The Hon. Sheridan McArthur Norton, s. of Joseph B. Norton and Prudence A. Hall, b. May 1, 1848 at Belmont, NY. He d. Apr. 15, 1905 at Friendship, NY.
On Sept. 1, 1880 at Friendship, NY, Sheridan m. May L. Robinson, 3rd eldest surviving dau. of George Washington Robinson and Athalia Rigdon, b. in Oct. 1854 (1900 census) at Friendship. She d. in 1954. They had one known child:
• i. George Robinson Norton, b. Feb. 8, 1883 at Friendship, NY, d. in 1926 at Buffalo, NY; m. at an unknown date, Helena ___, who survived him. They had no known children.
The following slightly abbreviated sketch is in John Stearns Minard's "Allegany county and its people" (1895, p. 252):
• [The] Hon. Sheridan McArthur Norton was born at Belmont, May 1, 1848. His father, Joseph B. Norton, was a native of this state, born in 1800, settled at Belmont in 1831, and died at Friendship in 1882. His mother, Prudence A. Hall, was born at New Hampshire in 1807, of good old Puritan stock, and is still living.
• Sheridan McArthur was the fifth child in a family of six children...His first seventeen years were passed on a farm. He then began varying his work and disciplining his mind by judicious study, reading and teaching school, and before he was twenty-one was made president of the Allegany County Teachers' Association, an event over which he was probably more elated than any other circumstance of his deservedly successful career. In 1871 he made choice of the law as his profession and commenced his studies with Judge James S. Green and Hon. D. P. Richardson at Angelica. Completing his legal education with Hon. Hamilton Ward and General Rufus Scott at Belmont, he was admitted to the bar in January, 1874. He immediately began practice at Friendship and soon acquired a valuable clientage, obtaining an extended reputation for advising settlement of disputes and keeping his clients from litigation, but winning their cases when necessary to be tried. He was popular as a referee, and from the time of his admission to the bar until the present has had an extensive business in hearing references.
• In 1879-80 and '81 he was a supervisor of Friendship, and for the last two years chairman of the board. He has been president of the Citizens National Bank of Friendship from its organization in 1882, was for a number years member and president of the board of education, has always taken great interest in town and county affairs, although the practice of his profession claims his principal attention.
• He owns and personally superintends a fine farm in Friendship, to which he turns for relief from the exhausting labors of his law business. He was interested in the first Richburg oil well, and during the period of the oil development at Richburg and vicinity paid much attention to it, being interested in many of the large operations, and he showed rare good judgment in withdrawing at the right time. He [was] also active... toward building the railroad from Friendship to Bolivar during that period, being one of the directors and active managers, and again showed sound judgment in stepping out of that enterprise at the right time.
• In 1880 Mr. Norton married Mae, youngest daughter of the late Gen. George W. Robinson. They have one son, George Robinson Norton.
• In 1889 Mr. Norton was elected county judge, and since that time he has faithfully discharged the duties of that office, and of the surrogate's court of the county. His decisions are characterized by strict integrity and judicial fairness. His thorough knowledge of the law enables him to determine correctly those intricate questions which challenge the abilities of the most learned judges, as in his decision in the notable Miner will case, which, under the advice of some of our most able lawyers and ex-judges, was carried to the Court of Appeals, which sustained Judge Norton's decision. In the fall of 1895 he presided for Judge Nash at Genesee during the protracted and fiercely-contested Father Flaherty case, winning many expressions of approval and admiration for his judicial capacity and acquirements. Judge Norton is a pleasant, forcible and entertaining speaker, and is in great demand to address societies of various kinds, for Fourth of July and Decoration Day efforts, etc. In November, 1895, he was re-elected county judge.
On Sept. 1, 1880 at Friendship, NY, Sheridan m. May L. Robinson, 3rd eldest surviving dau. of George Washington Robinson and Athalia Rigdon, b. in Oct. 1854 (1900 census) at Friendship. She d. in 1954. They had one known child:
• i. George Robinson Norton, b. Feb. 8, 1883 at Friendship, NY, d. in 1926 at Buffalo, NY; m. at an unknown date, Helena ___, who survived him. They had no known children.
The following slightly abbreviated sketch is in John Stearns Minard's "Allegany county and its people" (1895, p. 252):
• [The] Hon. Sheridan McArthur Norton was born at Belmont, May 1, 1848. His father, Joseph B. Norton, was a native of this state, born in 1800, settled at Belmont in 1831, and died at Friendship in 1882. His mother, Prudence A. Hall, was born at New Hampshire in 1807, of good old Puritan stock, and is still living.
• Sheridan McArthur was the fifth child in a family of six children...His first seventeen years were passed on a farm. He then began varying his work and disciplining his mind by judicious study, reading and teaching school, and before he was twenty-one was made president of the Allegany County Teachers' Association, an event over which he was probably more elated than any other circumstance of his deservedly successful career. In 1871 he made choice of the law as his profession and commenced his studies with Judge James S. Green and Hon. D. P. Richardson at Angelica. Completing his legal education with Hon. Hamilton Ward and General Rufus Scott at Belmont, he was admitted to the bar in January, 1874. He immediately began practice at Friendship and soon acquired a valuable clientage, obtaining an extended reputation for advising settlement of disputes and keeping his clients from litigation, but winning their cases when necessary to be tried. He was popular as a referee, and from the time of his admission to the bar until the present has had an extensive business in hearing references.
• In 1879-80 and '81 he was a supervisor of Friendship, and for the last two years chairman of the board. He has been president of the Citizens National Bank of Friendship from its organization in 1882, was for a number years member and president of the board of education, has always taken great interest in town and county affairs, although the practice of his profession claims his principal attention.
• He owns and personally superintends a fine farm in Friendship, to which he turns for relief from the exhausting labors of his law business. He was interested in the first Richburg oil well, and during the period of the oil development at Richburg and vicinity paid much attention to it, being interested in many of the large operations, and he showed rare good judgment in withdrawing at the right time. He [was] also active... toward building the railroad from Friendship to Bolivar during that period, being one of the directors and active managers, and again showed sound judgment in stepping out of that enterprise at the right time.
• In 1880 Mr. Norton married Mae, youngest daughter of the late Gen. George W. Robinson. They have one son, George Robinson Norton.
• In 1889 Mr. Norton was elected county judge, and since that time he has faithfully discharged the duties of that office, and of the surrogate's court of the county. His decisions are characterized by strict integrity and judicial fairness. His thorough knowledge of the law enables him to determine correctly those intricate questions which challenge the abilities of the most learned judges, as in his decision in the notable Miner will case, which, under the advice of some of our most able lawyers and ex-judges, was carried to the Court of Appeals, which sustained Judge Norton's decision. In the fall of 1895 he presided for Judge Nash at Genesee during the protracted and fiercely-contested Father Flaherty case, winning many expressions of approval and admiration for his judicial capacity and acquirements. Judge Norton is a pleasant, forcible and entertaining speaker, and is in great demand to address societies of various kinds, for Fourth of July and Decoration Day efforts, etc. In November, 1895, he was re-elected county judge.
The Hon. Sheridan McArthur Norton, s. of Joseph B. Norton and Prudence A. Hall, b. May 1, 1848 at Belmont, NY. He d. Apr. 15, 1905 at Friendship, NY.
On Sept. 1, 1880 at Friendship, NY, Sheridan m. May L. Robinson, 3rd eldest surviving dau. of George Washington Robinson and Athalia Rigdon, b. in Oct. 1854 (1900 census) at Friendship. She d. in 1954. They had one known child:
• i. George Robinson Norton, b. Feb. 8, 1883 at Friendship, NY, d. in 1926 at Buffalo, NY; m. at an unknown date, Helena ___, who survived him. They had no known children.
The following slightly abbreviated sketch is in John Stearns Minard's "Allegany county and its people" (1895, p. 252):
• [The] Hon. Sheridan McArthur Norton was born at Belmont, May 1, 1848. His father, Joseph B. Norton, was a native of this state, born in 1800, settled at Belmont in 1831, and died at Friendship in 1882. His mother, Prudence A. Hall, was born at New Hampshire in 1807, of good old Puritan stock, and is still living.
• Sheridan McArthur was the fifth child in a family of six children...His first seventeen years were passed on a farm. He then began varying his work and disciplining his mind by judicious study, reading and teaching school, and before he was twenty-one was made president of the Allegany County Teachers' Association, an event over which he was probably more elated than any other circumstance of his deservedly successful career. In 1871 he made choice of the law as his profession and commenced his studies with Judge James S. Green and Hon. D. P. Richardson at Angelica. Completing his legal education with Hon. Hamilton Ward and General Rufus Scott at Belmont, he was admitted to the bar in January, 1874. He immediately began practice at Friendship and soon acquired a valuable clientage, obtaining an extended reputation for advising settlement of disputes and keeping his clients from litigation, but winning their cases when necessary to be tried. He was popular as a referee, and from the time of his admission to the bar until the present has had an extensive business in hearing references.
• In 1879-80 and '81 he was a supervisor of Friendship, and for the last two years chairman of the board. He has been president of the Citizens National Bank of Friendship from its organization in 1882, was for a number years member and president of the board of education, has always taken great interest in town and county affairs, although the practice of his profession claims his principal attention.
• He owns and personally superintends a fine farm in Friendship, to which he turns for relief from the exhausting labors of his law business. He was interested in the first Richburg oil well, and during the period of the oil development at Richburg and vicinity paid much attention to it, being interested in many of the large operations, and he showed rare good judgment in withdrawing at the right time. He [was] also active... toward building the railroad from Friendship to Bolivar during that period, being one of the directors and active managers, and again showed sound judgment in stepping out of that enterprise at the right time.
• In 1880 Mr. Norton married Mae, youngest daughter of the late Gen. George W. Robinson. They have one son, George Robinson Norton.
• In 1889 Mr. Norton was elected county judge, and since that time he has faithfully discharged the duties of that office, and of the surrogate's court of the county. His decisions are characterized by strict integrity and judicial fairness. His thorough knowledge of the law enables him to determine correctly those intricate questions which challenge the abilities of the most learned judges, as in his decision in the notable Miner will case, which, under the advice of some of our most able lawyers and ex-judges, was carried to the Court of Appeals, which sustained Judge Norton's decision. In the fall of 1895 he presided for Judge Nash at Genesee during the protracted and fiercely-contested Father Flaherty case, winning many expressions of approval and admiration for his judicial capacity and acquirements. Judge Norton is a pleasant, forcible and entertaining speaker, and is in great demand to address societies of various kinds, for Fourth of July and Decoration Day efforts, etc. In November, 1895, he was re-elected county judge.
On Sept. 1, 1880 at Friendship, NY, Sheridan m. May L. Robinson, 3rd eldest surviving dau. of George Washington Robinson and Athalia Rigdon, b. in Oct. 1854 (1900 census) at Friendship. She d. in 1954. They had one known child:
• i. George Robinson Norton, b. Feb. 8, 1883 at Friendship, NY, d. in 1926 at Buffalo, NY; m. at an unknown date, Helena ___, who survived him. They had no known children.
The following slightly abbreviated sketch is in John Stearns Minard's "Allegany county and its people" (1895, p. 252):
• [The] Hon. Sheridan McArthur Norton was born at Belmont, May 1, 1848. His father, Joseph B. Norton, was a native of this state, born in 1800, settled at Belmont in 1831, and died at Friendship in 1882. His mother, Prudence A. Hall, was born at New Hampshire in 1807, of good old Puritan stock, and is still living.
• Sheridan McArthur was the fifth child in a family of six children...His first seventeen years were passed on a farm. He then began varying his work and disciplining his mind by judicious study, reading and teaching school, and before he was twenty-one was made president of the Allegany County Teachers' Association, an event over which he was probably more elated than any other circumstance of his deservedly successful career. In 1871 he made choice of the law as his profession and commenced his studies with Judge James S. Green and Hon. D. P. Richardson at Angelica. Completing his legal education with Hon. Hamilton Ward and General Rufus Scott at Belmont, he was admitted to the bar in January, 1874. He immediately began practice at Friendship and soon acquired a valuable clientage, obtaining an extended reputation for advising settlement of disputes and keeping his clients from litigation, but winning their cases when necessary to be tried. He was popular as a referee, and from the time of his admission to the bar until the present has had an extensive business in hearing references.
• In 1879-80 and '81 he was a supervisor of Friendship, and for the last two years chairman of the board. He has been president of the Citizens National Bank of Friendship from its organization in 1882, was for a number years member and president of the board of education, has always taken great interest in town and county affairs, although the practice of his profession claims his principal attention.
• He owns and personally superintends a fine farm in Friendship, to which he turns for relief from the exhausting labors of his law business. He was interested in the first Richburg oil well, and during the period of the oil development at Richburg and vicinity paid much attention to it, being interested in many of the large operations, and he showed rare good judgment in withdrawing at the right time. He [was] also active... toward building the railroad from Friendship to Bolivar during that period, being one of the directors and active managers, and again showed sound judgment in stepping out of that enterprise at the right time.
• In 1880 Mr. Norton married Mae, youngest daughter of the late Gen. George W. Robinson. They have one son, George Robinson Norton.
• In 1889 Mr. Norton was elected county judge, and since that time he has faithfully discharged the duties of that office, and of the surrogate's court of the county. His decisions are characterized by strict integrity and judicial fairness. His thorough knowledge of the law enables him to determine correctly those intricate questions which challenge the abilities of the most learned judges, as in his decision in the notable Miner will case, which, under the advice of some of our most able lawyers and ex-judges, was carried to the Court of Appeals, which sustained Judge Norton's decision. In the fall of 1895 he presided for Judge Nash at Genesee during the protracted and fiercely-contested Father Flaherty case, winning many expressions of approval and admiration for his judicial capacity and acquirements. Judge Norton is a pleasant, forcible and entertaining speaker, and is in great demand to address societies of various kinds, for Fourth of July and Decoration Day efforts, etc. In November, 1895, he was re-elected county judge.
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