WILLIAM H. GORDEN was born on a farm in Menard county, Illinois, two miles north of Salisbury, December 8, 1836, where he lived until 1874, when he moved on a farm one half mile east of the old homestead, in Menard county, where he now resides. Mr. Gorden was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Gunterman whose maiden name was Grant, married August 12, 1874. She was a daughter of Thomas Grant, and Mahala (Prater) Grant, she was a member of the United Brethren Church, and died January 18, 1872. Mr. M. and Mrs. W. H. Gorden have three children, viz: Viola E., William W., and Leslie A. Gorden. Mrs. Gorden had three children by her first husband, viz: Melissa B., Alice, and Mary. In politics Mr. Gorden is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for James Buchanan. He owns a fine farm of eight hundred acres.