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Pardon the dark pictures. I had to snap these hastily under cover of twilight lest his father find out that I am sending him away and in his anger, eat him for dinner. Thank you for giving me a home.
I just want to grow up and love my mommy and not have Daddy eat me. Mommy let me watch a movie tonight and I will sing you this song when I get to your house. And even though I know how very far apart we are It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star.
This photograph was one of eight southern Michigan photos that I purchased in from an antique shop in Ontario, New York. All eight had once belonged to "A. As a lad, Arthur visited southern Michigan and befriended several families there. I believe the photographs were given to him as keepsakes when he returned to New York state. Of the eight photos, I have returned five to descendants of the photo subjects.
One subject had no issue; one is unidentified, and then there is this one. I believe this is a photograph of Hiram E.
Norton and his fiance, Clarissa, whom he married on January 16, Clarissa has consumed many of my research hours. I found the book while researching one of the other photos, William G. Below is the piece that is relevant to Hiram Norton. I have italicized portions that are of particular interest. Norton is the scion of the oldest of Michigan families, the founder having come here as early as the year He is a native son of the state, although familiar with other scenes and for a time a resident of the far west, he has paid this section the highest and most eloquent compliment within his power by electing to return and take up his permanent residence within its boundaries.
Norton is a blacksmith by trade and has ever since proved a public-spirited citizen. The birth of Mr.
The McNitt family came to Michigan in the spring of , not long after the engagement at Battle Creek between the whites and the Indians. The father was a native of Canada. He and his family resided in Kalamazoo county for four years and then removed to Hartford township, the date of the event being They too took up one hundred and sixty acres from the government.
The father who was a farmer throughout his active years is now retired and living in Gregory, Michigan. He is of very advanced age and enjoys the respect and confidence of the community in which he is so well known. The mother died in Norton, immediate subject of this review, is the sole issue of their union. Norton had the usual experiences of the young folks of his day and locality. At the age of thirteen years he decided to become a wage-earner and began work in a sawmill, in which he remained employed for a number of years. At the age of twenty-five years he learned the trade of a blacksmith and for a time owned a shop in South Haven.
He disposed of the South Haven interest and removed to Covert in , but shortly afterward was seized with western fever and went to Montana, where in Missoula he opened a shop. Throughout his absence from home, however, the charms of the old location remained vivid with him and resulted in his returning to Covert, where he now resides. To the marriage of the subject and his wife have been born two children, Leah, at home; and Myrtle, deceased. Norton is in harmony with the men and measures of the Republican party and takes no small amount of interest in local issues.
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He and his wife and daughter are members of the Congregational church and are valued helpers in its campaign for good. They are helpfully interested in all matters pertaining to the welfare of Covert and the county.
Listed in his household was Clarissa M. Norton , age 30, and as expected, their daughter, Leah M. Norton , age 4. Surprisingly, there was also a step-son listed, fourteen year old George R.
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