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DR. SIDNEY C. GORDON, P. O. Georgetown, one of the more prominent farmers of this township, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1840. He is a son of Thomas W. Gordon, who has been an honored physician and surgeon of Georgetown and Brown County for many years. Dr. Gordon’s mother was Minerva Elvira Scoville, a native of Trumbull County, Ohio. She departed this life December 20, 1869. Dr. Gordon lived in his native county until ten years of age, when he accompanied his parents to Georgetown. He was reared and educated in the latter place, and in early life studied medicine with his father. He remained with the latter the prescribed term of three years, during this time attending three courses of lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, graduating in 1860. Soon after the commencement of the war, he enlisted in Company C, Fifty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and while at Camp Kenton was detached, by order of Gen. Nelson, as Assistant Surgeon of the post. He remained in this position till the camp was broken up, and was subsequently, commissioned (in August, 1862) to the same position in the Fifty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served as such till the regiment’s term of enlistment had expired, when he was honorably discharged. He returned to Georgetown, and the following spring went out as Surgeon of the One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Regiment, being finally mustered out in the fall of 1865. He returned to Georgetown once more, and in the spring of 1866 formed a partnership with his father in the practice of medicine. This relationship continued until the fall of 1868. Dr. Gordon then gave up his practice, the main cause being failing health, and located on a farm of 116 acres in Franklin Township, which he had purchased the year previous. This farm is located on Straight Creek, west of the Ripley & Arnheim pike, and is mostly under cultivation. Dr. Gordon finds farming more suited to his health, and has therefore almost entirely given up his medical practice. He is an earnest advocate of the principles adopted by the Republican party, and in 1869 was their candidate for Representative from Brown County. This was more of an honor than the expectation of electing him, for the almost solid Democratic vote in the county rarely fails to elect a Democratic candidate. Dr. Gordon is an active member of the Board of Directors of the Brown County Agricultural Society, and always takes a deep interest in those matters pertaining to the moral, social and educational advancement of the community in which he resides. He was married, February 15, 1872, to Olevia, daughter of William S. Marshall, an old and honored pioneer of Pleasant Township. They have five children — Nellie M., William Winslow (named after both grandfathers), Claribel, Sophie S., and an infant, Hugh B. Mrs. Gordon is a lady of culture and refinement, and highly respected by all with whom she has acquaintance. Dr. Gordon and wife are connected by membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Georgetown. Dr. Gordon is the author of the history of Franklin Township, in this volume.