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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Lauderdale County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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William M. Norris, a citizen of Hall’s Station, Tenn., was born at Fredonia, Ind., July 18, 1856, and was the youngest child in a family of three sons, and seven daughters born to Jimmerson and Martha A. (Webster) Norris, and is of Irish descent. His father was born and raised in Kentucky and married in that State in 1839. He moved to Indiana and settled in the southern part of the State, and died in Greene County Ind., in 1865 The mother was born in Kentucky in 1818, and is still living in Greene County, Ind., and a remarkably active woman for her age. Our subject was raised on a farm and received a common school education, and has made the lumber business his chief occupation. Mr. Norris was married at Lawrenceville, Ill., November 9, 1882, to Miss Eliza J Payne of Lawrence County, Ill., a daughter of Mrs. Burthena Payne. Mr. and Mrs. Norris have had three children, but one of whom is living- Jessie Pearl, born March 22, 1886. Mrs. Norris was born in North Carolina in 1862, and is a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Norris is a Democrat; he is a generous, kind-hearted man, holding the confidence of all who know him. He has recently erected a very comfortable dwelling house at Hall’s Station and is an industrious, prosperous man.
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This family biography is one of 116 biographies included in the book, The History of Lauderdale County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Lauderdale County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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