Scott Jordan
(1859 - 1933)
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Mr. Scott” Jordan was born Jan. 29, 1859, in Piqua, MiamiCounty, Ohio, has resided since March, 1859, in Chicago, IlL Was educated in the public schools of Chicago ; Mt. Vernon Military Academy, Morgan Park, Illinois, followed by a course in Prof. Bell’s Academv, Chicago. Is a secretary and treasurer. Became a Master Mason, July, 1886, in Lincoln Park Lodge, No. 611, A. F. and A. M., Chicago, in 1892, affiliated with Kilwinning Lodge, No. 311, A. F. and A. M., Chicago; a Knight Templar, Aug., 1886, in St. Bernard Commandry, No. 35, K. T. Chicago ; received the thirty-second degree of Masonry, Nov. 10, 1886, in Oriental Consistory, S.-. P.-. R. S 32°, Chicago.
Admitted to membership in the following patriotic-hereditary societies: June 26, 1894, Illinois Society, Sons of the American Revolution; Aug. i, 1894, Illinois Society, Sons of the Revolution ; a charter member of the Chicago Continental Guard, which was organized July 17, 1894, and is composed of members of the Sons of the American Revolution ; Oct. 13, 1894, General Society of the War of 1812, Philadelphia, Pa.; a charter member of the Society of the War of 1812, organized in the State of Illinois, Oct., 1895; December 7, 1894 (made Life Member, Dec, 1895), Society of Colonial Wars in State of Illinois;
He also was a member of Society of Mayflower Descendants (of passengers on the voyage of the Mayflower which terminated at Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 11, 1620); elected Jan. 9, 1896, installed Feb. 13, 1896, a Companion of the First Class Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Illinois Commandery, being eligible through his uncle, Capt. Everard Cady Jordan dec’d, through his father (Capt. Jordan’s eldest brother), who waived his claim to the inheritance.
Member of the Virginia Historical Society; was elected, Jan.,1895, a life member of the Society for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; Feb. 6, 1895, member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; and is a member of the Illinois Genealogical Society, chartered 1894, but not yet organized. Is a member of the Illinois Club of Chicago, and of Chicago Athletic Association.
Mr. Jordan is a gentleman of decided literary and antiquarian taste, and a genealogist. To his efforts are due the very complete accounts in this work of the genealogy, ancestries, and biography of the descendants of David and Lois* (Cleveland) Cady.
Mr. Jordan is a subscriber for a number of copies of this Genealogy.
Mrs. Clifford Moody (Hall) Jordan was elected, Dec. 5, 1895, a member of the Chicago Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution ; elected, Dec, 1895, an Hereditary Life Member of the National Mary Washington Memorial Association.
Mr. Jordan was a funeral director for many years in Chicago.