Selden Norton

NORTON, BEEBE

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 5/30/2002 at 21:39:15

Selden Norton, who resides in Clarksville, was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, in 1832, where he lived till eleven years of age. His parents were Nathan and Nabby Norton. They removed from Pennsylvania to Illinois about 1841. Mr. Norton came to Butler county in the fall of 1855, and settled in Clarksville. He settled on a farm in Fremont township, section 32, in 1864, which he still owns. His parents settled in Buchanan county, Iowa, in 1855, where they lived till death. He is the only one of his father’s family who settled in this county. He has two brothers in Buchanan county, a brother and sister in Illinois, and a brother and sister in Kansas. Mr. Norton married Sobrina Beebe, born in Ohio. Her parents, Eli and Olive Beebe, came to this county at the same time as Mr. Norton. Mr. and Mrs. Norton have one son – Albert S.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 526