GORDON, James MacPherson 1
- Born: About 1783
- Died: by 1822 1
User ID: W963
General Notes:
"James Macpherson Gordon, above mentioned, son of William, and grandson of Thomas of Foderletter, went to Buenos Ayres and entered into a partnership in business with a Mr Patrick M'Murray in 1814. Things went an well for a time, but they became embarrassed: he got ill between exposure to climate and the worries arising from the difficulties of the firm, and died of a pulmonary complaint by 1822. [This paragraph is abridged from contents of a
letter, written from Buenos Ayres in 1822 by Robert Billinghurst, with details as to James M. Gordon's illness and death. D.W.]"
from Later Gordons of Beldorney 1
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