Ransom Harvey Norris

Ransom Harvey Norris BIRTH 14 Nov 1818 Wales Center, Erie County, New York, DEATH 29 Sep 1870 Maxinkuckee, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, son of John Spencer Norris and Lydia Ann George married Mary Eliza Lewis Norris BIRTH 23 Aug 1823 Xenia, Greene County, Ohio DEATH 4 Apr 1895 Maxinkuckee, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana daughter pf Thomas Lewis and Nancy Franklin.

He built the Norris centennial awarded home east of Maxinkuckee in 1855

Their children were:

1 William Lewis Norris BIRTH 16 Dec 1843 Indiana DEATH 19 Sep 1924 Argos, Marshall County, Indiana, BURIAL Oak Hill Cemetery Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, 7 Jan 1864 Marshall County Indiana Adelia May Baldwin Norris BIRTH 6 Aug 1842 New York DEATH 1911 Argos, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Oak Hill Cemetery Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana Their children were
Clarence A. (b.1867 IN), Sarah E. “Minnie” Norris (b.1870 IN d. 1935) married Lewis Bose Omar Leon Norris (b.1872 d. 1949) married Teha Caroline Nirigaard Emory Chesney “E.C.” Norris (b.1875) d. 1950 married Hanorah "Nora" Collins Alice Satora Norris (b.1877 IN d. 1960), married Louis Napoleon Schafer Torence Edna (b.1879 d. 1949) married ___ Huff two unidentified children who were born and died before 1900.


2 Albert Clark Norris BIRTH 11 Apr 1846 DEATH 16 Jan 1902 BURIAL Rochester IOOF Cemetery Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, married 1873 Ella/Ellen Pauline Dillon BIRTH 8 Mar 1852 DEATH 15 Apr 1927 BURIAL Rochester IOOF Cemetery Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, daughter of William Dillon and Sarah Ann Ingalls children
Jennie married ? Clifton & Luther Stewart
Albert Norris
John Norris
Wm. R. Norris


3 Effie Jane Norris Duddleson BIRTH 12 Jul 1848 Maxinkuckee, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 29 May 1883 BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, married Irvin Duddleson BIRTH 25 Apr 1837 Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio DEATH 24 Apr 1895 Maxinkuckee, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana Children:
Orville Dallas Duddleson 1872–1955 married Ella Randall
Oscar William Duddleson 1876–1959 married Nora Almira Franklin
Anna Adela Duddleson 1879–1943 married Harvey Rood Larkin
Homer Virgil Duddleson 1886–1958



4 Harvey Ransom Norris (1851-1926)

5 Gilson Cleveland Norris BIRTH 20 Oct 1853 Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 0 Aug 1903 Chikaming Township, Berrien County, Michigan BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan, married May 22, 1874 in Indiana. Caroline Ruggles BIRTH 3 Jul 1853 Indiana DEATH 5 Apr 1897 Berrien County, Michigan BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan Children
Orland O Norris 1875–1938 married Carlotta Belle Leonard
Albert Amasa Norris 1877–1956 married Edna May MaGovern
Ella Elcy Norris 1878–1940 married Verna Ellsworth Wire
Frank Floyd Norris 1880–1955 married Amelia J Rodgers
Mary E. Pansy Norris 1887–1888 married Julia Flinn
Ransom Harvey Norris 1890–1961
Carrie A Norris 1891–1892
Josie A Norris 892–1893
married Apr 27 1901 Chicago, Illinois Euceba/Ceba B Rush BIRTH 20 Sep 1854 Michigan, DEATH 1919 BURIAL Mount Pleasant Cemetery Sodus Township, Berrien County, Michigan, br>
6 Nelson Rowley Norris BIRTH 4 May 1856 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 18 Oct 1891 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana married Sarah Margaret McCrosky BIRTH 8 Aug 1862 Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 27 Jul 1934 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana she married 2 \nd William Jasper Curtis Children:
Victor Leo "Leo" Norris 1886–1964 married Minnie Alice “Alice” Bowen
Mary Nelson Norris 1892-1968 married Arthur WIlliam Crowdon Brumfield


7 Rev. Schuyler Colfax Norris BIRTH 31 Mar 1857 Maxinkuckee, Marshall County, Indiana, DEATH 6 Apr 1925 Maxinkuckee, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana

1911 he retired from the ministry a amd moved back to the Norris farm.

He founded the Maxinkuckee apple orchards, in 1901 setting out 8 acres into apple trees and in 1927 and 1928 his son Evereet set out an additional 17 acres of apple trees

married 1877 Sarah Jane Uncapher BIRTH 6 Apr 1857 Starke County, Indiana, DEATH 5 Sep 1891 Andrews, Huntington County, Indiana, BURIAL Grovertown Cemetery Grovertown, Starke County, Indiana, daughter of Israel Uncapher and Margaret
Palmer Olney Norris (1878–1926) married Adah Ann McIntyre
Marvin L Norris (1880–1962)
Maynard Goldwin (Norris 1887–1951) married Edna Ballow Daughtery
married Sept. 14, 1892 married Mexico, Ind., Anna Ellis Woolley BIRTH 2 Mar 1862 Woolley Town, Miami County, Indiana, DEATH 2 Mar 1957 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana daughter of John Nelson Woolley and Alice Elizabeth Warwick
Everett Metts Norris 1896-1991 married Eva B. Hinshaw Death Jan 16 1977 Children:
David Franklin Norris Birth 7 July 1917 Union twp, Marshall County, Indiana, Death 19 June 2011 Culver, Marshall, Indiana BURIAL Oak Hill Cemetery Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana

married April 1 1939 Margorie "Marge" Miller BIRTH 13 Feb 1920 Walnut twp. Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 26 Dec 1984 Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida BURIAL Oak Hill Cemetery Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana daughter of Walter O Miller and Violet Vesper Myers
Thomas B. Norris 1949-2011 married Patricia "Patty" A Blue
Matthew Norris
Laura Norris married Joe Coreell
Barbara Joan Norris married Donald Eugene Johnson; they adopted was a daughter of Mildred Joan, his sister
Amy Johnson
Connie Johnson
Cathy Johnson
married 11 Apr 1986 Rochester, Fulton, Indiana Lida Belle Thompson BIRTH 3 Sep 1918 Marshall County, Indiana, DEATH 21 Mar 2016 Argos, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Union twp, Marshall County, Indiana, married 1st Frank Orange Cowen


Mildred Joan Norris Birth Mar 31 1924 Union twp Marshall county Indiana Death Sep 26 1952 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana of Polio leaving 5 children

married 1st 8 Aug 1943 Liberty , Indiana Clyde Franklin Melton BIRTH 2 MAR 1925 Linden, Montgomery, Indiana DEATH May 1, 2000 Riverside Co. California son of Clyde Newton Melton and Lula E Thomas

married 5 Jan 1946 Lee Franklin Thopmson Birth 17 December 1919 Carrier Mills, Saline County, Illinois, Death 25 November 2001 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana son of Ernest Thompson Anna Ethel Russell (1892–1976) Children per 1950 census:
Sharon Lee Thompson adopted by Everrett S. & Eva.
Eva Kathryn Eva "Kate" Thompson adopted by Everrett S. & Eva.
Mary Mary Jean "Molly" Thompson adopted by Everrett S. & Eva.
Barbara Joan Thompson - adopted by her uncle David F. Norris.
John Thompson Shafer



Phyllis Jean BIRTH 13 Oct 1928 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 21 Nov 2023 Argos, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County married March 12, 1949 Culver, Indiana James Bowen Schoonover born March 1, 1923 death on December 11, 2020
Phillip Schoonover
John Schoonover
Sara Schoonover married David Longron
Paul Schoonover

Everett and Eva adopted their granddaughters:
Sharon Lee Norris married Richard Miesel
Eva Kathryn Eva "Kate" Norris married James Timothy McGuira & Ken Jones
Mary Jean "Molly" Norris married Roger Lewis Milliser


8 George Franklin Norris BIRTH 26 Oct 1861 Maxinkuckee, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 25 Oct 1909 Maxinkuckee, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana married Aug. 17, 1887 Viola Railsback Nicholson BIRTH 28 Sep 1864 Green Township, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 10 Aug 1893 Maxinkuckee, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Poplar Grove Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana, Children:
Venus Elsa Norris-Van Vactor 1891–1985 (later adopted by D. E. Vanvactor) married Russell P Emigh


married Oram May Hunter
Effie Merea Norris 1899–1955
George Alfred Norris 1902–1972 married Martha H. Jenkins
Emma Berneice Norris Bauer 1903–1978 married John Maurice "Reece" Bauer
Forrest Glenn Norris 1906–1971 married Marie Gornik Norris
Inez Fern Norris 1909–1994 married Noble Andrew Souers


9 Mary Adelia Norris BIRTH 14 Aug 1865 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 24 Jun 1935 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California BURIAL Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California married Edward Herman Schroeder BIRTH 1866 Wisconsin DEATH 1955 California BURIAL Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, children:
Harry Robert Schroeder 1898-1970 married Marguerite Evans Hodges, Gladys Sizelove, Stella Adell Gregory Jahn


Source s:
Marshall county, Indiana History 1986
Anestry Find A Grave