NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11228 BOYD CO JAMES THORNTON NORRIS Norris, Crum, Taliaferro, Forgey, Cochrane 11228 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago Louisville, 1928. Boyd Co. JAMES THORNTON NORRIS, who fought for his country in the World war, is now a successful journalist and an important factor in the management of the Ashland Independent, one of the leading newspapers of northeastern Kentucky. He was born December 320, 1893, in Augusta, Kentucky, and is a son of Dr. James Corbin and Elizabeth Taliaferro (Crum) Norris. His father is a physician of high standing and has practiced in Augusta for a period of forty years. The mother passed away in 1912. In the acquirement of an education James T. Norris attended the public schools of his native town and continued his studies in Centre College at Danville, Kentucky, from which he was graduated in 1914 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was principal of the Augusta high school for two years and superintendent of its public schools from 1916 until 1918. In June of the latter year he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was sent overseas with the Eleventh Regiment. He was stationed abroad for ten months and in July, 1919, received his honorable discharge. Locating in Falmouth, Kentucky, Mr. Norris purchased the Pendleton County Democrat, which he published and edited for about a year, and in 1920 sold the business. He had learned the printers trade in Augusta and for some time was an employee of the old Bracken Chronicle of that place. In 1921 he became secretary of the Ashland Independent, of which Benjamin F. Forgey is president and editor, and Mr. Norris is now vice president and associate editor. In journalism he has found a field well suited to his talents and has contributed materially toward the success of the business and the prestige of the paper. It has been in operation for thirty-one years and is a daily of high standing, conducted along the lines of modern newspaper education. Mr. Norris was married on Christmas day of 1915 to Miss Frances Cochrane, a daughter of Dr. W. O. Cochrane, a Presbyterian clergyman of Augusta, Kentucky. They have become the parents of three children: Mary Elizabeth, who was born March 3, 1917; Susie Cochrane, whose birth occurred on the 19th of May, 1918; and Frances Julia, born March 31, 1920. Mr. Norris is a member of the American Legion and during 1925-26 was commander of his post. He is identified with the Masonic order and is serving as president of the local Kiwanis Club. He is still a young man, and, judging by his past accomplishments, the future holds much in store for him. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx