John and Julia Jordan

Sunday 2^nd (March)

I went to Sunday School, Church and heard not a very good sermon. In the afternoon I sent my excuse to my class teacher and did not attend for I awaited the arrival of John Jordan but he did not come. In the evening I staid from church and he likewise disappointed me as I gave up all hopes of seeing him.

Later journal entries suggest that John Jordan, and his sister Julia, lived in Piqua. A biography of their father, David J. Jordan, in The History of Miami County, Ohio, states that David lived in Piqua from 1824 until 1859, and was a very active and influential individual. His main professions were real estate and pork packing. He was well-known in the Methodist Church and “made his house, for many years, a hospitable retreat and home for the members of this denomination, and many of the far famed preachers of this church then living, found a frequent and hearty welcome under the shelter of his roof” (Beers 600). David Jordan had ten children, including John W. and Julia A. Jordan. The 1850 U. S. census shows John W. Jordan aged twenty and Julia aged fifteen. John works as a merchant and his younger brother David is a pork packer. Julia attends school.