Cowlitz County WA Archives Biographies.....Norris, M. D., Jesse Lot June 21, 1887 - 
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     JESSE LOT NORRIS, M. D.  One of the ablest and most highly esteemed 
physicians and surgeons of the Columbia River valley is Dr. Jesse L. Norris, 
of Longview where he built up a large and successful practice and is numbered 
among the representative men of the community. He was born in Rushville, Rush 
county, Indiana, on the 21st of June, 1887, a son of Jesse Robert and Nancy 
Agnes (Gray) Norris. His father was also born in Rushville, Indiana, in 1868; 
was graduated from the New York Academy of Music is 1888, and became a noted 
soloist on the B-flat cornet, playing with symphony orchestras abroad and with 
Sousa's band in this country. He died in Rushville in 1904. The American 
progenitor of the Norris family, which is of Scotch origin, came from the 
north of Ireland to Virginia early in the eighteenth century, and several of 
his descendants served in Washington's army. Nancy A. (Gray) Norris was born 
in Rushville, Indiana, January 1, 1868, and died there in 1902. Her ancestors 
migrated from the north of Ireland to Virginia at about the same time as the 
Norris family, and among her forebears were many lawyers.

     Jesse Lot Norris attended the public schools of his native county and was 
graduated from the Fairview high school, after which he attended Valparaiso 
University at Valparaiso, Indiana. He then matriculated in the Chicago College 
of Medicine and surgery, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor 
of Medicine in 1910.  For a time he served as interne in the Butterworth 
Hospital at Grand Rapids, Michigan, after which he served one year as 
assistant to Dr. Richard R. Smith, the noted surgeon of Grand Rapids. Dr. 
Norris then did postgraduate work in Rush Medical College, Chicago, the Royal 
College of Surgeons, in London, England, and other places, and then located in 
Lusk, Wyoming, where he conducted a private hospital for seven years. At the 
end of that time he came to Longview, where he has since been engaged in 
general practice of medicine and surgery. He has a nicely furnished and well 
equipped office in the Barnes building and has been very successful in his 
professional work.

     On October 15, 1912, in Burlington, Iowa, Dr. Norris was united in 
marriage to Miss Dora Ashworth Mott, who was born in Bushnell, Illinois, July 
13, 1895, a daughter William and Esther (Rockefeller) Mott. Her father was 
born in Exeter, Nebraska, June 16, 1868, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and died in 
1915. His wife, who was of English and French ancestry and was a fifth cousin 
of John D. Rockefeller, was born in December, 1868, and died in 1905. Mrs. 
Norris, who is a high school graduatte, takes an active part in local civic 
and social affairs; is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Order 
of the White Shrine; and is very fond of golf. Dr. and Mrs. Norris have a son, 
James Robert, born March 8, 1927.

     The Doctor is a republican in his political affiliations and fraternally 
is a member of Longview Lodge, F. & A. M.; Cheyenne (Wyoming) Consistory, A. 
A. S. R.; Korein Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Rawlins, Wyoming; Lusk 
(Wyoming) Post, A. L., of which he was vice commander; and belongs to the 
Longview Country Club, the Lions Club and the Officers Reserve Corps Club at 
Vancouver, Washington. He and his wife attend the Community church. The Doctor 
is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted from North Dakota in September, 
1917, in the United States Medical Corps, in which he was commissioned a first 
lieutenant. On December 17th he was sent to Kelly field at San Antonio, Texas, 
and in February, 1918, was transferred to Mitchell field at New York city. In 
May he embarked for overseas service and was attached to Base Hospital No. 29, 
at London, England, in which he served in the orthopedic department. In the 
fall of 1918 he was transferred to the Thirty-fifth division, which was in 
action near Verdun, and remained with the field hospital of that division 
until April, 1919, though he was in London when the armistice was signed. Re 
was honorably discharged at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, May 22, 1919, 
with the rank of captain. He now holds a captain's commission in the Officers 
Reserve Corps. He is affable and courteous in manner, is popular throughout 
the range of his acquaintance, and stands ready at all times to cooperate in 
enterprises for the general good. Because of his ability, sterling character 
and fine personality he is regarded as a distinct asset to his community.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 706-707

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