History of Allegany County, New York, F. W. Beers & Company
1879
page 183
Benjamin NORTON, M.D., was born in Easton, Washington,
New York in 1819, and came to Allegany County in 1831,
with his father, Benjamin NORTON, Senior, and located in
Philipsburgh.
Dr. Norton studied with Dr. WILLARD, of Friendship, and
afterwards with a cousin, Dr. William NORTON, of Fort Edward,
N.Y. He graduated in 1846, and has since been in practice
in Belmont.
Dr. NORTON's mother was born in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Her maiden name was Sarah BARLOW. She died in 1841, at
the age of fifty-nine.
Benjamin NORTON, Senior was prominent in the early history
of Belmont, and is mentioned in that connection. |