Pattie Burton Alston

Wife of Dr. Walter Baker Jordan; daughter of Dr. William W. Alston and Mary Elizabeth Burton; granddaughter of Gov. Hutchins Gordon Burton and Sarah Welsh Jones of North Carolina. Pattie Alston Jordan and Dr. Walter Baker Jordan lived at "Springfield" farm in Carrollton from their marriage in 1871 until the death of Dr. Walter Baker Jordan. In 1895 she married her second husband Henry R Parker and had one son, John Riley Parker. Henry R Parker had been a close friend of the family and served as one of the pallbearers in the funeral of Dr. Walter Baker Jordan. A few years after the death of Mr. Parker, Pattie sold "Springfield" to her brother-in-law (Joe Jordan) and moved the children to the Berkeley section of Norfolk along with her elderly mother.

Pattie married Dr. Walter Baker Jordan in 1871. (Dr. Walter Baker Jordan was born on 24 Jan 1832 in Isle of Wight Co., VA, died on 24 Dec 1892 in Isle of Wight Co., VA and was buried about 27 Dec 1892 in St. Lukes Cemetery, Isle of Wight Co., VA.)