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- [S31] Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D., Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: T623_1165; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 748.
- [S1206] The Death of Ira Gordon, heir of Mrs. Emily O. Hawkins. Richard A. Thomas. 2010.
Much of the information in this paper is unsourced, although Dr. Thomas has a reputation of being a careful researcher.
- [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 30 July 1920, p. 1.
BROOKHAVEN MAN KILLED BY AUTO
Ira Gordon, Motorcyclist, I Struck by Kost's Car
Victim Survived Accident Two Days—
Corner Trying to Place Responsibility.
Ira Gordon of Brookhaven, aged 23, died Wednesday morning in Babylon hospital from the effects of a collision between a motorcycle he was riding and an automobile owned and driven by Frederick Kost, a summer resident of Brookhaven, which occud Monday morning near the latter's home on the Montauk Highway [Kost's home was actually on Beaver Dam Road].
Mr. Gordon was on his way to Colonel Green's, on the Harrison estate, where he was employed at the time of the fatal accident. He was passing the end of the driveway at Kost's place when Mr. Kost came out in his car and struck the motorcycleorcing it across the road and throwing the rider heavily to the concrete roadway.
The front of the Kost place is lined with a tall hedge which obscures the view from the road into the driveway and vice versa, and motorcyclist and automobilist were unable to see each other until their machines were almost together. Mr. Gon sustained a broken hip and internal injuries. He was rushed to the hospital and at first it appeared that he was doing as well as could be expected, but during Tuesday night he had a relapse.
The young man, who was well known in Brookhaven and the neighboring villages, was a son of Mrs. Annie Gordon and the late Fred Gordon. He leaves his mother, a brother, Ernest Gordon, and three sisters, the Misses Lydia, Madaline, and Nettiedon, all of Brookhaven.
Coroner Moore of Bay Shore called an inquest into the circumstances of the fatal accident Wednesday, but not much progress was made as through some misunderstanding Mr. Kost did not get word of the proceeding and was out of town. The examinan has been postponed to next Monday.
The funeral is being held this afternoon, with service at the Patchogue Methodist church in charge of the Rev. Dr. William H. Barton and interment in the Yaphank cemetery.
- [S30] Suffolk County News, Sayville, Islip, NY, 30 Jul 1920, p. 1.
Brookhaven Man Killed by Car.
Ira Gordon, 23 years old, son of Mrs. Annie and the late Fred Gordon of Brookhaven, died in the South Side Hospital, Babylon, Wednesday from injuries sustained in an accident Monday morning. Mr. Gordon, on his way to work for Colonel Green onhe Harrison estate, in Brookhaven, was riding his motorcycle along the main road, when at the entrance to Frederick Post's place [actually Frederick Kost, the artist, on Beaver Dam road], which is hidden by a high hedge, there was a collision with a motorcar owned by Mr. Post, who was driving out to the road. The young man sustained a broken hip and internal injuries. He leaves a mother, a brother Ernest, and three sisters, Lydia, Madeline, and Nettie Gordon.
See the Patchogue Advance account, which is more extensive and appears to be more accurate.
- [S2] Ralph Clymer Hawkins, 1897- ., A Hawkins genealogy, 1635-1939 : record of the descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Baltimore : Published for the Hawkins Association by Gateway Press, 1987), p. 154.
- [S30] Suffolk County News, Sayville, Islip, NY, 15 Mar 1901, p. 2.
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