Paraphrased from A history of Cass County, source also for the picture of the Jarvis couple:
Norman Jarvis, one of the prominent pioneer farmers of LaGrange, was born in Roan County, North Carolina. His father was Zaddock Jarvis, also a native of North Carolina, who married Lucy Owens and, by her, had seven children. In 1819, Zaddock emigrated to Indiana with his family, where he remained until 1833, when he came to Lagrange and settled. In the fall, he returned to Indiana for his family. Norman was at this time 12 years of age and his recollections of the trials, hardships and privations of the early days remained vivid. Norman left home at 18, when he began life as a boatman, working as a farm hand during the winter. In this way, he accumulated sufficient funds for the purchase of 80 acres of land in Pipestone, Berrien County. In 1842, Norman Jarvis married Margaret Simpson, daughter of Elias (a the pioneer of the county, who moved from Iowa in 1830). She was born near Chillicothe, Ohio and was six years old when her family emigrated to Pokagon.
Mr. Jarvis was denied the advantages of education. He was emphatically a self-made man, the architect of his own fortune. The two reared a family of 10 children: Mary, William, Rachel, Frankie, Jennie, Jasper, Ella, Lucy, Mertie, and Loramie.
From a contributor: You have Margaret Simpson Jarvis, Norman's wife, listed under the siblings. The siblings were Sarah Jarvis Moore, Burton Jarvis, Mary "Polly" Jarvis Sparks, Benjamin Jarvis, Zadock Jarvis III, and Edith Adel Jarvis Roe. (Note: another contributor made the sibling additions using the edit function. I don't know which is correct. JGP).
Norman Jarvis, one of the prominent pioneer farmers of LaGrange, was born in Roan County, North Carolina. His father was Zaddock Jarvis, also a native of North Carolina, who married Lucy Owens and, by her, had seven children. In 1819, Zaddock emigrated to Indiana with his family, where he remained until 1833, when he came to Lagrange and settled. In the fall, he returned to Indiana for his family. Norman was at this time 12 years of age and his recollections of the trials, hardships and privations of the early days remained vivid. Norman left home at 18, when he began life as a boatman, working as a farm hand during the winter. In this way, he accumulated sufficient funds for the purchase of 80 acres of land in Pipestone, Berrien County. In 1842, Norman Jarvis married Margaret Simpson, daughter of Elias (a the pioneer of the county, who moved from Iowa in 1830). She was born near Chillicothe, Ohio and was six years old when her family emigrated to Pokagon.
Mr. Jarvis was denied the advantages of education. He was emphatically a self-made man, the architect of his own fortune. The two reared a family of 10 children: Mary, William, Rachel, Frankie, Jennie, Jasper, Ella, Lucy, Mertie, and Loramie.
From a contributor: You have Margaret Simpson Jarvis, Norman's wife, listed under the siblings. The siblings were Sarah Jarvis Moore, Burton Jarvis, Mary "Polly" Jarvis Sparks, Benjamin Jarvis, Zadock Jarvis III, and Edith Adel Jarvis Roe. (Note: another contributor made the sibling additions using the edit function. I don't know which is correct. JGP).
Paraphrased from A history of Cass County, source also for the picture of the Jarvis couple:
Norman Jarvis, one of the prominent pioneer farmers of LaGrange, was born in Roan County, North Carolina. His father was Zaddock Jarvis, also a native of North Carolina, who married Lucy Owens and, by her, had seven children. In 1819, Zaddock emigrated to Indiana with his family, where he remained until 1833, when he came to Lagrange and settled. In the fall, he returned to Indiana for his family. Norman was at this time 12 years of age and his recollections of the trials, hardships and privations of the early days remained vivid. Norman left home at 18, when he began life as a boatman, working as a farm hand during the winter. In this way, he accumulated sufficient funds for the purchase of 80 acres of land in Pipestone, Berrien County. In 1842, Norman Jarvis married Margaret Simpson, daughter of Elias (a the pioneer of the county, who moved from Iowa in 1830). She was born near Chillicothe, Ohio and was six years old when her family emigrated to Pokagon.
Mr. Jarvis was denied the advantages of education. He was emphatically a self-made man, the architect of his own fortune. The two reared a family of 10 children: Mary, William, Rachel, Frankie, Jennie, Jasper, Ella, Lucy, Mertie, and Loramie.
From a contributor: You have Margaret Simpson Jarvis, Norman's wife, listed under the siblings. The siblings were Sarah Jarvis Moore, Burton Jarvis, Mary "Polly" Jarvis Sparks, Benjamin Jarvis, Zadock Jarvis III, and Edith Adel Jarvis Roe. (Note: another contributor made the sibling additions using the edit function. I don't know which is correct. JGP).
Norman Jarvis, one of the prominent pioneer farmers of LaGrange, was born in Roan County, North Carolina. His father was Zaddock Jarvis, also a native of North Carolina, who married Lucy Owens and, by her, had seven children. In 1819, Zaddock emigrated to Indiana with his family, where he remained until 1833, when he came to Lagrange and settled. In the fall, he returned to Indiana for his family. Norman was at this time 12 years of age and his recollections of the trials, hardships and privations of the early days remained vivid. Norman left home at 18, when he began life as a boatman, working as a farm hand during the winter. In this way, he accumulated sufficient funds for the purchase of 80 acres of land in Pipestone, Berrien County. In 1842, Norman Jarvis married Margaret Simpson, daughter of Elias (a the pioneer of the county, who moved from Iowa in 1830). She was born near Chillicothe, Ohio and was six years old when her family emigrated to Pokagon.
Mr. Jarvis was denied the advantages of education. He was emphatically a self-made man, the architect of his own fortune. The two reared a family of 10 children: Mary, William, Rachel, Frankie, Jennie, Jasper, Ella, Lucy, Mertie, and Loramie.
From a contributor: You have Margaret Simpson Jarvis, Norman's wife, listed under the siblings. The siblings were Sarah Jarvis Moore, Burton Jarvis, Mary "Polly" Jarvis Sparks, Benjamin Jarvis, Zadock Jarvis III, and Edith Adel Jarvis Roe. (Note: another contributor made the sibling additions using the edit function. I don't know which is correct. JGP).
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