"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN
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JOSEPH T. NORMAN, farmer and stock-raiser is a native of Overton County,
Tenn.; was born October 1, 1823, and is the youngest of the twelve children
of William and Mary (Kemp) Norman, natives of North Carolina and of English
extraction. William Norman came to this county in the fall of 1830, where
he entered land, and, with the assistance of his sons, made a very excellent
farm, which continued to be his home until removed by death. He had been a
soldier of the war of 1812. Joseph T. Norman was reared a farmer under his
father, obtained a pioneer education and remained with his parents until he
was about twenty-two years of age, engaged in rail-making, log-rolling and
clearing land. In 1844, he married Miss Betsey E. Williams, of North
Carolina, who lived to bear eleven children--Caroline, Nancy, Sarah,
Catherine, Jefferson, Joseph L., Frank P., George W., William (deceased),
Rutha J. (deceased) and Thomas A. He next married, September 7, 1864, Mrs.
Nancy R. Thomas, a native of Indiana, to which union were bestowed four
children--Grant, Sheridan, Daniel W. and Sherman (deceased). Mr. Norman has
been successful in this efforts toward independence, being possessed of 600
acres of land, much of which is improved, cultivated and stocked. He cast
his first vote for James K. Polk, but adopted the Republican party as soon
as born, and has adhered to it. He is a charitable, liberal citizen, and
much esteemed.
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