Joseph Evans Jordan was born 1880 in Lawrence Co. TN a twin to Annie Bell. He is the son of Jackson Monroe Jordan b. ca 1852 son of Archibald Moore Jordan b. ca 1811, who is son of Enoch Jordan b. ca 1768. Joe married Juanita Poarch b. ca 1886 in the New Hope AL area. Joe and Juanita married in 1904 in Oklahoma or Texas. Their children: Daphne 1905 AL Inez 1907 OK Marvin 1909 TX (living) Ora OK "Rex" died at birth. OK Arnold Guy OK Nina 1915 OK Eustice "Jimmy" 1919 OK or KS Otha 1921 AL (living) After homesteading in the panhandle of Okahoma and Texas and living a brief time in Kansas they returned to New Hope AL then moved to Gravelly Springs AL Lauderdale Co and later to Cherokee, Colbert Co. AL. They settle in late 1930's in Siloam Springs AR where both are buried in the cemetary near the Cathedral of the Ozarks on the campus of John Brown University. La Nita Jordan Wacker Shoreline, WA daughter of Marvin Evans Jordan who is participating in the DNA project.