- Birth: 19 May 1854, Ohio
- Death: 2 Jan 1928, Ohio
Family 1:
David Zadock NORTON
- Marriage: 11 Oct 1876, Cuyahoga, Ohio
- Miriam NORTON
- Robert Castle NORTON
- Laurence Harper NORTON
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INDEX
Notes
Case Western Reserve University - Dorm Building Information
http://housing.cwru.edu/housing/tour/buildings/nrv/norton.tour.aspx
(pasted & copied at Simi Valley, CA May 4, 2003)
Norton House nav :: nrv :: norton
Building Exterior
Norton House is named for Mary Castle Norton (1854-1928). She was born in 1854, the year tha
t Ohio City, on the west bank of the Cuyahoga River, allied itself to Cleveland. Her father w
as the mayor of Ohio City and had the honor of becoming the first mayor of the united city o
f Cleveland.
Norton was educated at Vassar College and Lausanne in Switzerland. In the fall of 1876 in a
n impressive October wedding she became the bride of David Z. Norton, who began his career i
n the banking business. Mrs. Norton mainly busied herself in the cultural and philanthropic l
ife of the emerging industrial metropolis, serving as president of the Church Home for the Ag
ed and Friendless, Chairman of the Board of Lady Managers of Lakeside Hospital and a board me
mber of the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Her contributions to the needs of the new College for Women were indeed great. She gave gener
ously and continuously of material gift as well as her counsel, sympathy and
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Id#: 0259365Name: Norton, Mary CastleDate: Jan 2 1928Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Nec
rology File, Reel #061.Notes: Norton-Mary Castle, wife of David Z. Norton, mother of Mrs. Fr
ed R. White, Robert C. Norton, Laurence H. Norton, suddenly, at New York City, Jan. 2. Funera
l services at late residence, 7301 Euclid Avenue, Thursday, Jan. 5, at 3 p. m. Burial at Lak
e View Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers.
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