Hampshire County MA Archives Obituaries.....Norton, Joseph Drances April 26, 1902
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Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton; April 28, 1902
1902, April 28 -- LOUDVILLE -- DEATH OF J. D. NORTON -- Joseph Drances Norton, 86,
died at his home 
in Loudville, Saturday afternoon from the breaking down of the system resulting from
old age. Mr. Norton 
was a life-long resident of Westhampton [Loudville] and was widely known from his
connection with the 
wood-turning business, which he established 50 years ago, and which has of late been
conducted by his 
son, Leonard Marshal Norton. Mr. Norton was born in Westhampton, August 18, 1815. He
learned the 
carpenter trade and established the wood-turning manufactory in Westhampton when a
young man. He 
married Miss Anna Elwell Bridgman of Westhampton, who died about five years ago. He
leaves besides his 
son, two daughters, Mrs Albert Eli Metcalf [Isabella Norton Metcalf] and Miss Mary
Submit Norton, both of 
Westhampton. Mr. Norton was a member of the Congregational Church in Westhampton.
The funeral was 
held this afternoon. -- Daily Hampshire Gazette.

Additional Comments:
Joseph Drances Norton was the son of Joseph and Miriam (Kingsley) Norton. He married
Anna Elwell 
Bridgman on October 8, 1840. She was born September 7, 1819, the daughter of Spencer
and Dotha (Burt) 
Bridgman. She died October 15, 1897. They, and most of their nine children, are
buried in the Center 
Cemetery in Westhampton, Massachusetts. Only one of their children, daughter
Isabella, ever married. 

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