Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Norton, Julian P. 1858 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

JULIAN P. NORTON.

   Julian P. Norton, proprietor of a grain elevator at Clifford, has in his
career the elements which ever bring success, unabating energy, unfaltering
perseverance and industry—and as farmer and grain dealer he has won an enviable
reputation.

   Mr. Norton was born in Flat Rock township, on the 10th of April, 1858, and is
a son of Jacob and Jane (Perry) Norton. His paternal grandfather was William
Norton, a native of Ohio, who brought his family to Indiana at an early day. He
followed farming and his efforts resulted in bringing to him substantial
success. His last years were spent in the village of Hope, where he died in
1882. Jacob Norton was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, and was five years of age
at the time of removal to Indiana, where he was reared on the old homestead,
receiving ample training in the labor of the field although his educational
privileges were somewhat limited, owing to the primitive condition of the
schools. He engaged in farming and in addition was for many years actively,
identified with the work of the ministry as a preacher of the Methodist
Episcopal church. His deep religious nature led him to earnest and unfaltering
effort in the inculcation of principles of the gospel in the minds and hearts of
his fellow men. His home was upon his farm of two hundred and sixty-four acres,
but during the last twenty years of his life he was almost wholly engaged in
ministering to the discouraged and leading men to walk in the footsteps of his
Master. He died August 27, 1898. His children were Demia, the wife of John
Bruce, a farmer of Clay township; F. D., a practicing physician of Petersville;
Osman, who died at twenty-one years of age; Julian P.; S. W., a farmer of Flat
Rock township; W. J., who is in the practice of medicine in Hope and is
represented on another page of this work; Charles S., the manager of a long
distance telephone system at Indianapolis: and Frank, who died at the age of
fourteen.

   Julian P. Norton attended the district schools, acquiring a fair knowledge of
the common branches. He was married September 4, 1881, to Miss Phoebe Linke, a
daughter of William and Christiana (Boyd) Linke, both of whom were natives of
this county. In early life her father was a farmer, but soon turned his
attention to merchandising, which he followed at Clifford for forty years. He
formerly endorsed the Democratic party, but became a Republican and so continued
until his death. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and died in that
faith in July, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Norton are the parents of three children:
Jessie, the wife of William Reed, of Clifford: Grace and Raymond.

   Mr. Norton owns sixty-two acres of land, and in addition owns and operates an
elevator at Clifford. His shipments are constantly increasing, most of the grain
going out of this neighborhood being handled by him. Utilizing business
opportunities, he has gradually advanced on the high road to success. He is a
valued member of the Masonic order and the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias
fraternities, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Modern Woodmen of America and
the Daughters of Rebekah. He votes with the Republican party and is an active
and influential member of the Methodist Episcopal church. For fifteen years he
has been superintendent of the Sunday school.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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