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Norris, John – Northend, Charles

Norris, John

merchant, state senator, philanthropist, was born June 10, 1748, in Salem, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate. He was one of the founders of Andover Theological seminary and a large contributor to benevolent and religious enterprises. He died Dec. 22, 1808, in Salem, Mass.

Norris, John Samuel

clergyman, poet, was born Dec. 4, 1844, in England.

He has filled pastorates in the Christian churches of Rochester, N. Y., and many of the western states. He is the author of a work entitled Songs of the Soul.

Norris, Thaddeus

author, was born Aug. 15, 1811, in Warrentown, Va.

He was a Philadelphia business man who wrote much on sporting topics, and was the author of American Angler's Book; and American Fish Culture. He died April 10, 1877, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Norris, William Fisher

physician, author, was born Jan. 6, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has served as assistant surgeon in the United States army with the rank of captain. For many years he has been professor of ophthalmology in the university of Pennsylvania, and is the author of a text-book on that subject.

North, Charles Hamilton

merchant, was born April 8, 1832, in Thomasville, Ga. His youth was passed in West Windsor, Vt. He attended the common schools and subsequently entered the French academy of Waltham, Mass. For many years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and in 1867 built the packing house in Somerville, Mass. He is the founder of the North Packing and Provision company of Somerville, Mass., and a director in several business corporations.

North, Edward

educator, was born March 9, 1820, in Berlin, Conn. For forty years he has been the necrologist of Hamilton, and since 1881 has been a trustee of that college. He was president of the New York State Teachers' association in 1865.

North, Elisha

physician, author, was born Jan. 8, 1771, in Goshen, Conn.

He was a physician of New London, Conn., and the author of Treatise on Spotted Fever; Outlines of the Science of Life; and Uncle Toby's Pilgrim's Progress in Phrenology. He died Dec. 29, 1843, in New London, Conn.

North, John W

lawyer, jurist. He was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the district of Nevada, residing at Carson City.

North, Simeon

clergyman, educator, - was born Sept. 7, 1802, in Berlin, Conn.

He became professor of Greek and Latin at Hamilton college, held office for ten years, and from 1839 until his resignation in 1857 was president of the college. He was ordained to the ministry of the congregational church in 1842. He died Feb. 12, 1884, in Clinton, N. Y.

North, William

soldier, United States senator, was born in 1755 in Fort Frederick, Maine. He was aid to Baron Steuben in the revolutionary war, and afterward appointed adjutant-general. He was a senator in congress from New York, by appointment, in 1798, to fill a vacancy.

He died Jan. 3, 1836, in New York city.

Northcut, Hosea Allen

evangelist, was born Nov. 13, 1843, in Hannibal, Mo. In 1864 he was elected an elder of the church at Millport, Mo., and has attained success as a general evangelist of the Christian church, and it is said that over twenty thousand have been converted under his ministry in the United States and Canada.

Northend, Charles

educator, author, was born April 2, 1814, in Newbury, Mass. He was a prominent educator of Connecticut, and the author of Teacher and Parent; Teachers' Associations; Annals of American Institutes of Instruction; and Life of Elihu Burritt. He died in 1895.

NORTHEND, WILLIAM DUMMER, lawyer, author, was born Feb. 26, 1823, in Newbury, Mass. He is a lawyer of Salem, Mass., and the author of Speeches and Essays on Political Subjects; and The Bay Colony.