Gordon, E. C. (Edward Clifford), 1842 - 1922
Person
Biography
Attended University of Virginia, Member 3rd Company of the Richmond (Va.) Howitzers and Ordinance Officer on staff of General John Echols during American Civil War. At Washington College (Va.)as Librarian, proctor, clerk of faculty, 1867-69; Washginton College Treasurer, 1868-69; Attended Union Theological Seminary. D.D., Presbyterian Minister in Savannah Georgia. President of Westminster College in Missouri. Washington College Trustee, 1888-1922.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Franklin Lafayette Riley Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0060
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence connected with the book Gen. Robert E. Lee After Appomattox edited by Dr. Riley; letters from Riley to his wife while he was with the American Expeditionary Force University in France in 1919; other correspondents include Edward Clifford Gordon, Mary Custis Lee and Jo Lane Stern. Also includes letters to his daughter (Frances Riley, later Frances Denton), her Daughters of the American Revolution card, and photographs and...
Dates:
Inclusive 1897-1927
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