Posted on: Major County, Ok Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Major/10373 Surname: NORTON, WILL ------------------------- This is what I found: A.G. Norton land record - N 1/2 of SE 1/4 & SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Section 11, Township 20N, Range 11W Isabella Cemetery, Isabella, Major Co, OK - NORTON, Albert G. 7-15-1858 - 3-20-1918 NORTON, Mary M. 9-16-1862 - no dates (possibly about 4-25-1962 Could not find obits for either Albert or Mary but found a mention in the Isabella column of the Fairview Republican May 10, 1962 - Funeral was held at Nazarene Church in Isabella Tuesday April 27 (this is where I got the date of 4-25-1962 as possible death date); laid to rest in the family plot at age 100 years, 7 months, 9 days. Gloss Mountain Country, A Major Co. History (available for $35 plus postage from the Major Co. Historical Society, PO Box 555, Fairview, OK 73737) pages 172-174 - Alfred Boice Isbell (family story) - (excerpts) Mary, Alfred's half sister, married Albert Norton, a boy from a wealthy family in Denver, Colorado, who had run away from home to be a cowboy in the new country. He was a very good, kind man. Hard-working and kept his place in perfect condition. They took a claim next to Catherine's. [Catherine Teal Isbell was Mary's mother by a previous marriage.] He was also a carpenter, and taught his nephew Alfred, the trade, since Alfred was not a farmer. Albert and Mary Norton had two children, Kitty and George. Kitty was about my mother's age. They went to school together and Myron Isbell was their teacher. Kitty married Rush Bender, who came from a very good family but somehow never seemed able to make a living. He worked as a farm hand, and later worked as a clerk in the little country store. They had no children. George married Louise, a German girl. They bought a corner of Uncle Charlie's land, and were our nearest neighbors. They had beautiful children, Olive, Mildred, Lucile and Herbert. George was a "would be" inventor. Always fooling around with something dangerous. Finally blew his ears off. An invention that went wrong. Catherine Teal Isbell (family story) - (excerpts) In the year 1893, Catherine Teal Isbell waited at the Kansas Border for the sound of the shot that would start the RUN into Oklahoma Territory. With her were her five sons and two daughters. The daughters were married, Mary to Albert Norton and Lizzie to Melt Kettle. Melt was already a successful young farmer in Kansas and decided to stay there. Mary and her husband went with her mother. The sons, Myron, Henry, Wilbert, Alfred [father of lady writing story] and Charlie were anxious to start a new life... Grandma Isbell (Catherine) had lost two husbands. The first in the Civil War, the second, due to injuries received in that war. Photos of Catherine Isbell & log home & Albert, Mary, Kitty Norton, Rush Bender on page 174. Phot of Albert Norton and Isabella's first mail wagon on page 175. Photo of first school in Isabella, Okla, 1896 - Katherine (Kitty) Norton, Rush Bender, George Norton included. Good Luck. Pat Weaver, Major Co. Genealogical Society