My g2gfather, Thomas S. Jordan, was born on 3 January, 1832 in Macon, Bibb county, Georgia (according to his obit). Both of his parents were born in GA (according to his later census). I have no information about his life between 1832 and 1847. In 1847, he began apprenticeship as a printer in "the Advertiser" office (this is from his newspaper obit in Ashland, AL - I am assuming that this means either the "Advertiser" newspaper in Montgomery, AL, or in Forsyth, GA). I can not find him on the 1850 census. In 1852, he was foreman of the job office that printed the Code of Alabama (I assume this was located in Montgomery, AL). On the 10th of October, 1859, at Wedowee, Alabama, he married Mary Creel who was born in Carroll county, GA; she was the daughter of Jordan Creel (a descendant of John Creel of VA) and Mary(Polly) White, both of Carroll county. In the 1860 Randolph Co., AL, census , T.G.W. Jourdan (28 yrs, male, printer, born in GA, married within the yr), Mary Jourdan (22 yrs, female, HW, born in GA, married within the yr), and Cinthia Jourdan (38 yrs, female, HW, born in SC) are listed at Wedowee, Dwelling 17. Thomas G.W. Jordan married Cynthia SMITH in Harris County, GA, July 14, 1853. Thomas S. Jordan and Mary Creel married in 1859. Apparently, the man listed in the Randolph county census is Thomas S., not Thomas G. W. On July 21, 1860, Thomas and Mary's first son, Joseph Wiley Jordan, was born in Randolph county, AL. This son later practiced medicine in Ashland, Clay county, Alabama until his death in 1951. He also was elected to serve in the state legislature in 1930s, and was associated with newspapers. In 1862, a second son, William Dotson Jordan, was born to Thomas and Mary. They also "adopted" a daughter, Mary Dyson, during this period, who m. Robert L. Thurman in 1893. Thomas was a courier for the Confederacy between West Point, GA and Talladega, AL during the Civil War. I can not find him on a muster roll. After the war, he farmed for a while near Opelika, AL, then worked as a printer until starting his own newspaper, The Opelika Reformer. In 1876, he moved from Opelika to Coosa county, AL, where he and his sons published The Coosa News. In 1878, he moved to Ashland, AL, in Clay county, where he began publishing another newspaper. At 9:15 PM, 6 May, 1894. Thomas S. Jordan died in Ashland, AL. He had been a Baptist, a Mason (he had a Mason's funeral), and he was active in politics. I can find no trace of his birth family. Any assistance would be much appreciated!! Carol C-H <[email protected]>