Alexander Jackson Gordon

Alexander Jackson Gordon (HME46)

Location: Jesup, GA 31546 Wayne County
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N 31° 36.258', W 81° 52.919'

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Physician

— 1862-1943 —

Born in Ohoopee, Georgia, to Alexander James Gordon and Sarah John Williams Gordon. As a young man Alex floated logs down the Altamaha River to pay his way through medical school. Graduating from the Georgia Medical College at Augusta in 1888, Doctor Gordon established a medical practice in Lyons, Georgia. Later he went to Waynesville, Georgia, where he met and married Carolina Butler Wiggins on October 30, 1907. He moved to Jesup in 1917 to join his boyhood friend, Jeff Rogers, in practice. Jeff had just purchased the local hospital from Doctor Crummery. Alex bought the drugstore. In 1918 Doctor Gordon purchased the house at 148 East Cherry Street, and called it home for the rest of his life. He assisted in the formation of the Jesup Presbyterian Church in 1922 and the Mannington Presybyterian Church in 1929. He was active in city government, serving on the Jesup City Council for several years. Dr. Gordon devoted much of his time to agriculture and was the first citizen to introduced Hereford cattle to Wayne County. In addition to treating the citizens of Jesup, he also served as Medical Examiner for the local Selective Service board and physician to convicts at the State Highway Camp in Brantley County. Doctor Gordon lived up to his Hippocratic Oath all his life, seeing his last patient the day before he died. He is buried in the Jesup City Cemetery.
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HM NumberHME46
Series This marker is part of the More Than Words series
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Date Added Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 3:24pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 416334 N 3496914
Decimal Degrees31.60430000, -81.88198333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 31° 36.258', W 81° 52.919'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds31° 36' 15.48" N, 81° 52' 55.14" W
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Area Code(s)912
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 148 E Cherry St, Jesup GA 31546, US
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