Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921

John Woolf Jordan, an editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, also had a long association with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He began his life membership in 1864, was secretary of the Council from 1873 to 1879; corresponding secretary from 1874 to 1880; associate librarian from 1885 to 1903, when he became the librarian, an office he held until his death in 1921.

From the description of Inscriptions on the grave stones in the Moravian cemeteries at Hopedale and Nazareth, Penna. historical sketch of Hopedale, biographical notes, etc., 1887-1888. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 86165654

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