Harry "Deacon" Gordon was born March 26, 1874 in Bastrop County.  He married there in 1895 to Cealia Clark, daughter of Frank and Adeline Clark.  She was born December 25, 1881, and died August 28, 1968.  Harry was the son of Harry Gordon, Sr. and Iola Gentry Gordon.

Harry came to Coleman in 1924, and took a job picking cotton for Roland F. Kemp, who lived five miles south of Coleman on the Shield highway.  He then sent for his family, who were living in Temple at the time.  They lived in a tent on the Kemp farm until a house could be built.  After a few years, they moved to Coleman, and bought a house on East Pecan Street, across the railroad tracks.  In the July flood of 1932, they lost everything they owned.  After borrowing $300 from Henry Beau, Harry built a house on East 1st Street, where he lived until his death.

Harry’s wife, Cealia, worked for many years in the home of Sam Cobb.  Harry was a deacon in the True Vine Baptist Church.  Harry died January 24, 1980 at the age of  105.  Some of Harry’s descendants that have lived in Coleman in recent years are, David Jackson (grandson), Ernest Jackson (great-grandson), Frederick and Ernest Jackson, Jr. (great-great-grandsons), and Trena Jackson (great-great-granddaughter).  Harry and Cealia had seven sons and five daughters born to them.  Those living at Harry's death were: Viola Warrick of Coleman; Bernice Payne of Tucson, Arizona; Evelyn Payne of Sacramento, California; J. H. Gordon of Tucson; Odell Gordon of Palestine; Leamon "Dash" Gordon of Dallas; Harry Gordon, Jr. of Los Angeles; and Ben Gordon of Paso Robles, California.  Harry had over 200 descendants at his death.