Individual Details
James Herbert Jordan
(20 Feb 1871 - 9 Mar 1926)
J. Herbert Jordan, d. 1926; had no decendants; in 1899 he was a telegrapher in Penn.
Wyoming Post Herald, Wyoming, Illinois, Wednesday, March 17, 1926, Page 1, Col. 4: Herbert Jordan, Brother of F. E. Jordan, Dies Suddenly at Home in Chicago. Frank. E. Jordan, of Pleasant Valley received a telegram last Tuesday evening, stating that his youngest brother, Herbert Jordan, of Chicago, Ill., had been found dead in his apartments in that city at about noon that day. Death was due to heart trouble.
Mr. Jordan was assistant to the office of the general manager of the Illinois Central railroad, and the day previous to his death had been at his office and seemed to be in about his usual health. He had evidently been preparing to go to his office when death overtook him on Tuesday last.
Mr. Jordan was the youngest son of the late W. H. Jordan, a former pastor of the Wyoming Congregational church; and received a good portion of his education in the Castleton and Wyoming schools, graduating from the Wyoming high school with the class of 1888, under the principalship of P. K. Cross. He learned telegraphy under C. W. Purviance, who was at that time Rock Island station agent here. His progress in railroad work was rapid, and his rise to the high position which he held at the time of his death was by dint of hard work and fidelity to trust.
Short services were held in Chicago, after which the body was shipped to New Castle, Pa., for burial beside that of his wife. The services were in charge of the Knights templar, of which organization the deceased was a member. Mr. Jordan is survived by three brothers: Frank E. of this place, W. N. of Des Moines, Iowa, and J. W. of Rochester, Wisconsin. He was one of a family of seven, and was preceded in death by two brothers, Rev. H. S. Jordan and C. E. Jordan, and one sister, Mrs. Emma Young.
Wyoming Post Herald, Wyoming, Illinois, Wednesday, March 17, 1926, Page 1, Col. 4: Herbert Jordan, Brother of F. E. Jordan, Dies Suddenly at Home in Chicago. Frank. E. Jordan, of Pleasant Valley received a telegram last Tuesday evening, stating that his youngest brother, Herbert Jordan, of Chicago, Ill., had been found dead in his apartments in that city at about noon that day. Death was due to heart trouble.
Mr. Jordan was assistant to the office of the general manager of the Illinois Central railroad, and the day previous to his death had been at his office and seemed to be in about his usual health. He had evidently been preparing to go to his office when death overtook him on Tuesday last.
Mr. Jordan was the youngest son of the late W. H. Jordan, a former pastor of the Wyoming Congregational church; and received a good portion of his education in the Castleton and Wyoming schools, graduating from the Wyoming high school with the class of 1888, under the principalship of P. K. Cross. He learned telegraphy under C. W. Purviance, who was at that time Rock Island station agent here. His progress in railroad work was rapid, and his rise to the high position which he held at the time of his death was by dint of hard work and fidelity to trust.
Short services were held in Chicago, after which the body was shipped to New Castle, Pa., for burial beside that of his wife. The services were in charge of the Knights templar, of which organization the deceased was a member. Mr. Jordan is survived by three brothers: Frank E. of this place, W. N. of Des Moines, Iowa, and J. W. of Rochester, Wisconsin. He was one of a family of seven, and was preceded in death by two brothers, Rev. H. S. Jordan and C. E. Jordan, and one sister, Mrs. Emma Young.
Events
| Birth | 20 Feb 1871 | Dover Township, Bureau Co., Illinois |  | ||
| Residence | 2 Jun 1880 | 1880 census age 9 w/parents & siblings - Dover Township, Bureau Co., Illinois | | ||
| Residence | 1900 | 1900 census born Feb 1871 living w/brother & family - New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, USA | | ||
| Residence | 23 Apr 1910 | 1910 census age 39 marr 9 yrs w/wife, Minnie M - New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, USA | | ||
| Residence | 13 Jan 1920 | 1920 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | | ||
| Death | 9 Mar 1926 | Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois | | ||
| Alt name | J. Herbert Jordan | ||||
| Burial | New Castle, Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania | |
Families
| Father | William H. Jordan (1832 - 1909) |
| Mother | Mary Jane Kirkpatrick (1833 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Harvey Sims Jordan (1854 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Phillis Emily Jordan (1856 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Charles Edwin Jordan (1860 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Frank E. Jordan (1862 - ) |
| Sibling | William Newton Jordan (1864 - 1934) |
| Sibling | John Wesley Jordan (1869 - ) |
Endnotes
8. Obituary of Herbert Jordan, Wyoming Post Herald, Wyoming, Illinois, Wednesday, March 17, 1926, Page 1, Col. 4.