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James Wiley Norton

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hamilton,Stuben County,Indiana,USA
Death: October 20, 1901 (79)
Iona, Bingham County, Idaho, United States
Place of Burial: Iona, Bingham, Id
Immediate Family:

Son of David Norton, Jr. and Elizabeth Benefield Norton
Husband of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rolf and Nancy Jane Norton
Father of Elizabeth Rolfe Norton; Alma Samuel Norton; Weltha Ann Norton; Amanda Malissa Norton; Nancy Fidelia Reynolds and 11 others
Brother of John Wesley Norton; Melissia Isabell Allred; Henry Elliot Norton; Hyrum Fletcher Norton and Isabella Norton

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About James Wiley Norton

He travelled with the Heber C. Kimball Company (1848): 662 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Winter Quarters, Nebraska.

TYPE Wagon CATEGORY Church Train DIRECTION Westbound DEPARTURE 7 June 1848 ARRIVAL 24 September 1848 CAPTAIN Heber Chase Kimball NUMBER IN COMPANY 694

In some sources, he is called "Willy." Stout's journal transposed his initials to "W. J." rather than "J. W."His birth and death dates are confirmed by the inscription on his gravestone.

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James Wiley Norton's Timeline

1822
August 6, 1822
Hamilton,Stuben County,Indiana,USA
1842
March 8, 1842
Age 19
1847
April 19, 1847
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
1848
February 12, 1848
Age 25
1849
June 22, 1849
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UtahTerritory, United States
1852
1852
1853
August 14, 1853
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1853