Norman S. Norris (D.D.S.)  

To Dr. N. S. Norris goes the distinction of being Culver's first dentist and he likes to recall that he took the chance of opening an office here when the poplation was just slightly over 500, which is quite a gamble for a dentist. This was in 1904. For 17 years Dr. Norris also served as dentist for the academy. He is a member of...

Norman S. Norris married Matilda Hawkins. They adopted a daughter Bonnie who married [-?-] Rector.

His dentist practice remained opened until 1959.

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...The Norris Inlet, a stream tributary to Lake Maxinkuckee, was so named due to its nearness to the Norris land. A grandson of Ransom Norris and great grandson of the pioneer John Norris resides today in Culver, in the person of Dr. Norman S. Norris, a leader in the ranks of the dental fraternity. Dr. Norris has practiced in Culver since his graduation from the Indiana Dental College in 1904. He was born in West Township, September 6, 1879.

His father, Harvey Ransom Norris was born near Lake Maxinkuckee in 1851, and his mother, nee Louisa Adler, was a native of Stark County, Ohio. - - History of Marshall County Indiana Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986 (Taylor Publishing Co., 1986, Publication # 357 of 1422) Marshall County Historical Society pg. 328

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Norman Sylvester Norris Birth 6 Sep 1879 in Burr Oak, Marshall, Indiana Death 2 Sep 1957 in Culver, Marshall, Indiana Burial: Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana,

NORMAN S. NORRIS, D. D. S.
One of the acknowledged leaders in the ranks of the dental fraternity in Marshall county is Dr. Norman S. Norris, who has practiced in Culver since his graduation from one of the best known dental colleges in the state, the Indiana Dental, in 1904, and he has since steadily advanced in the profession. The Doctor was born in West Township, Marshall County, Indiana, September 6, 1879. His father, Harvey Ransom Norris, is also a native son of Marshall county, born near Lake Maxinkuckee in 1851, and his mother, nee Louisa Adler, was born in Stark county, Ohio and both are now living and residents of Union township.

Dr. Norman S, Norris, the youngest born of their four children, three sons and a daughter, spent the early years of his life on his parents old homestead, attending first the district schools of the neighborhood, and then the Markle high school, in which he graduated in 1898. During the two years following his graduation from the high school he taught school, and then entering the Indiana Dental College at Indianapolis he graduated there from in 1904, beginning at once his practice at Culver. The Doctor is a member of the Northern Indiana Dental Association, and also has membership relations with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the blue lodge at Culver. His political views are in harmony with the principles of the Republican Party.

On the 22d of July 1907, he married Matilda Hawkins, a daughter of Ezra and Mary Cabling Hawkins. Dr. Norris has been a life-long resident of Marshall County, and during the years, which have passed since he entered professional life, he has won for himself a place of distinction in the dental fraternity in this community. He has an office well equipped with modern appliances, and keeps in touch with the advancement that is constantly being made in the profession.


Dr. N. S. NOrris Dentiat Here 53 Years Dies
Dr. Norman S. Norris, age 77, veteran Culver dentist, died Monday morning, Sept. 2, at Parkview Hospital in Plymouth.

Dr. Norris was born in Starke County, Ind. on Sept. 6, 1879 and at the age of six years moved with his parents, Harvey and Louisa Norris, to the homestead on the east side of Lake Maxinkuckee where he spent his youth.

He was graduated from Indiana Dental College in Dr. N. S. Norris 1904, immediately opened an office in Culver, and had practiced dentistry here continuously since then.

On July 22, 1907 he was married to Matilda Hawkins and they quietly celebrated their golden anniversary this past July.

Dr. Norris had been a member of the Henry H. Culver Masonic Lodge for more than 50 years.

Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Mrs. Paul Rector, and three grandchildren, Tanya, David, and Linda Rector, all of Pendleton; two brothers, Dr. Allen A. Norris of Elkhart and William Norris of Plymouth; and a sister, Mrs. Harvey Larkin of Culver.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Easterday Funeral Home where friends may call.

Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger, pastor of Grace United Church, will officiate and burial will be at tire Culver Cemetery where Masonic graveside services will be held.- 4 Sep 1957 The Culver Citizen

married 22 jul 1908 Matilda May Hawkins Birth12 Nov 1886 in Starke County, Indiana Death 26 Nov 1973 in Simpson, Kentucky/ Nov., 1973 Pendleton, Madison, Indiana Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana, Ezra E Hawkins & Mary Jane Ebling Hawkins

Matilda Norris
PENDLETON Matilda Norris, 86, 113 W. Water St., died Tuesday at her home.

A native of Starke County, she came to Pendleton from Culver six years ago.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Paul (Bonnie) Rector, Pendleton; three grandchildren, David Rector, Pendleton, Mrs. Tanya Parnell. Alamo, Calif., and Mrs. Linda Stephenson, Taipei, Taiwan; and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Bonine Funeral Home in Culver.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Cornell Bright Funeral Home in Pendleton and after 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home in Culver.

Burial will be in the Culver Masonic Cemetery. - Anderson Herald - Wed, Nov 07, 1973 ·Page 2


Mrs. Matilda N. Norris
CULVER - Mrs. Matilda M. Norris, 86, of 113 W. Water St., Pendleton, died at 1 a.m. Tuesday at her home after an extended illness. Born Nov. 12, 1886. in Starke County. She had lived in Culver for 80 years before moving to Pendeton in 1967.

She was married to Dr. Norman S. Norris, who died in 1957.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Bonnie Rector of Pendleton; three grandchildren, and six grandchildren

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Bonine Funeral Home with Rev. Earl W. Sharp, pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church, officiating.

Burial will be in Culver Masonic Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thursday.- 7 Nov 1973 The South Bend Tribune(South Bend, IN)

They had:

Elsie A Norris (adopted) Birth: 19 May 1915 in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana Death 05 Sep 1998 in North Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts married Paul Irwin Rector Birth 31 May 1912 in Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana Death 27 Nov 1987 in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana he was son of Frank Joseph Rector and Georgie Lyte Cole (see Rector Family)