John Gower Norton married his first wife (name and date not known). She died a few years later. They had at least one son, Charlie, and a daughter (name unknown). Charlie went to Mexico during a gold rush and was not heard of again.
John G. Norton moved on to Missouri and then to Kansas in the 1880s. The children of his first wife were on their own by this time.
On January 1, 1885, John Gower Norton married his second wife, Margueritte Frances Best in Mound Township, Phillips County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Sarah Spencer and George Franklin Best of Pennsylvania. They had 13 Children.
John G. Norton was basically a farmer, but also helped drill water wells.
John Gower Norton died on October 24, 1915; Margueritte (Best) Norton died on December 2, 1922. Both are buried in the Iowa Union Cemetery, Phillips County, Kansas.
John Gower Norton married his first wife (name and date not known). She died a few years later. They had at least one son, Charlie, and a daughter (name unknown). Charlie went to Mexico during a gold rush and was not heard of again.
John G. Norton moved on to Missouri and then to Kansas in the 1880s. The children of his first wife were on their own by this time.
On January 1, 1885, John Gower Norton married his second wife, Margueritte Frances Best in Mound Township, Phillips County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Sarah Spencer and George Franklin Best of Pennsylvania. They had 13 Children.
John G. Norton was basically a farmer, but also helped drill water wells.
John Gower Norton died on October 24, 1915; Margueritte (Best) Norton died on December 2, 1922. Both are buried in the Iowa Union Cemetery, Phillips County, Kansas.
Inscription
John Gower Norton was born in New Portland, Somerset, Maine. He was the son of Samuel H. Norton and Sarah Gower Norton, both of Portland, Somerset, Maine. He is my Great-Grandfather. He died in, or near, Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas---where I was raised.
Thank you.
Dixie (Demshock) Trent
Family Members
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Cora Luella Norton Hageman
1867–1949
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Annabel Norton Williamson
1869–1952
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Charles Arthur Norton
1871–1944
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Frank Wesley Norton
1885–1964
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Sabella Mae Norton Wells
1886–1976
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Leonard Carnelius Norton
1890–1952
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Ernest Vernon Norton
1891–1979
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Sarah Gower Norton Judd
1893–1948
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John A Norton
1895–1969
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Spencer Best Norton
1897–1965
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George Dewey Norton
1899–1963
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Joseph Frederick Norton
1901–1965
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Samuel Floyd Norton
1905–1989
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Nelson Lee "Pete" Norton Sr
1907–1978
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