwest Mississippi Kinfolk,”
"Even though John and Fannie already had a daughter named Caroline, his friends prevailed on them to name her Carolina because of his services to South Carolina."
And this one:
The Governors of Georgia, 3rd ed, James F. Cook; pg 178, John Brown Gordon
Google Books : John Brown Gordon: Soldier, Southerner, American
By Ralph Lowell Eckert, pg 12
Footnote: The Gordon's had six children : Hugh b 1855, Frank b 1857, Frances b 1863, John Jr b 1865, Caroline Lewis b 1873, and Carolina b 1877
18 Aug 1877 Atlanta Constitution
Funeral Notice
GORDON - The friends of General and Mrs. Gordon are invited to attend the funeral of their infant daughter at the cemetery, in the city, at 12 m [sic], to-day. The religious services will be held at the residence at ten o'clock.
NOTE: An edit was sent to me by The Meriwether Society, Inc. (#46827721) to change the name to Carolina, and another contributor, plyce (#47047961), said no, there was a different child named Caroline who lived to adulthood. Name on records and in obit is simply infant of.
The Meriwether Society, Inc. cites this record: R. LaRue, “Southwest Mississippi Kinfolk,”
"Even though John and Fannie already had a daughter named Caroline, his friends prevailed on them to name her Carolina because of his services to South Carolina."
And this one:
The Governors of Georgia, 3rd ed, James F. Cook; pg 178, John Brown Gordon
Google Books : John Brown Gordon: Soldier, Southerner, American
By Ralph Lowell Eckert, pg 12
Footnote: The Gordon's had six children : Hugh b 1855, Frank b 1857, Frances b 1863, John Jr b 1865, Caroline Lewis b 1873, and Carolina b 1877
18 Aug 1877 Atlanta Constitution
Funeral Notice
GORDON - The friends of General and Mrs. Gordon are invited to attend the funeral of their infant daughter at the cemetery, in the city, at 12 m [sic], to-day. The religious services will be held at the residence at ten o'clock.
4 months.
NOTE: An edit was sent to me by The Meriwether Society, Inc. (#46827721) to change the name to Carolina, and another contributor, plyce (#47047961), said no, there was a different child named Caroline who lived to adulthood. Name on records and in obit is simply infant of.
The Meriwether Society, Inc. cites this record: R. LaRue, “Southwest Mississippi Kinfolk,”
"Even though John and Fannie already had a daughter named Caroline, his friends prevailed on them to name her Carolina because of his services to South Carolina."
And this one:
The Governors of Georgia, 3rd ed, James F. Cook; pg 178, John Brown Gordon
Google Books : John Brown Gordon: Soldier, Southerner, American
By Ralph Lowell Eckert, pg 12
Footnote: The Gordon's had six children : Hugh b 1855, Frank b 1857, Frances b 1863, John Jr b 1865, Caroline Lewis b 1873, and Carolina b 1877
18 Aug 1877 Atlanta Constitution
Funeral Notice
GORDON - The friends of General and Mrs. Gordon are invited to attend the funeral of their infant daughter at the cemetery, in the city, at 12 m [sic], to-day. The religious services will be held at the residence at ten o'clock.
NOTE: An edit was sent to me by The Meriwether Society, Inc. (#46827721) to change the name to Carolina, and another contributor, plyce (#47047961), said no, there was a different child named Caroline who lived to adulthood. Name on records and in obit is simply infant of.
The Meriwether Society, Inc. cites this record: R. LaRue, “Southwest Mississippi Kinfolk,”
"Even though John and Fannie already had a daughter named Caroline, his friends prevailed on them to name her Carolina because of his services to South Carolina."
And this one:
The Governors of Georgia, 3rd ed, James F. Cook; pg 178, John Brown Gordon
Google Books : John Brown Gordon: Soldier, Southerner, American
By Ralph Lowell Eckert, pg 12
Footnote: The Gordon's had six children : Hugh b 1855, Frank b 1857, Frances b 1863, John Jr b 1865, Caroline Lewis b 1873, and Carolina b 1877
18 Aug 1877 Atlanta Constitution
Funeral Notice
GORDON - The friends of General and Mrs. Gordon are invited to attend the funeral of their infant daughter at the cemetery, in the city, at 12 m [sic], to-day. The religious services will be held at the residence at ten o'clock.
Family Members
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