Cumberland County, Maine – William B. Jordan
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Biography
William B. Jordan
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 94-95

William B. Jordan, superintendent of the Atwood Lead Company's works at South
Portland, was born April 25, 1837, at Cape Elizabeth, this county, being a
representative of one of the earliest families to settle in this section of the
State. His paternal grandfather, Captain Ezekiel Jordan, Sr., who spent his
entire life on the Cape, was a farmer in comfortable circumstances, his
homestead farm containing about two hundred acres of land, on which he labored
with unremitting toil. He married Mary Simonton; and they reared five children,
of whom Ezekiel, Jr., the second son, was father of William B.

Ezekiel Jordan, Jr., was reared and educated at Cape Elizabeth. On leaving
school, he learned the shoemaker's trade, which he subsequently followed for
many years, both at Portland and the Cape, winning an excellent reputation for
expert workmanship. His wife, whose maiden name was Susan Libby, was a native of
Gray, Me., and a daughter of Jeremiah Libby. She bore him nine children, four of
whom are now living, namely: Francis resides in Chelsea, Mass.; Mary, wife of
Walter Skillings, lives in South Portland; William 13. ; and. Lavina, the wife
of Charles G. Fickett, of this town.

William B. Jordan acquired the elements of knowledge in the common schools of
his native district, pursuing his studies both summer and winter. He first began
work as an engineer for Mr. N. W. Low, with whom he remained five years. In 1862
he enlisted in the Union Army, in Company I, Twenty-fifth Maine Volunteer
Infantry, being under the direct command of Captain Ezekiel Westcott. He served
for nine months in the army of the Potomac, being discharged. at the expiration
of his term of enlistment, July 10, 1863. On returning home, Mr. Jordan accepted
a position with the Atwood Lead Company, with which he has since been connected,
having been appointed in 1872 superintendent of the works. He has also other
business interests. In 1892 he engaged in the coal and wood business, opening an
office near Vaughn's Bridge, in what is now South Portland, where he has built
up a large local trade.

Mr. Jordan has been twice married. His first wife, Annie R. French, to whom he
was united August 2, 1869, passed away within a year, her death occurring April
19, 1870. On September 15, 1871, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Annie H.
Huston, a daughter of Nathan L. Huston, of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan have
three children living: Fred W., who is in the hay and grain business in South
Portland; Frank A.; and Mollie S. In politics Mr. Jordan is a faithful adherent
of the Democratic party, and, religiously, is a member of the Second Parish
Congregational Church. Socially, he is identified with the Masons and Odd
Fellows, belonging to Hiram Lodge, No. 180, A. F. & A. M., of South Portland,
and to the Maine Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Portland. Mr.
Jordan is likewise a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, being connected
with the Bosworth Post, No. 2.