Family Group Sheet
NameRichard Gordon
Birth12 Dec 1774, Buckingham Co., Virginia
Death17 Dec 1857, Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio
FatherGiles Gordon
Marriage15 Jan 1801, Virginia
SpouseAnna Garst, 1C5R
Birth2 Aug 1785, Botetourt Co., Virginia
Death22 Oct 1858, Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio
FatherFrederick Garst I (1752-1842)
MotherMagdalena Rauch (1752-1845)
Children
1 MWilliam Gordon, 2C4R
Birth14 Jan 1805, Botetourt Co., Virginia
Death5 Jan 1890, Clark Co., Ohio
SpouseDelilah Miller
2 MAndrew Gordon, 2C4R
Birth17 Nov 1806, Highland Co., Ohio
3 FLettie Gordon, 2C4R
Birth2 Dec 1808, Virginia
Death19 Jan 1893, Wabash Co., Indiana
SpouseLewis Miller
4 FEliza Gordon, 2C4R
Birth10 Mar 1813, Highland Co., Ohio
Death28 Aug 1830, Clark Co., Ohio
5 FCatherine Gordon, 2C4R
Birth15 May 1817, Virginia
Death29 Nov 1906, North Manchester, Wabash Co., Indiana
SpouseSamuel Leffel
6 MGeorge Gordon, 2C4R
Birth7 Jun 1820, Clark Co., Ohio
Death1900, Grape Grove, Ohio
Notes for Richard Gordon
Richard Gordon & Anna Garst had seventeen children, and raised all but one to maturity. Pages 124-147 of Our Garst Family in America cover some of their descendents. I am only entering enough to show their descendents who married into our other lines.

Early Clark County Families, Vol. V, p. 3, entry submitted by Betty E. Hendrickson, 3462 Moraga Blvd., Lafayette, CA 94549
Census
1850 census of Clark County, Bethel twp, page 120, enumerated Aug 22, lists this family as #970:
Richard Gordon, 75; Anna, 65. Both born in Virginia.
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