Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Norman, Robert 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

Robert Norman, who is engaged in general agricultural pursuits in Will 
township, was born in Devonshire, England, in 1854, a son of George and Louisa 
Norman, who were natives of England. The father was a landowner there, and a 
Knight Templar Mason. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Dr. George Norman, 
was a surgeon in the British army. Robert Norman is the second in a family of 
six children. He came to the United States in 1874, when twenty years of age, 
with his brother Fred, and soon afterward bought and settled upon the farm on 
which he now lives, on section 9, Will township. He has here four hundred and 
eighty acres of rich and productive land and also owns three hundred and 
twenty acres in Burleigh county, North Dakota. He was educated in the schools 
of his native country and throughout his entire life has followed agricultural 
pursuits, except two years spent in a bank in England, being now accounted one 
of the extensive and leading farmers and enterprising business men of his 
adopted county. He possesses sound judgment concerning agricultural interests 
and has displayed excellent business discernment. In 1880 Mr. Norman was 
united in marriage to Miss Mary Woodward, who was born in Canada, in 1858, and 
is a daughter of William and Annie (Christian) Woodward, who came to Monee 
township in 1865. There he lived for a short time, after which he purchased a 
farm upon which he resided until 1896. He then retired to the village of 
Monee, where he is still living, at the ripe old age of seventy-seven years. 
His wife, however, passed away in 1905, at the age of seventy-six years. They 
were the parents of three children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Norman have been born 
six children: George, who wedded Emma Westfall, of Will township, and a 
daughter of Charles Westfall, and has one child, Eunice Bonita, who is now 
eight months old; Edith, who is engaged as a teacher in the Crete schools; 
Lulu, a teacher of Will township; Lloyd, Hope and Frank, who are at home, the 
latter being engaged in teaching. The parents are members of the Presbyterian 
church and Mr. Norman holds membership relations with the Modern Woodmen of 
America and the Royal Neighbors. He now votes with the republican party and is 
interested in its growth and success, having given it his unfaltering support 
since the issue of "Free Silver," but was formerly a democrat, serving as 
committeman, etc. He served as township clerk ten years and has also filled 
the office of justice of the peace. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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