Basil Gordon
Born: 1860
Died: July 29, 1901
Married: Lelia Sinclair Gordon Barnett
Children: Basil Gordon, Lelia Sinclair Gordon, Katherine Douglas Gordon, Anne Hamilton Gordon
New York Times, July 29, 1901
Basil Gordon Dead.
PLATTSBURG, N. Y.. July 29.—Basil Gordon of Baltimore, a prominent business man and Democratic politician, died this afternoon at Paul Smith's, in the Adirondacks. He was formerly a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1802, and a member of the Committee on Notification. He was also Chairman of the Virginia State Committee during the 1892 campaign. Mr. Gordon was born in 1860, and finished his education at Johns Hopkins University. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Maryland Trust Company.
Malone Farmer, July 31, 1901
Senator Basil Gordon, a Virginia Democrat, once prominent in national politics, died at Paul Smith's Monday afternoon. He was chairman of the Virginia Democratic state committee in the 1882 Cleveland campaign.
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