Ancestors of Bessie Cone Norton
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Ancestors of Bessie Cone Norton Paul Tocci Ancestors of Bessie Cone Norton First Generation 1. Bessie Cone Norton-[2223],1 daughter of Frederick Harrison Norton-[1] and Bessie Ilean Wright-[1112], was born on 21 Mar 1914 in Tusculum, Georgia, died on 5 Oct 1971 in Baltimore (City), Maryland at age 57, and was buried on 8 Oct 1971 in Meadow Ridge Cemetery, Elkridge, MD. General Notes: Grandmom made up her own words including these below. There is no "official" spelings since they were all verbal. The spellings below are phoenetic. koogle: feces. Instead of her kids saying they had to poop, she had them say they had to koogle. Koogle was the brand name for a flavored peanut butter marketed by Kraft Foods. Kraft introduced Koogle in 1971, and discontinued it later that decade. It was available in several flavors, including chocolate , cinnamon, strawberry, vanilla and banana. fewta fanta fiola: something she would chant when she was happy calamagra: bruzzy: soft, fuzzy blanket or sweater used to keep warm goozlum: any gravy like food muzry: person or animal that has a sweet, lovable appearance (that cat has a muzry face) Bessie married Nile August Fish Sr-[2] [MRIN: 3], son of Wilson Fish-[2163] and Melissa Isabel Longmire-[2288], on 23 Apr 1929 in Effingham County, Georgia.2 Marriage Notes: 1 NOTE 1930 United States Federal Census Nile Fish 28 1901 Iowa Head White Election District 15,Baltimore, MD Bessie Fish 16 1913 WifeElection District 15, Baltimore, MD Children from this marriage were: i. Niton Dwight Fish-[113] ii. Alice Jean Fish-[224] iii. Bessie Ilean Fish-[335] iv. Wilson Frederick "Willie" Fish-[446] v. Nile August "Ducky" Fish Jr-[557] vi. Leota "Pearl" Fish-[668] Second Generation (Parents) 2. Frederick Harrison Norton-[1],3 son of Alexander Calhoun Norton-[5744] and Mary Dick Harrison-[7529], was born on 28 Aug 1882 in Elloree, South Carolina, died on 23 Jul 1940 in Essex, Maryland at age 57, and was buried in 1940 in Guyton Cemetery, Georgia. General Notes: Henrietta Garvin said he died at his son Fred's (and Elizabeth's) house 908 Lutz Ave in Essex, Maryland Name: Fred H Norton Jr. Age in 1910: 2/12 Estimated birth year: abt 1910 Birthplace: Georgia Relation to Head of House: Son Father's name: Fred H Norton Father's Birth Place: South Carolina Mother's name: Bessie Norton Mother's Birth Place: Georgia Home in 1910: Militia District 10, Effingham, Georgia Marital Status: Single Race: White 1 Produced by Legacy on 19 May 2012 Ancestors of Bessie Cone Norton Gender: Male Fred H Norton 27 Bessie Norton 23 Fred H Norton Jr. 2/12 (This is rally Wm Fred Norton) ================================================== 1920 Census Name: Fred H Norton Home in 1920: Guyton, Effingham, Georgia Age: 37 Estimated birth year: abt 1883 Birthplace: South Carolina Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head] Spouse's name: Bessie I Norton Father's Birth Place: South Carolina Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Fred H Norton 37 Bessie I Norton 33 Fred W Norton 9 Frank A Norton 8 Victoria S Norton 7 Bessie C Norton 5 ================================================== 1930 Census Name: Fred H Norton Home in 1930: Guyton, Effingham, Georgia View Map Age: 47 Estimated birth year: abt 1883 Birthplace: South Carolina Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Bessie Norton Race: White Name Age Fred H Norton 47 Bessie Norton 44 Sidney Taylor 35 Victoria Taylor 17 Sidney Taylor 1 5/12 Georgia Taylor 3/12 2 Produced by Legacy on 19 May 2012 Ancestors of Bessie Cone Norton Noted events in his life were: • He resided at Fred and his brother came to Guyton as loggers. in Guyton, Effingham County, Georgia. Fred and his brother, Edmund, came to Guyton as loggers from Eloree, South Carolina according to both Georgia Taylor and Henrieta Norton. According to Georgia, Fred's family came and settled in Tuculum, GA. Fred was a blacksmith and lived very well while his children were young. Then their house burned down and cars came in and his work went downhll. He built a log cabin where Georgia and Syndey Jr grew up. Fred began to make whisky and that was his downfall. Frederick married Bessie Ilean Wright-[1112]3 [MRIN: 1] on 10 Dec 1908 in Effingham County, Georgia. Children from this marriage were: 1 i. Bessie Cone Norton-[2223] ii. Susan Victoria "Vic" "Vickie" Norton-[3334] iii. William Frederick "Fred" Norton-[4445] iv. Frank Alexander Norton-[6667] Frederick next married Otaitsa McCoy-[928] [MRIN: 2], daughter of Lawrence McCoy-[8437] and Adeline O-[8447], in Effingham County, GA. 3. Bessie Ilean Wright-[1112],3 daughter of William Winfield Wright-[1446] and Susan Victoria Cone- [1335], was born on 28 May 1886 in Guyton, Effingham County, Georgia,3 died on 7 Sep 1952 in Essex, Maryland at age 66, and was buried in Guyton Cemetery, Georgia. General Notes: Henrietta Garvin says that she died in Aunt Vic's cellar (Susan Victoria Norton) in Essex, Maryland. Bessie married Frederick Harrison Norton-[1]3 [MRIN: 1] on 10 Dec 1908 in Effingham County, Georgia. Third Generation (Grandparents) 4. Alexander Calhoun Norton-[5744],4, 5 son of Dr Alexander Robert Norton-[5625] and Julia Elizabeth Green-[5736], was born on 25 Aug 1843 in Elloree, South Carolina, died on 17 Sep 1911 in Tusculum, GA at age 68, and was buried in Guyton Cemetery, Georgia. General Notes: Biography: The Norton's of South Carolina originally lived near Gillisonville then moved to Robertville in Jasper County. The story is told that during the Civil War Alexander Calhoun was a spy for the confederacy. On one of his missions to Virginia, dressed in a Union uniform, he came to a farm and began asking directions about the Union Army. Mary was living on that farm with her grandparents. (She was raised by Annie Edmunds) Mary and Alexander exchanged gifts and he promised to return after the war. Alexander was once captured by the Union Army and sentenced to die but his guard fell asleep and Alexander killed him, took his gun, slit the tent open and escaped. Mary and Alexander lived on a farm near Eloree, South Carolina until about 1884. There is a story about their son Richard was the cause of their leaving their farm. The 1880 Census has them living in Poplar- Orangeburg SC Death dates taken from Tombstone, Guyton Ga. Henrietta Garvin says he lived in Eloree and in Holly Hills, South Carolina. ========================================================= According to Peggy Bashlor Baker, Ray Norton told her this story of how the family moved to Georgia. "Richard liked to gamble and often did with the hands that lived and worked on the farm where they had 3 Produced by Legacy on 19 May 2012 Ancestors of Bessie Cone Norton a lumber and turpentine business. On this particular night he went down to the shack where the hands slept and got into a card game. It wasn't long before one of the men accused him of cheating, (which could have been true). There ensued a terrible fight. One man ran for Richard's father, and he came back with a gun. By the time they got there Richard was being beaten within an inch of his life. Alexander shot and killed one of the men. The other one escaped and disappeared. Alexander and his son, Richard, were put in jail for murder and kept there 18 months before the trial came up. When it did they were convicted but managed to get a new trial. In the mean time they advertised in the newspapers all over the United States for the other man to return and give his testimony to clear them. The man did return from somewhere in Texas and his testimony freed both Richard and Alexander. However, because the time away from the farm and the expenses were so great, they lost their land and home and had to move to a smaller farm (about 15 acres) in Tusculum, Ga. " ============================================================= Summary: In the April Term of 1888, the South Carolina Supreme Court heard the appeal of State v. Norton. At McNeill's in Orangeburg County, South Carolina on June 23, 1887, Alexander Richard Norton shot J Lafayette Hamlin in the right side of the neck with a pistol and Alexander Calhoun Norton stabbed Hamlin in the right side of the neck with a knife. Hamlin died instantly. Mr Wilson witnessed the entire event and gave testimony for the prosecution. In the original trial AC and AR Norton were sentenced to death. The original trial was September 1887 before judge J. Aldrich in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The Supreme Court ruled on four points. 1. The charges should have been limited to one and not to both AC and AR having committed the murder. The Supreme court ruled that there is precedence that under certain conditions, it is permissible to have multiple charges. No error on the part of the original judge since it is one offense and two distinct counts. 2. The charge was obnoxious to art. IV. , section 26 of the Constitution. The supreme court ruled against this claim. 3. The supreme court ruled in favor of the appeal that the judge in the original case should not have told the jury that the defendents had a right to "stop a witness and correct him upon a false statement." 4. The supreme court ruled in favor of the appeal that the judge should not have told the jury that "I do not see any room for a verdict of manslaughter." The supreme court ruled that the case be remanded for a new trial.