John Gordon
John Jake Gordon was one of the first settlers in Pleasant Grove Township. He obtained land in the township in the 1830s, and in the late 1830s set aside an acre and a half for the purposes of creating a cemetery. The cemetery was known as the Gordon Graveyard until 1935, when the name was officially changed to the Thomas Lincoln Cemetery.
The original grave marker of John Gordon, along with a newer monument
that memorializes his contribution of land that began the cemetery
The new marker reads:
ALL OF THE GRAVES LOCATED
WEST OF THE CHURCH ARE ON
LAND ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS
GORDON GRAVEYARD
SO NAMED FOR
JOHN GORDON
1792-1866
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