Mary Frances HARRISON b. Nov. 1832 in Lawrence Co. OH married when/where? to Joseph M. NORRIS b. VA June 1826 >From NORRIS family history lore: Joseph M. NORRIS walked from Wheeling WV at the age of 6 or 7 (which was VA then?) with his mother. All that is known about his mother is that her last name may have been SONNER or SONGER. Family lore is that Joseph took the last name of his stepfather--NORRIS, and that his real name may have been ATWELL, or something similar to that. Joseph is located with the family of John NORRIS in Lawrence Co, OH. If John really was Joseph's stepfather, Joseph's mother had died and John had remarried before the 1850 census. Joseph may have had at least one half- brother, named George NORRIS. Joseph NORRIS and Mary Frances HARRISON eventually moved to Shannon/Carter Counties, in Missouri and all the Norrises in the area are their direct descendants. Mary HARRISON NORRIS was a duaghter of Solomon and Mary "Polly" Dodd HARRISON. Is anyone else related to this family, or have any information or ideas as to how I might find out more about Joseph's mother, and the mystery behind my family's last name? Thanks Lynne Norris