John Fletcher Norris

1821 - 1886  (65 years)

• Name	John Fletcher Norris  [1, 2]
  Birth	11 Jul 1821	..., Franklin, Illinois   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Dec 1886	Wright, Mahaska, Iowa   [2]
  Burial	White Oak Grove Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa   [2]
  Person ID	I33600	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family	Laura Caroline Haskell,   b. 31 Dec 1829, Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont d. 23 Dec 1901, Dows, Wright, Iowa (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	26 Mar 1850	Vigo, Indiana   [1]
  Children	1. John C. Norris,   b. 20 Feb 1851   d. 10 Dec 1851 (Age 0 years)   2. Henriette E. Norris,   b. 10 Jan 1853, Wright, Mahaska, Iowa d. 16 Mar 1929 (Age 76 years)   3. Charles Norris,   b. 20 Jun 1854, Wright, Mahaska, Iowa d. 16 Oct 1923, Lebo, Coffey, Kansas (Age 69 years)   4. ... Norris,   b. 24 Aug 1856, ..., Mahaska, Iowa d. 24 Aug 1856, ..., Mahaska, Iowa (Age 0 years)   5. Fletcher Norris,   b. 15 Nov 1857, ..., Mahaska, Iowa d. 29 Jan 1932, ..., Mahaska, Iowa (Age 74 years)   6. Martha Jane Norris,   b. 5 Jul 1859, ..., Mahaska, Iowa d. 22 Aug 1915, Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa (Age 56 years)   7. Clarissa E. Norris,   b. 12 Mar 1861, Wright, Mahaska, Iowa d. 20 Oct 1935, Wright, Mahaska, Iowa (Age 74 years)   8. Horace Greeley Norris,   b. 29 Dec 1863, Wright, Mahaska, Iowa d. Mar 1951 (Age 87 years)   9. Wallace Nelson Norris,   b. 5 Jan 1865, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa d. 31 Jul 1938, Longview, Cowlitz, Washington (Age 73 years)   10. Elmer Clay Norris,   b. 8 Jan 1868, Wright, Mahaska, Iowa d. 8 Aug 1947, Fremont, Mahaska, Iowa (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F18070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Oskaloosa Weekly Herald December 30, 1886 In Memoriam JOHN FLETCHER NORRIS was born July 11, 1821, in Franklin Co., IL. His parents moved while he was small to Vigo Co., IN, at which place he grew to manhood. He was married March 26, 1850, to Miss LAURA C. HASKELL. In 1851 they moved with one child to Mahaska Co., IA, where they have lived all the years since. In the spring of 1884, thinking that he could secure more land for the benefit of his children, he went to Washington Territory, where he contracted a severe cold, and his health failed so rapidly that his friends feared that he would never be able to return; but through the blessing of God and medical treatment he recovered so far that, under the advice of physicians that the climate there was not good for him, his friends came back with him to Iowa. He died December 30, 1886, being 65 years, 5 months, and 19 days of age. He made no profession of Christianity until he was 37 years old. At a protracted meeting in the winter of '57-'58 he was converted, and to all who knew him before and since, it need not be said that the change from sin to righteousness was manifestly great. His outward life was upright, while his inward consciousness of saving grace was clear. During his last illness he requested his friends and children to sing and pray for him a number of times, and when asked if it was well with his soul, said that it was; he also often prayed for himself. He was very patient during his affliction; was conscious to the very last, and even after his eye-sight failed conversed with his friends. The last hour of his life and until he ceased to breath he seemed to be without pain. He leaves a wife and 8 children, 7 of whom stood around his bed weeping as he sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. One daughter, Mrs. A.P. Goode, is in Washington territory. Thus ends the life of this husband and father, brother in Christ and neighbor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S11239] Cemetery index, White Oak Grove Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, (Find-a-Grave).