Editing Louis Jordan (section)

=== Marriages ===
Jordan was married five times. His first wife, Julia (also called Julie) was from [[Arkadelphia, Arkansas]]. Soon after their wedding, Julia gave birth to a daughter, Patty, who turned out to be another man's child.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last1=Chilton |first1=John |title=Let the Good Times roll: The Story of Louis Jordan and His Music |date=1997 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=047208478X |edition=1st paperback}}</ref>

In 1932, Jordan met Ida Fields, a Texas-born singer and dancer, in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]]. They married that year. Ida was six years his senior and a member of a traveling dance troupe called the Florida Orange Blossoms. Ida sued Jordan for bigamy in 1943. He claimed she was aware that he was still married. Ida was awarded a $70,000 judgment, later reduced to $30,000.<ref name=":1">{{cite book |last1=Koch |first1=Stephen |title=Louis Jordan: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B |date=2014 |publisher=History Press |isbn=9781626194359}}</ref> She began billing herself as "Mrs. Louis Jordan, Queen of the Blues, and her Orchestra" before Jordan stopped it by stalling payments. In another court case, Ida was awarded a settlement of $50,000.<ref name=":0" />

In 1942, Jordan married his childhood sweetheart, Fleecie Moore. They later divorced. In 1947, Fleecie discovered Jordan was having an affair with dancer Florence "Vicky" Hayes and attacked him with a knife. She was arrested and charged with assault.<ref name=":1" /> Jordan married Vicky on November 14, 1951, in Providence, Rhode Island.<ref name=":0" /> They separated in 1960. 

He married Martha Weaver, a singer and dancer from St. Louis, in 1966.<ref name="encyclopediaofarkansas.net" /> Weaver being a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], Jordan sometimes attended [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Mass]] with her on Sundays, though he was raised a [[Baptists|Baptist]].<ref name=":1" />