Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameEve LAWYER 
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764Birth Date7 Aug 1792
Birth PlaceCumberland County, PA, USA
Death Date19 Aug 1878766 Age: 86
Death PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceOak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA766
FatherPeter LAWYER (1761-1836)
MotherElizabeth HEINEY
Misc. Notes
Native of New Jersey on the maternal side, of “Gemian” ? parentage.2321
Spouses
Birth Date4 Dec 17902323
Birth PlaceAlexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA
Birth Date4 Dec 1785
Birth PlaceAlexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA
Residence PlaceNew Jersey, USA2321
Death Date3 Apr 1858 Age: 67
Death PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceOak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
OccupationMiller
FatherMark JORDAN (1761-1833)
MotherEva Ann BLOOM (1764-1845)
Misc. Notes
Alternate birth or perhaps baprism date 19 Apr 1790.
1815 taxed for sawmill in Sinnemahoning District, Clearfield County.
See notes of general source including the Will of John Jordan.
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John Jordan was a miller and when he came to Clearfield county he worked where the Bickford fire brick plant stands [in 1911], going from there to the Rockton mill, which was owned by Jerry Moore, after that accepting
the management of a mill at Curwensville, owned by John Irwin. He then operated a mill at Stoneville, in Boggs township for a time, after which he went back to Curwensville to take charge of Mr. Irwin’s second
mill, the first one having burned down. Afterward he purchased some land which now is partitioned off into town lots, and there he lived until the close of his life, at the age of sixty-nine years [?], his burial being in Oak Hill
cemetery.2321
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A John Jordan is named in December of 1806 among the 155 taxable inhabitants of Chinklacamoose/Chincleclamousche township, (Centre County) which [at the time] included all of Clearfield county.1919
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Died at his residence in Pike township, on the 3d inst., John Jordan, Sr., aged 67 years 4 months[?]. [Could this be the same John Jordan?]2324
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1 April 1858, Will, Clearfield County, PA, USA2322
1815 taxed for sawmill in Sinnemahoning District, Clearfield County.
See notes of general source including the Will of John Jordan.
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John Jordan was a miller and when he came to Clearfield county he worked where the Bickford fire brick plant stands [in 1911], going from there to the Rockton mill, which was owned by Jerry Moore, after that accepting
the management of a mill at Curwensville, owned by John Irwin. He then operated a mill at Stoneville, in Boggs township for a time, after which he went back to Curwensville to take charge of Mr. Irwin’s second
mill, the first one having burned down. Afterward he purchased some land which now is partitioned off into town lots, and there he lived until the close of his life, at the age of sixty-nine years [?], his burial being in Oak Hill
cemetery.2321
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A John Jordan is named in December of 1806 among the 155 taxable inhabitants of Chinklacamoose/Chincleclamousche township, (Centre County) which [at the time] included all of Clearfield county.1919
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Died at his residence in Pike township, on the 3d inst., John Jordan, Sr., aged 67 years 4 months[?]. [Could this be the same John Jordan?]2324
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1 April 1858, Will, Clearfield County, PA, USA2322
Misc. Notes
John and Eve Jordan had a family of twelve children.2321