Isaac M. Jordan

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Isaac M. Jordan

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: December 03, 1890 (55)
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States (killed from a fall in an elevator accident)
Place of Burial: Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Amos Jordan and Sarah Jordan
Husband of Elizabeth Jordan
Father of William N Jordan; Katherine Magoun; Isaac M Jordan; Harriet P Jordan and Elizabeth Phelps Kinney
Brother of Jane Harriet Thomas; Amelia Jordan; Sophia Boggs Jordan; Ann Eliza Jordan; John Smith Jordan and 4 others

Occupation: lawyer
Managed by: Jarrett Ross (112-1701-241-22)
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About Isaac M. Jordan

U.S. Congressman, Attorney. Born on a farm in Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, he moved to Springfield, Ohio with his family when he was a child. He attended Northwood Institute of Ohio from 1853 to 1854 and graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1857. While at Miami, he was one of the founding members of the Sigma Chi Fraternity in 1855. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1858, and began to practice as an attorney in Dayton, Ohio. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1859 and became a law partner of Flamen Ball. Elected as a Republican to represent Ohio's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1883 to 1885. He declined to become a candidate for renomination in 1884. He was killed from a fall in an elevator accident at the Lincoln Inn in Cincinnati when he was 55 years old. Three of his brothers were also lawyers. (bio by: [fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=46886706" target="_blank K Guy)] Maintained by: Find A Grave Record added: Nov 12, 2002

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Isaac M. Jordan's Timeline

1835
May 5, 1835
Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, United States
1864
July 13, 1864
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
1867
February 21, 1867
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
1871
January 3, 1871
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
1872
December 22, 1872
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
1875
1875
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
1890
December 3, 1890
Age 55
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
December 3, 1890
Age 55
Spring Grove Cemetery (Plot Section 17 Lot 19 Grave 3), Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States