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Among the early settlers of Vermont were the Norton family, who came from Ireland. Zopher NORTON, the father of Henry, was born in the
"Green Mountain" State, but moved to Ohio when a young man and settled on a farm in Geauga County. He was married to Esther BACON, and four children blessed their union: Lucy, Phoebe, Emma and Henry. In 1859 Mr. Norton came with his family to Lawrence County, Mo., and died at the comparatively early age of forty-five years. He was a Democrat. Henry Norton was born in Geauga County, Ohio, in 1846, and educated in the common schools, and was reared principally in Lawrence County. He was not old enough to participate in the late war, but was in the State Militia the last year of the war. In December, 1868, he was married to Delia BALDWIN, a daughter of Philip and Elizabeth BALDWIN, who came from Ohio to Missouri in 1840. The following children comprise Mr. and Mrs. Norton's family: William, Boone, Ezra, Loren, Luman, Luther, Lorena, Armita and Nellie. Mr. Norton and wife lived on a farm of eighty acres until 1884, when they moved to their present farm of 200 acres. He is a Republican. Mrs. Norton's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Hardin DAVIS, were both murdered by the bushwhackers during the late war, and they left a family of seven children.
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