NORTON BURIAL PLACE, Springfield Township, Marquette County, Wisconsin
Location: 4.5 miles north of Westfield Village limit on CTH CH.

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Recorded September 2, 1997 by L.L. Ketchum

Row/No.      Name                    Dates                    Inscription/Notes

N/A          Frank R. Norton         died August 2, 1857       "Son of Joel and  
                Mary Norton"; "2 years, 4 months, 16 days"


This burial place is approximately 30 feet off the east shoulder of CTH CH; an 
area resident continues to keep it mowed and places artifical flowers at the 
stone.  For many years mystery surrounded the grave and the little body it 
contained.  One story was that the child was Indian, another was that he was a 
child of a passing immigrant who had died enroute to a new home.   Then, in the 
1980's, a local historian received information regarding the identity of the 
child from the great-great-great-nephew of Joel Norton.  The Norton family were 
not passing immigrants, but were active members of the local community and, in 
fact, at one time owned the land on which the grave is situated.