b: Auglaize Co OH; d: Lawrence Co IL; d/of Elijah Nichols & Julia Ann Pearce; m1: 1879 George Calvin Gordon; m2: 1901 George Washington Detro; ch: William Creighton Gordon (1881 OH-1931 OH m: Martha Jane Michael) & Charles Christian Gordon (1883 OH-1965 OK m: Geneva Charlotta Obringer) & George Clark Gordon (1885 OH-1941 LA m1: Iva Adelia Wyckoff; m2: Nora Belle Johnson) & James C Gordon (1889 OH) & Amos Cass Gordon (1891 OH-1942 CA m1: Arena Viroca Downey; m2: Nellie Lee Graves) & Pearl C Gordon () & Raymond S Detro (1902-1918 MI)