Ann Eliza Gordon
Ann Eliza Gordon (maiden name: Pleasants) was born around 1834 in Virginia to John H. Pleasants. Her father was a prominent newspaper editor. She grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and she married Douglas H. Gordon on May 30, 1857. They had at least five children: Basil, born around 1861; May, born around 1863; Anne, born around 1865; Douglas, born around 1865; and Rose, born around 1869. They lived in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and by 1860, they owned $250,000 of real estate and $560,000 of personal property. They moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in the 1860s, and by 1870, they owned $190,000 of real estate and $720,000 of personal property. Her husband died on January 20, 1883, and she remained in Baltimore with her children and grandchildren. She died in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on June 27, 1901, after suffering from “paralysis.”
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(5522)Gordon, Ann Eliza ~ Pleasants, Ann Eliza18341901-06-27
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (13694) [recipient] ~ John H. Thomas III to Ann E. Gordon, 27 August 1864

People - Records: 3

  • (5522) Gordon, Ann Eliza is the [aunt/uncle of] (4302) Thomas, Nannie Gordon
  • (5522) Gordon, Ann Eliza is the [aunt/uncle of] (4600) Thomas, Raleigh Colston
  • (5522) Gordon, Ann Eliza is the [aunt/uncle of] (5523) Thomas, John Hanson III

Places - Records: 2

  • (120) [birth] ~ Virginia
  • (3494) [death] ~ Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey

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1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Virginia Select Marriages, 1785-1940, available from Ancestry.com; New York Times, 21 January 1883; Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, 29 June 1901