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James Logan Gordon
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Cleric, author.
Born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 28 March 1858, son of John Robert and Margaret Gordon, he was educated privately. He began working as a clerk for the Wanamaker Company at Philadelphia.
In 1904, he came to Winnipeg where he was ministerial assistant and member of the Manitoba University Commission. He was the pastor at Central Congregational Church (1905-1914). After leaving Winnipeg, he served at First Congregational Church at Washington, DC (1915-1919) then went to San Francisco, California.
In 1887, he married Lillian James (?-?) of Reading, Pennsylvania. In 1911, they lived at 366 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg. He was a member of the Canadian Club of Winnipeg, AF & AM, and IOOF. He wrote Young Man and His Problem, Character vs. Cash, Phillips Brooks, and The Crystal Christ.
He died in October 1930 and was buried in the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
The Leading Financial, Business & Professional Men of Winnipeg, published by Edwin McCormick, Photographs by T. J. Leatherdale, Compiled and printed by Stone Limited, c1913. [copy available at the Archives of Manitoba]
“Death claims aged minister,” The Morning Press, 12 October 1930, page 2.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 March 2024
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