McKendree D. Norton
McKendree D. Norton, farmer, P. O. Earlville, was born in Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, November 6, 1836; son of Joseph and Jeannette (Graham) Norton, who were the parents of six children, of whom four are now living: McK. D.; Charles S.; Angelina, wife of A. J. Powell, and Maxwell G. Joseph Norton, a native of Milford, Conn., came to this county in 1834, and located in Brimfield Township, where he worked at shoe-making for several years. He afterward went to Edinburg and from there to Franklin, where he now resides. The subject of this sketch was in the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting in the Ninth Ohio Independent Battery. He served as a private, Corporal and Sergeant, and participated in all the engagements of the battery. January 19, 1862, they had their first engagement, at Fishing Creek, Ky., and March 22, 1862, they were under fire seven hours, and threw 200 shells; August, 1862, they were shut in the Cumberland Gap by the enemy for one month, without communication and short of rations. The battery participated in many engagements, in which they were always victorious. Since the war Mr. Norton has been engaged in farming and has resided on his present farm since 1874. He was married, August 20, 1868, to Rachel D., daughter of James D. and Mary R. (Olin) Haymaker, of Franklin, by whom he had one child—Nettie (deceased). Mrs. Norton is a member of the Universalist Church. Mr. Norton is a Democrat in politics; a member of the G. A. R.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885