Biographical Sketch of Alexander Wilson NORRIS (1841-1888); Chester County, PA

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Alexander Wilson Norris, b.Lewistown, Pa., 4-11-1841;
d.Philadelphia, 5-21-1888; buried Reedsville, Mifflin Co.,Pa.;
son of Alexander Brown Norris and Mary Magdalene Swoyer, of
Lewistown and Washington, D.C.He was educated at Georgetown
Roman Catholic College; baptized member of P.E. Church: Captain
Co.D., 107th Pa. vols.; 20 months in southern prisons; mustered
out 1865: was admitted to the bar in Phila., 1867, from Law
Dept., Univ.of Pa.; appointed private secretary to Gov.
Hartranft, 1872; Reporter of Supreme Court, 1876; elected State
Senator, 1881; appointed U.S. pension agent at Phila., 1884;
Inspector General for U.S.G.A.R., 1873; also State and
Department Commander; colonel and aid-de-camp on staff of Gov.
Hartranft, 1877; also Judge Advocate General on staff of Gov.
Hoyt; elected Auditor General of Penna., 1886, and died while
holding that office.


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