“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


WILLIAM GORDER, grocer, and dealer in flour, feed, crockery, 
wooden ware, lime, cement, stucco, fire-clay, plaster, etc.; farmer’s 
produce bought and taken in exchange for goods; store located on Main 
street near Sixth.  Mr. Gorder was born in Prussia July 3, 1848; came to 
America with his parents in 1851; located in Lebanon, Dodge Co.; came 
to Watertown in 1876.  Married Amelia Kronitz June 23, 1871; she was 
born in Lebanon, Dodge Co., Wis.; they have two children – Eda and 
Henry.  Mr. Gorder is a son of August and Louisa Gorder; his father died 
in April, 1878, and his mother May 2, 1872.AAAA


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