History of North Tama By Daniel Connell April 22, 1887 WILLIAM GORDON, a native of Paisley, Scotland, born in 1804, married there and removed to the United States while young. His trade was that of a weaver, textile fabrics being the only industry of that town with 100,000 inhabitants brocha shawls the principal article of manufacture. Reaching this country he found carpet weaving open to him - being the day of hand loom weaving - was employed in the vicinity of New York for a number of years, and in 1847 went to Norwich, Connecticut, and entered the employ of Goy Buckingham. In 1854 the family concluded to go west, and came to Buckingham the same year, purchasing land from Mr. Story in section thirty-three and twenty-eight. The family consisted, besides himself, of Mrs. Gordon, a son William, daughters Janet and Jane. William died in 1859 as narrated; also Mrs. Gordon in 1864. He had a son Allen in California, and when William died Allan was sent for to carry on the farm. Janet and Jane married as related. Allan married when Mr. Gordon lived with him. Allan died in 1877, after which he lived with his daughter, Mrs. McCornack, in Traer, and died in 1881. Mr. Gordon was a quiet, respectable, honorable an, and was held in repute by his neighbors. William in the early days was an active, stirring citizen, performed well his part in laying the broad and deep foundation of the settlement. He was not robust; but weak and sickly. Consumption had fastened on his lungs and he was not to live long in this rigorous climate and died universally respected, the community sadly feeling the loss. Allan, like his brother, was a sickly man of little physical strength. The climate was unfriendly to him and he sank under his burdens. He was a man held in esteem by his townsmen, and was entrusted with several town offices of trust.