Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

PHILO T. NORTON, tin and hardware; Chandlerville; was born 
in Wheeling, Va., April 29, 1826, to Thomas P. and Mary E. 
(Goldenborough) Norton; he, born in Massachusetts, and 
emigrated to Burton, O., in 1812 removed to Pittsburg, Pa., 
in 1822 removed to Wheeling, Va., and in 1844 emigrated to 
Cass County, and settled in Beardstown, where he remained 
to the time of his death, which occurred in 1852; his wife 
was also a native of Wheeling, where she died, and was the 
mother of seven children, Philo T. being the oldest. He was 
a cabin-boy on a steamer on the Ohio, and at the age of 
eighteen years came with is parents to Beardstown, Cass 
County, and with his father, started a tin and hardware 
store. In 1859 he came to Chandlerville, where he also 
engaged in the tin business, being one of the leading 
business men of the town. In 1852, in Beardstown, he 
married Miss Mary E. Clark, a native of Beardstown, who is 
now dead; she was the mother of four children, two of whom 
are now living: Charles C. and Emma. In Beardstown Mr. 
Norton acted as Marshal for two years (in 1852 and 1858), 
and also Deputy Sheriff and Coroner for eight years, being 
elected in 1846; he is a member of the A.F. and A.M., and a 
Democrat.

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