City: Columbia
GORDON, William Bradshaw, lawyer; born near Columbia, Tenn., July 23, 1839; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Geo. W. and Elizabeth (Bradshaw) GORDON; paternal grandparents Chapman and Charity (King) GORDON; maternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Stubblefield) BRADSHAW; educated in local schools; graduated from Old Jackson college as valedictorian June, 1858; private Confederate army, and served under ARMSTRONG and VAN DORN; wounded and captured June 4, 1863 at Franklin, Tenn., etc.; married first Mary Lenoir FRANKLIN, of Miss., March 1878; married second Matilda MAGRUDER July 1899; Free Mason and Knight Templar; one time Whig, afterward Democrat; in 1870 elected to the Tennessee Legislature from Maury, Williamson and Lewis counties; elder Southern Presbyterian church.
