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Gordon, Hanford Lennox, 1836-1920


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    • Gordon, H. L. (Hanford Lennox), 1836-1920
    • Gordon, Hanford L. (Hanford Lennox), 1836-1920
    • H. L. G. (Hanford Lennox Gordon), 1836-1920
    • G., H. L. (Hanford Lennox Gordon), 1836-1920

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        • found: His Laconics, 1919:t.p. (Hanford Lennox Gordon) cover (Hanford L. Gordon)
        • found: His Indian legends & other poems, 1910:t.p. (Hanford Lennox Gordon) p. ii (H.L.C.)
        • found: His The feast of the virgins and other poems, 1891:t.p. (H.L. Gordon)
        • found: Minnesota authors, 1958:p. 28 (Gordon, Hanford Lennox, 1836-1920; "Bronco Bill," pseud.)
        • found: Find A Grave website, September 11, 2019(Corp Hanford Lennox Gordon; Civil War veteran of the 1st Minnesota Infantry, Company D; Minnesota pioneer dies in his sleep; Gen. Gordon, poet, lawyer, lumberman, helped build Southland. Gen. Hanford Lennox Gordon, prominent among the organizers of the State of Minnesota and for over thirty years a resident of California, died in his sleep Thursday morning at his daughter's residence here. Although given up to die in his thirties and a semi-invalid he attained nearly 84 years. He was a poet as well as a pioneer and shortly before his death revised his "Indian Legends and Other Poems." He won his military title fighting against the Sioux during Minnesota's bloodiest days of massacre, but afterward was a great friend of the Indians and was adopted into the Sioux tribe, an honor granted few white men. He was an officer and organizer of the gallant First Minnesota regiment which made a magnificent charge at Round Top during the Civil War, a feat which he embalmed in majestic verse. After the war he devoted himself to law and lumbering. For years he stood at the head of the bar in Minnesota. He took a strong interest in politics and helped to organize the Republican party in his State. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln and was repeatedly elected to high office. After coming to California he took up ranching and he had a considerable part in the developing of southwestern Los Angeles, having at one time owned all of Kinney Heights)
        • found: Minnesota Historical Society website, September 11, 2019(Hanford Lennox Gordon was born in Andover, New York on December 30, 1836, and died on November 13, 1920. He came to Minnesota in 1857, and settled in Clearwater. In 1861, he enlisted in the First Minnesota Regiment, but he left soon after due to health problems. He then went on to practice law in Monticello and St. Cloud, where he also served as the register for the U.S. land office there. Following this, Gordon lived in Minneapolis for a number of years, then moved to Los Angeles, California. He is the author of several books of poems, many of which relate Minnesota)

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        • 1986-04-29: new
        • 2019-09-12: revised

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