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ELIZABETH BOYD and NATHANIEL NORRIS Lawrence County, Pennsylvania NATHANIEL NORRIS, was
born in 1832 in County Cork, Ireland, and came to America about the time
he attained his majority,locating in New Castle. He was a tanner by trade,
but did not follow his trade after coming to this country, but obtained
employment in the mills of New Castle, where he worked twenty-five years
in the capacity of a puddler. He is now retired from active work and owns
and lives on a lot covering about one and one-half acres, which is situated
within the present city limits. His wife, ELIZABETH BOYD, daughter
of James Boyd of Mercer County, was born in 1842. They reared the
following seven children: SAMUEL H., born 1863; JOHN B.,
1867; JAMES C., 1870; MINNIE M., 1874; CASSIUS, 1876;
CHARLES,
1877; and FRANK, 1884.
Source: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo, N.Y., 1897 |