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Note: o taken from ILGenWeb site, Jefferson County, IL, Cemetery Records.
>Family Archive #917, Census Microfilm Records: Illinois: 1900, Series: T623, Microfilm #: 308, Book: 2, Page#: 118. Occupation is listed as farm laborer. Morton is living with parents.
>Obituary researched by Harold Ord, Unknown Newspaper, April 1940: Ord Services at Two P.M. Today
Last rites for Mort Ord, 60, special police officer who died suddenly of a heart attack at the city hall Friday, were held at two o'clock this afternoon at Myers Chapel. The services were conducted by Rev. Walter Farlow and burial followed in Wolf Prairie cemetery. __________________________________ Ord Services 2 P.M. Monday Funeral services for Morton C. (Mort) Ord, special Mt. Vernon police officer who dropped dead at the city hall yesterday morning will be held at two o'clock Monday afternoon at Myers Chapel. The services will be in charge of Rev. Walter Farlow and burial will follow in Wolf Prairie cemetery.
>Date of Death taken from Illinois Department of Public Health Death Index by Name - Illinois Deaths 50 years and Older: Ord Morton Claude M?W Age UNK 0000062 1940-04-12 Jefferson Mt. Vernon
Note: >Buried in Wolf Prairie Cemetery, gravestone reads Mort C. Ord 1880 - 1940, inf
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