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Born 1839
From Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1909)
LEVI N. NORRIS.
Jjevi N. Norris has gained di-tinction as being the largest landowner in Coshocton county, owning seven hundred and twenty-five acres in Pike township, where he follows farming and stock-raising. He is a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, born May 17, 1889, of the* marriage of Thomas and Maria (PhilliiKs) Norris. The father died in the Keystone state in 1854,.jub.sequent to which time the mother with her five children, of whom Levi was the eldest, came to Cahocton county, arriving in the winter of 18o5-B.
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Mr. Norris was married June 4, 1884, to Miss Adaline Chancy, a daughter of Lewis and Catherine (Ashcraft) Chancy, and she has proved to him a valuable assistant on the journey of life. Mr. Norris is a democrat
Google in his political views and affiliations and has served as township trustee and school director for several years. While not accepting some of the dogmas of religious bodies and uniting with no church, he nevertheless is deeply interested in the moral progress of the community and is a liberal contributor to religious work. He and his estimable wife occupy a beautiful modern home and enjoy all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Mr. Norris is a splendid example of a self-made man, for he started out in life without any extraordinary family or pecuniary advantages and by indomitable courage and integrity has achieved both character and fortune.
As printed in Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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