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Note: ROBERT A. JORDAN The career of Robert Anson Jordan, attorney, city planner and authority on Colonial antiques, is linked to both Boston and Haverhill. He has been a member of the Boston municipal government and he has held important offices in Haverhill, being at ROBERT A. JORDAN present chairman of the Haverhill Planning Board. Born in Boston, August 31, 1871, he was educated in the Boston English High school, Roxbury Latin school, Harvard college, from which he graduated in 1892, with an A. B. degree, and Boston University, where he was given a B. L. degree in 1894. He is actively engaged in the practice of law with offices at 60 State street, Boston, is a director of the Essex National Bank, Haverhill, and one of the city's larg- est real estate holders. From 1893 to 1899, he was a member of the Republican City Committee of Boston, and was an alderman in that city from 1899 to 1901. He is a member of the Boston Harvard club, the Boston Press club. Island club, Agawam club, Wachusett club. Royal Arcanum, Washington lodge and Mt. Vernon chapter, A. F. & A. M. In 1897 and 1898 he was on Gen. Thomas R. Mathews' Staff of the First Brigade. His wife was Edith Myra Taylor, daughter of ex- Mayor Oliver Taylor. They were married October 6, 1896. There are three children, Mary Elizabeth Jordan Forsyth, born October 24, 1897; Dorothy Jordan, bom October 17, 1901, and Robert Anson Jordan, Jr., bom May 10, 1904. Mr. Jordan is exceedingly interested in municipal advancement. By birth, association and training he is closely acquainted with New England ideals and his career in Haverhill has exemplified them. His residence is the famous Saltonstall house, one of the country's perfect Colonial mansions, and his collec- tion of New England antiques is one of the most interesting and complete of private collections. Robert A. Jordan, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910" Name:�Ctab�D Robert A. Jordan Birth Date:�Ctab�D 1871 Birthplace:�Ctab�D Age:�Ctab�D 25 Spouse's Name:�Ctab�DEdith M. Taylor Spouse's Birth Date:�Ctab�D 1874 Spouse's Birthplace:�Ctab�D Spouse's Age:�Ctab�D 22 Event Date:�Ctab�D 06 Oct 1896 Event Place:�Ctab�D Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Father's Name:�Ctab�DJediah P. Jordan Mother's Name:�Ctab�DMartha S. Spouse's Father's Name:�Ctab�DOliver Taylor Spouse's Mother's Name:�Ctab�DMary E. Race:�Ctab�D Marital Status:�Ctab�D Previous Wife's Name:�Ctab�D Spouse's Race:�Ctab�D Spouse's Marital Status:�Ctab�D Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:�Ctab�D Indexing Project (Batch) Number:�Ctab�DI00930-3 System Origin:�Ctab�D Massachusetts-EASy GS Film number:�Ctab�D819795 Reference ID:�Ctab�D 636 Sources Attach to Family Tree Add to My Source Box Go to My Source Box Share No image available Search collection About this collection Citing this Record "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHDD-YTX : accessed 13 Mar 2014), Robert A. Jordan and Edith M. Taylor, 06 Oct 1896; citing reference 636; FHL microfilm 819795.
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