James D. Norris Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Patricia Cooper - pcooper@peaknet.net

Surname: NORRIS
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 909

  JAMES D. NORRIS, owner of a farm of 35 acres on the North
Hampton road, in the town of Greenland, was born in Chelsea, Vt., Jan-
uary 9, 1838, a son of Jacob and Mary (Brown) Norris. His. parents
were both natives of Vermont, the father, a son of James Norris, being
a farmer. He was born in Chelsea in 1804 and resided all his life there,
being eighty-two years old at the time of his death. His wife was born
in 'Corinth, Vt. Their children were as follows: Ruth, wife of Davis
Norris; Edwin; James D.,Jacob Elwin; Mary E., wife of ,WIllIam H.
Norris, and George B. By a second marriage to Susan Gifford, after

Page 910

the death of his first wife, Jacob Norris had another child, a daughter,
Emily.
  James D. Norris acquired his education in the common schools, and
at the age of fifteen years went to Cambridge, Mass., where he entered
the employ of his brother Edwin, who was in the ice business. He then
went to work for Wood and Hall, on Harvard Square, Cambridge, and
was with them for 27 years-during which long period he never lost a
day's time. Entering their employ as clerk, he later became bookkeeper,
and still later foreman in one of the departments of their business, also
buying the goods. Afterwards coming to Rockingham County, N. H.,
he purchased his present farm on which he is now living practically re-
tired, except for a little gardening. A Republican in politics, he served
one term as assessor. 
  Mr. Norris was first married in 1862 to Martha Jane Hays, a daugh-
ter of Edmund H. and Eliza (Sands) Hays, of Cambridge, Mass. She
died in 1871, leaving a son, Edmund H., who for the last 30 years has
been assistant cashier for the Charles River National Bank at Cambridge.
This son has been twice martied; first to Alice Raymond, who bore him
two children, Raymond and Priscilla; and secondly to Myrtle Green-
hold, of which union there are no children. Mr, James D. Norris mar-
ried for his second wife Melissa Adeline Irving of Canterbury, N. H.
There are no children by this marriage: The members of the Norris
family attend the Congregational church. Mr. Norris has advanced to
a high degree in the Masonic order. He is a reliable and public spirited
citizen who takes a keen interest in local affairs and keeps well informed
on Current events. 

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