Robert Brooks Jordan
Robert Brooks Jordan, proprietor of the Center Meat Market at Mingo Junction, O., where he has practically been a lifelong resident, was born November 6, 1884. in Wheeling, W. Va., and is a son of D. E. and Mary (Brooks) Jordan.
D. E. Jordan was born and reared in Pittsburgh, Pa., but subsequently removed to Wheeling, W. Va., where he married Mary Brooks, who died in Mingo Junction about 1891, the family having located there in 1886. D. E. Jordan worked in the mills at Mingo Junction and is still a resident of the place. Four children were born to D. E. Jordan and wife, two sons and two daughters, all of whom are deceased except our subject.
Robert B. Jordan was but two years old when his parents came to Mingo Junction, where he has lived continuously since. Early in life he began learning the butcher's trade with McKee Brothers, with whom he remained for four years. He then spent four years in the employ of Armstrong Brothers, whom he bought out May 30, 1906, and has since carried on a successful business, his shop being located on Commercial Street.
Mr. Jordan was married February 21, 1906, to Miss Lillian Ferguson, who is a daughter of Thomas and Agnes Ferguson, of Steubenville, O., and they have one daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan reside on North Hill Street. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Jordan is a Republican. He belongs to the order of I. O. O. F., of Mingo, of which lodge he is a past officer.
From 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910