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JORDAN Avery J.
Birth:          18 Aug 1855 Bartholomew Co., Ind.
Death:          10 Jul 1935 Flat Rock, Shelby Co., Ind.
Burial:         12 Jul 1935 Rest Haven Cemetery, Edinburg, Johnson Co., Ind.

Notes
from obit of Nora Phelps Roarty
1880 in Nineveh, Bartholomew Co., Ind.
1900 in Jackson, Shelby Co., Ind. idx as Auory day laborer (next door is Nora Roarty 
and family and nearbyare Simeon Phelps and John and Mahala Phelps)
1910 in Jackson, Shelby Co., Ind. laborer
1920 in Edinburgh, Johnson Co., Ind. watchman starch factory
1930 in Edinburgh, Johnson Co., Ind. laborer in cabinet factory
findagrave
http://www.shelbycountyindiana.org/obituaries/obit_jordan.htm
The  Shelbyville  Republican
 Wednesday July 10, 1935
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 AVORY  JORDAN  IS  STRICKEN
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 Former Edinburg Resident
 Dies at Daughter's Residence
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          Avory Jordan, seventy-nine years old, former resident of Edinburg, died at the 
home of his daughter,  Mrs. Ethel Schnarr, in Flat Rock at 10:30 o'clock this morning 
after a short illness.
            The deceased was born in Bartholomew county August 18, 1855, the son of 
Mr. and Mrs. William Avery Jordan.  He had been a resident of Edinburg for twenty-
five years, going to Flat Rock last November to live.  Mr. Jordan was married to  Effie 
Phelps  whose death occurred in November, 1934.  He was an active member of the 
Edinburg M. E. Church.
           Surviving are the daughter, Mrs. Ethel Schnarr, three grandchildren, and 
seven great grandchildren.  Funeral services will be announced later. 
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Ibid.
 Thursday July 11, 1935
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 AVORY  JORDAN  FUNERAL
 SERVICES  TO  BE  FRIDAY
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          Funeral services for  Avory Jordan, who died Wednesday in Flat Rock, will be 
conducted at 2:00 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Edinburg M.E. Church with burial in 
Rest Haven cemetery in Edinburg.  Mr. Jordan, a former resident of Edinnburg, died at 
the home of his daughter,  Mrs. Ethel Schnarr. 
 Submitted by Barb Huff
Phelps Family of America by Oliver Seymour, on ebooksread
says b Jennings Co



Parents
JORDAN William Avery ()
BECK Martha ()

Siblings
JORDAN Avery J. (18 Aug 1855 - 10 Jul 1935)

Marriage To PHELPS Effie K. (29 Mar 1863 - 4 Nov 1934) m. 18 Aug 1878 Bartholomew Co., Ind. Notes Parents PHELPS Milton R. (16 Jan 1837 - 25 Aug 1876) TAPSCOTT Melinda C. (10 Jan 1835 - ) Children by PHELPS Effie K. 29 Mar 1863 - 4 Nov 1934
JORDAN Vada Ethel ("Ethel") (10 Jul 1881 - )
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