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William L. Gordon (Hopkins County attorney)

b. 1837-11-23 d. 1930

Hopkins County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Cordelia Gordon. Father of Ora G. Gordon and William L. Gordon, Jr. Attended the Hopkins Seminary and Bethel College. Admitted to the bar in 1859. Attorney in Hopkins County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 798.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Seminary Princinct No. 4, p. 149B.

Memorial Record of Western Kentucky (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), 792-793.

"William Leonidas Gordon, Sr. (1837-1930)," Find A Grave, Memorial #60937888, accessed March 23, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60937888.

Citation

Gordon, William L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196766 (November 12, 2026).

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