NORTON, HIRAM

NORTON, MATSON, GILMOUR, PIERCY

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Date: 11/19/2004 at 12:59:39

Biography reproduced from page 439 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Hiram Norton, son of Hiram and Betsy (Matson) Norton, was born in Steuben Co. N. Y., in 1839. When nineteen years of age he went to Bureau Co., Ill., and worked on a farm. In the winter of 1863-4 he came to Kossuth Co., Iowa, settling in Algona, and working on the farm of W. H. Ingham. In the fall of 1864 he removed to Cresco township, where he lived until the summer of 1866. He then took a homestead on the south half of the northeast quarter of section 24, township 97, range 29, Burt township, and built a sod house, 12x24 feet, in which he lived five years. In 1883 he erected their present residence, a neat frame building. He has a fine grove of four acres, a half acre planted in orchard, and makes a specialty of stock raising. Mr. Norton was married March 4, 1865, to Ellen, daughter of John and Jane (Gilmour) Piercy. Her mother is deceased. Her father is living with Mr. Norton. In politics Mr. Norton is a republican. He was elected trustee of Burt township for the year 1884.