Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - William H. Jordan
WILLIAM H. JORDAN
William H. Jordan was a farmer. He
was born near Marysville, Ohio, November 23, 1835. He is the
third son of William H. and Nancy Jordan. His early life was
spent on a farm, and his education obtained in the common
schools. When ten years of age his parents removed to Champaign
County. In 1853, he went to Coles County, Ill., and in 1855
returned to his native county. August 12, 1861, he entered the
ranks of the Union army, as a member of Company C, Seventeenth Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Fourteenth Army Corps.
He was chosen Corporal, and subsequently was promoted to First
Sergeant. He veteranized in January 1864, and re-enlisted in his
old company, serving till the war closed. He was engaged in the
following battles: Wild Cat,, Mill Springs, evacuation of Cornith by
the rebels, Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Tullahoma, Chickamauga and
Resaca. Then joined Sherman, and participated in all the
engagements on the Atlanta campaign awl 411 the battles in close
proximity to Atlanta. He then marched to Savannah, and was active
in all the conflicts of that famous march, and afterward went to
Washington D. C. and attended the grand review. He was discharged
with the honors of a veteran at Columbus, Ohio, in July 1865. He
bears the scar of a slight wound received at the memorable engagement
of Chickamauga. November 1865, he married Miss Melissa Cowgill,
daughter of Elisha and Mary Cowgill, by whom he has had three
children-John C., born June 22, 1867; Jennie B., born December 19,
1870, and George E., born January 7, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan
are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Jordan is politically a
staunch Republican. He served as Township Trustee one term.
He owns a farm of 112 acres and follows firming and rearing
thoroughbred short-horned cattle.