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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Merritt Michael Norton ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Norton, Merritt Michael
LAST NAME: Norton FIRST NAME: Merritt MIDDLE NAME: Michael NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 22 Jul 1831 DIED: 7 Feb 1904 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  Minister
BIRTH PLACE:  Rome, Oneida Co, New York
DEATH PLACE: Polk Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1860 OR CENSUS – M.M. Norton (28y, b New York, occupation farmer); living with family of Joseph Chapman

1880 OR CENSUS – M.M. Norton (49y, b New York, occupation minister); living with family of John Divine

SPELLING Variations - Merit; Merritt

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Polk County 1904) #129 - Merit Michael Norton, male, minister, single, b. 22 July 1831 in Rome, New York, d. 7 Feb 1904, 5 mi NW of Salem (residence of G.W. Porter) at the age of 72 years 6 mos 16 days, interment Zena; informant Jas. R. Shephard, Salem RFD 
[Note on certificate says “he never talked of his relatives and has none in Oregon”]

OBITUARY: 

Rev Merritt Norton died near Zena last week, aged 73.

Polk County Itemizer, Friday, February 12, 1904, 2:1  

INSCRIPTION: 

Merritt Michael Norton
July 22, 1831
Feb. 7, 1904
I Have Fought A Good Fight

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Polk County 1904) #129

1860 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#155)

1880 OR CENSUS (Linn co, Waterloo, ED 73, FA#48)

Polk County Itemizer, 12 Feb 1904, 2:1

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