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Marriage: Children:
  1. Walter A. Norris: Birth: 16 MAY 1888 in Noble Township, Rush County, Indiana. Death: ABT 1960 in Rush County, Indiana

  2. Lowell O. Norris: Birth: 11 JUL 1889 in Noble Township, Rush County, Indiana. Death: AFT 1940 in Indiana

  3. Female Norris: Birth: 14 JUL 1895 in Rush County, Indiana. Death: 14 JUL 1895 in Rush County, Indiana

  4. Helen Norris: Birth: 29 MAY 1896 in Noble Township, Rush County, Indiana. Death: ABT 1975 in Indiana

  5. Benjamin Franklin Norris: Birth: 28 OCT 1900 in Noble Township, Rush County, Indiana. Death: 30 NOV 1962 in Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio

  6. Rema Mae Norris: Birth: 17 DEC 1906 in Noble Township, Rush County, Indiana. Death: AFT 1980 in Indiana


Notes
a. Note:   Gary, Abraham Lincoln; Centenniel History of Rush County, Indiana, Volume II, pages 217-218
  W. A. NORRIS, who is the president of the New Salem State
  Bank and a scion of one of Rush county's old pioneer families,
  has spent his entire life within the borders of the county, using
  his influence wherever possible for the promotion of enterprises cal-
  culated to be a lasting benefit to his fellow men. He was born on the
  farm in Noble township where he now lives, on October 7, 1858, and
  is the son of Benjamin F. and Charlotte (Chandler) Norris, both of
  whom were natives of Kentucky, the mother having been born and
  reared in Bracken county. Benjamin F. Norris was a son of Capt.
  Benjamin and Priscilla Norris, natives of Kentucky who emigrated
  to Rush county in an early day. In the War of 1812 Capt. Benjamin
  Norris was in command of a gunboat, in which capacity he served
  throughout that conflict. Benjamin F. Norris was but twelve years
  of age when he was brought to Rush county by his parents, who
  settled in Noble township and bought eighty acres of land. Here he
  grew to manhood and secured his education in the common schools
  of the neighborhood. He followed the vocation of farming through-
  out his life and met with a very gratifying measure of success, becom-
  ing the owner of 1,200 acres of excellent farm land. Of this, he cul-
  tivated about 640 acres, devoting his efforts to a general line of farm-
  ing and stock raising. He gave special attention to the raising of
  mules, always having a herd of them on his place, and he also feeds
  large numbers of cattle and hogs. To him and his wife were born
  ten children, five of whom are now living, namely : Lenora, Charles,
  W. A., Alice and Lotta. W. A. Norris attended the public schools of
  218 HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY
  Noble township and gave his father assistance in the operation of the
  home farm, remaining with him until his death. After the death of
  the father, the subject continued to farm on his own account, and he
  has been more than ordinarily successful as an agriculturist. He is
  cultivating 310 acres of land, all of which is located in Noble town-
  ship, and is devoting his time and energies to general farming and
  stock raising. He is a successful breeder of Shorthorn cattle and
  feeds from 300 to 400 head of hogs each year. He has put many
  good improvements on his farm and it is now one of the most up-to-
  date farms in this section of the county. In 1886 Mr. Norris was
  married to Ora May McMillin, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
  T. McMillin, and they have become the parents of five children,
  namely: Walter, who married Mabel Myers and has three children.
  "William, Harold and Richard; Lowell, who married Edith King and
  has two children, Mary and Paul ; Helen, wife of Loren Martin ; Ben
  F. and Rema May. Mr. Norris and his family are members of the
  Little Flat Rock Christian Church, of which Mr. Norris is the present
  treasurer. Politically, he is a Republican. Mr. Norris has long had
  at interest the welfare of his section of the county and took an active
  part in the organization of the New Salem State Bank, of which he
  was elected president and is still serving in that capacity.


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