Eleanor lytle kinzie gordon biography of william
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Eleanor lytle kinzie gordon biography of william
Eleanor Lytle Kinzie Gordon letters to Mary Williams (Mrs. Eliphalet W.) Blatchford
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US ILfC SC/
Level of description
Collection
Title
Eleanor Lytle Kinzie Gordon letters to Mary Williams (Mrs.
Eliphalet W.) Blatchford
Name of creator
Gordon, Eleanor Lytle Kinzie,
Biographical history
Eleanor (Nelly, as she wrote it, or Nellie) Lytle Kinzie Gordon was born in Chicago June 18, She was the "daughter of John A.
[sic] and Juliette (Magill) Kinzie." Eleanor Lytle Kinzie married Mr. William Washington Gordon II. Gordon rose to the rank of Captain in the Confederate army during the Civil War. and was given the rank of Brigadier General in (Spanish/American War) when he volunteered for the U.S.
Army at the request of President McKinley. He was appointed to the Puerto Rico Peace Commission. After their marriage, they lived in his home city of Savannah, GA, in what now is known as the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace (Low being the founder of the Gir