A HISTORY OF KNOX AND DAVIESS COUNTIES, INDIANA"
1886 GOODSPEED BROTHERS PRINTING. CHICAGO.
DAVIESS COUNTY, IN.
BARR TOWNSHIP 827
GEORGE E. NORRIS, one of the prominent farmers of Daviess County,
Ind., is a native of the county where he now resides, born in 1831.
His parents, John D. and Elizabeth (HAYS) Norris, were natives of
Kentucky and Maryland, respectively, both born in 1808. They were
married about 1829 in Daviess County, where they followed the lives
of farmers. The mother died in 1854, and the father in 1880.
Our subject's boyhood days were spent on the farm and in attending
the district schools. At the age of twenty-one he began farming for
himself on a rented place, continuing about fifteen years. He then
purchased seventy-eight acres of land, and since that time he and
his two boys have increased their farm to 340 acres. Besides this
he owns a saw-mill and some very valuable machinery.
In 1851 he was married to Julia A. KIDWELL, born in Kentucky in
1836, daughter of Thomas and Theresa (ARVIN) Kidwell. They became
the parents of these children: John, James, Martha, Sarah, Theresa,
Francis, Susan, Louis, George, Thomas, Mary, and an infant. The
family are Catholic, and Mr. Norris is a Democrat, and cast his
first vote for Buchanan.
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Daviess County, Indiana History by L. Rex Myers pg 307 says that George Elias
Norris owned and operated one of the first steam engines in Daviess Co for
the purpose of threshing and sawmill operations. He was killed when his
engine blew up.
On 1870 Daviess Co IN Census
George E. Norris, age 39, w m b. IN Barr Twp 306-154