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| Birth: | 19 May 1864 in Little Falls, Minnesota 1 |
| Death: | 24 Jan 1940 in Billings Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 1 |
| Sex: | F |
| Father: | John Thomas Stillwell b. 21 Aug 1819 in New York |
| Mother: | Nancy Beaumont Warren b. 19 Sep 1825 in La Pointe, Wisconsin |
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| Changed: 26 May 2002 |
| Burial: 27 Jan 1940 Oakland Cemetery, Little Falls, Minnesota 2 |
| Census: 01 May 1875 Little Falls, Minnesota |
| Obituary: 25 Jan 1940 Little Falls, Minnesota |
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| Thomas Campbell Gordon (Husband) b. 16 Mar 1866 in Poplar House, Llangynwyd Lower, Glamorgan, Wales
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| Marriage: | 17 MAY 1889 in Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Little Falls, Minnesota |
| Marriage License: | 17 MAY 1889 in Little Falls, Minnesota |
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 Warren McKean Gordon Sr b. 06 Jun 1890 in Little Falls, Minnesota
- James Harker Gordon b. 01 Mar 1892 in Little Falls, Minnesota
 Bertha Nancy Gordon b. 19 Nov 1893 in Little Falls, Minnesota
- Mercy Whipple Gordon b. 20 Oct 1895 in Little Falls, Minnesota
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Individual:
The following is an excerpt from the "Biography of
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Gordon given by Mrs. Gordon and taken from the
"Histories of Morrison and Todd Counties" as recorded by Mrs. Minnie
Cochrane for the Morrison County Historical Society - November
1937.
Mary A. Stilwell was born in Little Falls, May 19, 1864. She is
the daughter of John Thomas Stilwell and Nancy Warren Stilwell. Thomas
Stilwell was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He came to Swan River in 1849.
"This deserted village" as Frank B. Logan styles it in "Historical
Sketches of Royalton and Vicinity", was located on the East bank of the
Mississippi River seven miles northwest of Royalton. At the time Mr.
Stilwell came to Swan River, it was a busy trading post. William H.
Hood, editor of "Frontiersman", said of it in 1855: "There was probably
more business done at this point (1848-51) than at any other place in the
country and more than has ever been done there since. It was a
rendezvous of all the principal Indian traders among the Chippewas and
Winnebagoes - a depot for Indian goods. The place was always filled with
strangers. All sorts of spirits gathered there - some for fun, some for
money, and all for something. The hotel was well kept and always
crowded." The first ferry in Morrison County was established at Swan
River by William Aiken in 1848.
Thomas Stilwell was a carpenter and worked at his trade in Swan
River until 1856 when he ran the hotel. While living in Swan River he
married Nancy Warren who came with her parents to Swan River from
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. One of Nancy Warren's ancestors came over in
the Mayflower and others fought in the American Revolution.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Stilwell remained for a time in
Swan River. Two of their children, John and Sara Jane, were born there.
Sara Jane Stilwell is now Mrs. Tellant. She resided in Florida and has
been very active in the National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. "Was one of the instigators of the movement by the D.A.R.'s
to purchase the land in Washington D.C. upon which the organization built
its beautiful Memorial Hall." Mr. and Mrs. Stilwell moved to Little Falls
in the early sixties and Mary was born there in 1864.
After coming to Little Falls, Mr. Stilwell followed his trade as
carpenter and became a contractor, often going into the Western country
to build elevators. At one time his work called him as far west as Fort
Assinniboine, Montana. Mrs. Gordon says, "The family felt very sad when
he had to go so far away, to the ends of the earth. When he came home he
had many interesting stories to tell of his adventures. Sometimes when
traveling on the Red River, the boat would have to stop and wait for a
herd of buffalo to cross over."
After moving to Little Falls, Mr. Stilwell bought half a block on
the southside of First Avenue between Fifth and Fourth Streets. "This
was before there were any railroad tracks on the eastside."
Mr. Stilwell died July 4, 1887 and Mrs. Stilwell died at the
Gordon home in Little Falls. Mary Stilwell attended school in Little
Falls. "There was no high school then." Among the teachers she remembers
are Mrs. E.S. Smith "who was a great person to always be getting up plays
for the interest of the school" and J.C. Flynn, " a very good teacher."
Mary attended church and Sunday school at the old Episcopal Church which
was built in 1869 and located at the corner of First Street and Third
Avenue N.E. (In 1900 this building was moved from First Street to the
rear of the lot at Fourth Street and First Avenue SouthEast where the
present Episcopal church is). When the new church was built in 1903, the
old building was sold to the Swedish Methodist Congregation and moved
down on the flats. Mr. Elwell was the first rector she remembers. Her
mother, Mrs. Nancy Stilwell, was one of the four charter members of the
Episcopal church. fractured hip
Funeral for Mary A. Stillwell
Little Falls Transcript, Little falls, MN, January 26,
1940[:ITAL]
Mrs. Gordon Rites at 11 A.M. Saturday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary Gordon will be conducted Saturday
morning at 11 o'clock at the Church of Our Savior by Rev. R.M. Harris of
Sauk Centre. Interment will be in Oakland cemetery. The body arrived
today from Chicago and is at the Thompson funeral chapel.
Accompanying the body here were Miss Bertha Gordon of Chicago,
Harker Gordon of Pittsburgh, Pa., Miss Mercy Gordon and Mrs. G.D. Napier
of St. Paul and Thomas Gordon of Minneapolis. 1875||Minnesota State Census||
Obituary of Mary A. Stillwell
Little Falls Transcript, Little Falls, MN., January 25,
1940[:ITAL]
Mrs. Mary Gordon Dies In Chicago
Mrs. Mary Gordon, 75, died last evening at Billings hospital in
Chicago, where she had been receiving treatment since November 19 when
she fell and fractured her hip. Miss Bertha Gordon of Chicago and Harker
Gordon of Pittsburgh will accompany the body here, arriving tomorrow
noon, and Miss Mercy Gordon of St. Paul will join them en route. Funeral
arrangements have not been completed but services will probably be held
Saturday afternoon.
Mary A. Stillwell was born in Little Falls May 19, 1864, the
daughter of John and Nancy Warren Stillwell, who resided on Fifth street
and First avenue northeast. She was married to Thomas C. Gordon May 17,
1889. Mrs. Gordon moved to Minneapolis and for the past few years has
been in Chicago with her daughter.
Surviving are four children, Warren M. Gordon of this city;
Harker, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mercy, St. Paul, and Bertha, Chicago.
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- Title: Little Falls Transcript
- Title: Monument Inscription, Read by Warren Gordon
- Title: Marriage Lic. Records, Morrison Co., MN
Page: Book D, Page 149
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