Sharon, Here is a little something that may help from the census data. 1900 MT Savage, Allegany, Maryland Isick Gordon 39 Lucie Gordon 40 Edgar Gordon 19 Aug 1880 Robert Gordon 17 Cleveland Gordon 15 Earnest Gordon 12 Inez Gordon 10 Ruth Gordon 7 Marry Gordon 5 Russel Gordon 8.12 1910 United States Federal Census > Maryland > Washington > Sandy Hook > District 134 Edgar L Gordon age 29 married 5 yrs Evelyn age 25 ??? Gladys Daug age 2 Carol E or Carie E age 1 3/12 (see 1920 - Clara) 1920 United States Federal Census > Maryland > Frederick > Brunswick > District 95 Mrs Evelyn Gordon age 34 widow Clara age 11 Cleveland Gordon & Family (in next house - Edgar's brother) Mrs Clara Twigg age 59 (next to Cleveland Gordon) William age 21 Charley age 19 In 1910, Clara is already widowed 10 children with 8 living George 21, Claud 17, Willie 12 and Charles 8 are at home In 1930 Charles is married and living in Baltimore. Clara & William are living with him. Clara may have no connection, but the names on the tombstones may help. Carol -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Sharon Banzhoff" <shabanz@earthlink.net> > Perhaps one of the Gordon researchers can answer this question for me. It > would solve a 10 year old mystery. > > I went to Knoxville, (Frederick Co.) MD to find where Denton Twigg and his > family. They left Allegany Co., MD and settled in Knoxville, MD. The men > in Denton Twigg's family are buried in the Knoxville, MD Old Reformed > Church Cemetery. Knoxville is in the Brunswick MD area and has been a RR > town from very early on. > > The tombstones for the 6-8 Twiggs are very distinct and all lined up in a > row. In the very middle of two of Denton's sons is buried an Edgar L. > Gordon - d. 3/1/1917 (36 - 6 9) His stone is exactly like the Twigg stones > and they are the only stones in this cemetery I noticed like this. Other > than Denton, all of the Twiggs buried in this cemetery are young men, ages > 26, 22 15, 13 and so on. I don't know what happened to the wives of these > men. I know the one remarried a John H. Smith and he is buried at the end > of the Twiggs and yes, he has the same type of stone. Minnie Twigg Smith's > name is on the tombstone with John's but she has no death date on the stone. > > After finding Edgar L. Gordon, I thought perhaps he was an Allegany Co. man > that married one of Denton's daughters, moved to Knoxville/Brunswick area > and he too worked on the RR with the Twigg men. Does any of the Gordon > researcher's know who this Gordon is? > > Sharon > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Carol, Thank you so much for the info you sent. This Gordon "WAS" from Allegany Co. When I checked the children I have for Denton and Clara Twigg, I find that Edgar married Denton Twigg's daughter, Evaline and the census indicated they had a daughter named Clara. Clara was named after her grandmother, Clara (Weaver) Twigg, Denton's wife from the Little Orleans area. Thanks for getting me started to finish this line. I have been working on my paternal lines for a change. I found that my father's side of the family is right from Washington Co. in the Clear Spring area where I live. I always thought they were from Berkeley Co, WV. My. paternal 4th gr-grandparents are buried within 8 miles of my home. Small world!!!!! Sharon