Benton Co., AR - Biographies - John Milton Norris

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John Milton Norris, druggist, of Cherokee City, Ark., was born in 
Audrain County. Mo., in November. 1850, and there resided until 
sixteen years of age, when he went to Montgomery County, Mo., with his 
parents, and was there reared to manhood. He learned the plasterer's 
trade, and was a successful contractor in that business for a number 
of years, but was obliged to give it up after a time owing to the 
failure of his health. From 1877 to 1878 he was engaged in the livery 
business in Wellsville, Mo., and from the latter date until 1879 he 
was a druggist of Edgerton, Kas. From that time until 1886 he was 
engaged in various occupations in Missouri, Indian Territory, Texas 
and Kansas, meeting with varying success, and at the latter date 
located in Cherokee City, Ark., where he has been engaged in selling 
drugs. He also has a farm near the town, and, although he is a 
comparatively young man, his business ventures have been in the main 
successful. He owns a good farm in Kansas, and also some town property 
in that State. May 6, 1874, he was married in Wellsville, Mo., to Miss 
Eliza A. Baxter, of Iowa, and their union has been blessed in the 
birth of the following children: Thomas Harvey, James Monroe, Dellie 
Callie and one deceased. Mr. Norris was educated in the common schools 
and the Warrenton College (Missouri), and is a young man well versed 
in the various topics of the day. He is a son of Thomas and Eliza Ann 
(Straub) Norris, who were born in Ohio and Kentucky, respectively. The
father was a successful farmer. a member of the I. O. O. F., and 
belonged to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Owing to ill treatment 
during the war his health became very much broken, and he was taken by 
his son, John Milton, to Southern California, where he was kept three 
years. His health greatly improved, and he then returned home. He died 
in Denton County, Tex, at the age of sixty-five years. His wife died 
at the age of sixty-two years, a member of the Missionary Baptist 
Church. Their son. Maj. C. J. Norris, died of measles after his return 
from the army. He was in seventeen hotly contested battles, but was 
never wounded nor taken prisoner.