HENRY NORTON
Henry Norton, a native of Derbyshire, England, was born on the 29th of March, 1831. When twelve years of age he commenced the tailoring trade, and so continued until March, 1865, when he came to Cass county, Iowa, and bought a farm on section 34, Cass township, where he has become one of the prosperous and successful farmers. He has since added to his original purchase 800 acres, which he has also nicely improved, beside a farm in Pottawattamie county, of eighty acres. He is devoting his attention to the raising and purchasing of cattle and hogs, having some of the finest in the township. Mr. Norton was married in Sheffield, England, on the 30th of November 1851, to Miss Jane White, a native of that country. Their union has been blessed with nine children...Anthony, a resident of this township; Anna, wife of E.S. Jones, and a resident of this township; Mary, wife of J. Merritt, of Pleasant township; John, married, and now living with his father; Clara, wife of G.F. Scar, a resident of Montgomery county; Charles, Edward, Matthew, Furmis and Winfred, at home.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 510.
