SOURCE: History of the upper peninsula of Michigan : containing a full account of its early settlement, its growth, development, and resources, an extended description of its iron and copper mines : also, accurate sketches of its counties, cities, towns, and villages ... biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers.
Collection: Michigan County Histories Pages 504

NORMAN WILSON NORTHAM, proprietor of Florence Hotel, was born in Morristown, N. Y., St. Lawrence County, September 18, 1812; at the age of twelve years, he came to Menasha, Wis.; enlisted in the ninety days' service in 1861; enlisted for three years in 1862, and served during the war. He attended Eastman's Business College, in Chicago, and then went into a commission house, and was engaged in several other businesses up to 1871, when he was married to Miss Helen Tollmadge, of Calumet. Then spent four years on a farm; went to California for two and a half years in speculation; back to Calumet, Marinette, and to Florence April 17, 1882. He is a member of the Masonic order, and is now running the Florence Hotel in Florence, Wis.