JACOB NORRIS, an extensive farmer and stock-raiser of Jefferson Township, was born August 14, 1825 in Coshocton County, Ohio, and is the son of William and Catharine (Reed) Norris, both natives of Ohio and of German extraction. The subject of this sketch was reared upon a farm. working during the summer months and attending public schools during the winter. He remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age, when he was married to Mary Bixler, native of Pennsylvania, October 8, 1846. Eleven children have crowned this union----Alfred (deceased), Martha (deceased), John, Jacob E., Lydia A. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics he is a Democrat. He remained in Ohio until the spring of 1865, when he moved to Owen County, Jefferson Township, where he at present resides. He received a little help in the way of a start in life, and has at present 440 acres of good land beautifully situated, and with most of the modern improvements. He is principally the architect of his own fortune, and has always been saving in his earnings and economical in his expenses
JACOB NORRIS, an extensive farmer and stock-raiser of Jefferson Township, was born August 14, 1825 in Coshocton County, Ohio, and is the son of William and Catharine (Reed) Norris, both natives of Ohio and of German extraction. The subject of this sketch was reared upon a farm. working during the summer months and attending public schools during the winter. He remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age, when he was married to Mary Bixler, native of Pennsylvania, October 8, 1846. Eleven children have crowned this union----Alfred (deceased), Martha (deceased), John, Jacob E., Lydia A. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics he is a Democrat. He remained in Ohio until the spring of 1865, when he moved to Owen County, Jefferson Township, where he at present resides. He received a little help in the way of a start in life, and has at present 440 acres of good land beautifully situated, and with most of the modern improvements. He is principally the architect of his own fortune, and has always been saving in his earnings and economical in his expenses
Family Members
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Martha Norris
1847–1849
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Alfred Norris
1848–1848
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Elizabeth Ellen Norris Dyar
1850–1904
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Catharine A Norris Barton
1852–1925
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William Norris
1853–1916
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Margaret Frances Norris Long
1855–1934
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Mary Amanda Norris Childress
1857–1925
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Henry Norris
1859–1875
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Jacob Elmer Norris
1862–1917
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Lydia A Norris Fiscus
1866–1907
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