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Louisa Monroe (61918) & Robert Norton

65840. Ora T. Norton. Born in Nov 1825. Ora T. died in Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa on 26 Jan 1900. Buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden.

From the Hawarden Independent, Thursday, 1 Feb 1900:
Mrs. Robert Waudby died last Friday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Hill, a few miles northeast of Hawarden. She was 74 years of age and has been a resident of the home where she passed away the greater part of the time for the past fifteen years. The Independent extends its sympathy to the bereaved ones in their hour of sorrow.

Ora T. married Robert Waudby. Born on 1 Nov 1815 in Scarborough, Yorkshire. Robert died in Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa, on 21 Oct 1893; he was 77. Buried in Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden.

1885 IA census, Buncombe, Sioux, IA
Robert Maudby, 69, England
Orrey T. Maudby, 59, OH

From the Hawarden Independent, 26 Oct 1893:
Robert Waudby, living about three miles northeast of town, died Saturday from the effects of a kick received from a horse. Mr. Wardby was born Nov. 1, 1815 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. He married Miss Ora Norton in June of 1844 and soon after came to this country, settling in Illinois. They have also lived in Dubuque and Butler counties, Iowa, moving to this section about ten years ago. He was well and favorably known in this vicinity, and in his death the bereaved family have the sympathy of many frends. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Thrasher from the north side M. E. Chruch Monday.
NOTE: (He was buried in Grace Hill Cemetery Hawarden. Lists - Robert born 1 Nov 1815 died 21 Oct 1893 and wife Orrey or
Ora T. b. 27 Nov 1825 died 26 Jan 1900. Also is buried there Robert N. born 15 May 1862 died 24 Sep 1914. ( a son)
The submitter found the family in the 1885 IA census, living in Buncombe Tsp. Sioux County. Robert Waudby age 69 born
England, wife Orrey T. age 59, children - Adelaide age 33, Robert N. age 24, Lovicy age 21, Isabella age 17.

65841. Mary Jane Norton.

Mary Jane married David Harmon.

65842. Orrin M. Norton. Born on 27 Nov 1825 in Geauga County, Ohio.

From The biographical record of De Kalb County, Illinois, Chicago, Ill: The S. J.Clarke Publishing Company, 1898. p. 219.
ORRIN M. NORTON, who resides on section 2, Squaw Grove township, where he owns and operates a farm of five hundred and forty-five acres, came to Illinois in 1836 and is therefore justly entitled to the name of pioneer. He is a native of Ohio, born in Geauga county, November 27, 1825. His grandfather, Phineas Norton, was a native of Scotland, a pioneer of Vermont and a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His father, Robert Norton, was a native of Vermont, born in 1785, and who, as a young man, moved to Geauga county, Ohio, where he cleared a tract of land and engaged in active farm life. He there married Louisa Monroe, a native of Connecticut, her father, Joseph Monroe, being a pioneer of Ohio. The Monroes are of Scotch and English descent. In 1836 Robert Norton removed with his family to Kane county, Illinois, located near the village of Big Rock, where he resided for some years, then came to De Kalb county and purchased the farm where our subject now resides, where his death occurred in 1845, at the age of sixty-two years. His wife survived him many years, dying in 1878. They were the parents of three children, our subject being the eldest. Ora T. married Robert Waudby and resides in Sioux City, Iowa. Mary Jane married David Harmon, of De Kalb county. The subject of this sketch came to Illinois when eleven years of age, his boyhood and youth being spent in Kane and De Kalb counties. The education he received in the pioneer schools was very meager, but he has since become a well informed man by reading and observation. He remained with his father till the latter's death and then took charge of the farm and business. He was married in Kane county, Illinois, December 25, 1853, to Miss Jemima Drake, a native of Allegany county. New York, and a daughter of Eda and Hannah Drake, who were among the pioneers of Kane county. After his marriage Mr. Norton purchased one hundred and sixty acres which he located with a land warrant. He at once commenced the improvement of the place, and as his means increased bought more land until his farm comprised five hundred and forty-five acres. His farm is well equipped with all necessary outbuildings and modern utensils, and on the place is a neat and commodious residence. Although he commenced life with very limited means, he has been very successful and ranks with the best farmers of his township. Of the two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Norton, Alice died at the age of two and a half years. Charles grew to manhood, married Jennie Crosby and has three living children, Elmer, Carrie and Edna Blanche. He is now engaged in farming the old homestead. From the organization of the party to the present time, Mr. Norton has been an ardent Republican, and has given earnest support to every presidential nominee of the party. Both he and his wife are members of the Batavia Christian church, Mrs. Norton having been a member for about thirty-five years. When Mr. Norton came to Illinois, Chicago was but an insignificant village, and he has lived to see it take rank as the second city in the union. The changes that have been made in the sixty-two years of his residence in Illinois can scarcely be conceived. An almost unbroken wilderness at the time of his arrival, the Country is now dotted with flourishing villages, and the magnificent farms with their large dwelling houses and barns indicate that the people are indeed prosperous. The prosperity attending others has in a measure been meted out to him, and he is numbered today among the leading citizens of Squaw Grove township, with many friends throughout Kane and De Kalb counties.

On 25 Dec 1853 when Orrin M. was 28, he married Jemima Drake, daughter of Eda Drake & Hannah, in Kane County, Illinois.

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