THOMAS R. JORDAN.
Thomas R., son of John and Susan R. (Chambers) Jordan, was born
in Halifax county. His parents were also natives of this county and
residents of same through life. His father died in 1871, his mother died
in 1887. His wife is Mary E., daughter of M. H. and A. M. Young. She
was born at Marengo, Alabama. Their marriage was solemnized on
New Years Day, 1876, by Rev. J. B. Shearer, and their children are two
daughters, Nora and Lizzie, and four sons, Hamet, Hurt, Hugo and
Herman. The father of Mrs. Jordan was killed by a runaway slave in
1863. Her mother is living now in Halifax county, Virginia. Thomas
R. Jordan served through the late war in the Confederate States Army,
three years in Company C, 3d Virginia Cavalry, one year in Poage's
Artillery Battalion. He was taken prisoner in the advance on Gettysburg,
and held a time in Washington, at the Old Capitol. On July 1,
1879, he was elected clerk of the Halifax county court, and he is still
filling that office.
