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Norton, John – Norval, Theophilus L
Norton, John
clergyman, author, was born May 6, 1606, in England. He was a puritan clergyman who came to New England in 1635, and in 1653 succeeded John Cotton as teacher of the church at Boston. Among his writings are, The Heart of New England Rent at the Blasphemies of the Present Generation; and Life of Mr. John Cotton. died April 5, 1663, in Boston, Mass.
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Norton, John
clergyman, poet, was born in 1651, in Ipswich, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman, pastor of the church at Hingham in 1678-1716, and is remembered for his Elegy on Anne Bradstreet, a poem of some force and merit. He died in 1716.
Norton, John Nicholas
clergyman, author, was born in 1820, in Waterloo, N. Y. He was an episcopal clergyman of Louisville, among whose many works are, Lives of Bishops White, Seabury, Bowen, Freeman, Provost, Stewart, Wilson, Claggett, Henshaw; Short Sermons for Families; The King's Ferry Boat; and Lives of Washington, Franklin, Bishop Berkeley, Archbishop Cranmer. He died Jan. 18, 1881, in Louisville, Ky.
Norton, Nelson I
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born March 30, 1829, in Cattaraugus county, N. Y. He was appointed a justice of the peace; was six years a county assessor; and five years a county supervisor. He was elected to the New York state legislature in 1861; and was a presidential elector in 1872; and in 1875 was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fourth congress to fill a vacancy.
Norton, Richard Henry
lawyer,, congressman, was born Nov. 6, 1849, in Troy, Mo. He has practiced law since 1870 in Troy, Mo. He was elected to the fifty-first congress, and re-elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Norton, S. F
journalist. He is one of the oldest and ablest editors in the west; and the founder of the Chicago Sentinel.
Norton, Sidney Augustus
educator, author, was born Jan. 11, 1835, in Bloomfield, Ohio. He is a scientist who has been professor of chemistry in Ohio university from 1873; and is the author of Elements of Natural Philosophy; Elements of Physics; Elements of Inorganic Chemistry; and Organic Chemistry.
Norton, Thomas Herbert
scientist, author, was born June 30, 1851, in Rushford, N. Y. During 1878-85 he was manager of chemical works in Paris, France; and since 1883 has filled the chair of chemistry in the university of Cincinnati. He is the author of numerous researches in chemistry.
Norton, William Augustus
educator, author, was born Oct. 25, 1810, in East Bloomfield, N. Y. He was a professor of civil engineering in Sheffield Scientific school, Yale university, from 1852. He was the author of Elementary Treatise on Astronomy; and First Book of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy. His contributions to current publications on scientific subjects were highly valued. He died Sept. 21, 1883, in New Haven, Conn.
Norton, William Harmon
geologist, author, was born April 3, 1856, in Willoughby, Ohio. He is now special assistant of the Iowa state geological survey. He is the author of Artesian Wells of Iowa; and has written several scientific papers on geology and paleontology.
Norval, Theophilus L
lawyer, 1847, in Fulton county, Ill. In 1879 he jurist, state senator, was born Aug. 26 , was elected to the Nebraska state senate.
In 1883 he was appointed judge of the and filled that office continuously until sixth judicial district to fill a vacancy, elected in 1889 a judge of the supreme court. He has also held that office continuously since, serving one term as chief justice; and was re-elected in 1895 for the term expiring in 1902.