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Born 1800, Allegheny county
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1881)
NORRIS E., Bedford township; postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1800 in Allegheny county, Maryland; moved to Belmont county, Ohio, in 181? and to this county in 1820 with his father, who was born in 1760 in Maryland. He married Miss Elizabeth Dager of the same county, who was born in 1775. He died in 1835; she died in 1855. They were the parents of eleven children, the subject of this sketch being the ninth. He was married in 1832 to Miss Mary A. Humphrey of this county, who was born in 1814 in Jefferson county. They were the parents of nine children, viz: Sarah J., deceased; Nancy, Clara, Stephen, Wilson; Martha E. and an infant, both deceased; John, and Viola.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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