Mary Jane (Cannon) Norris (1822 - 1891)

Born 5 Jan 1822 in Oak Hill, Overton county, Tennessee

Wife of Jonathan Riley Norris — married 7 Apr 1843 in Oak Hill, Overton county, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 19 Mar 1891 at age 69 in Green Forest, Carroll county, Arkansas

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Biography

Mary Jane Cannon was born in 1822 in Tennessee. Mary Cannon married Johnathan Riley Norris (1818–1896) on May 7, 1843 in Oak Hill, Overton County, Tennessee. She is listed with him on the following census reports:

• 1850 Census in Overton County, Overton, Tennessee with five children listed. ^[1]
• 1860 Census in Hickory Township, Carroll, Arkansas with nine children listed.^[2]
• 1870 Census in Hickory Township, Carroll, Arkansas with eleven children listed. ^[3]
• 1880 Census in Carroll, Arkansas with five children, her brother-in-law, and a niece listed in the household.^[4]

She passed away at the age of 69 in 1891.^[5]

Information listed on Find-A-Grave

Mary Jane CANNON

Father: Thomas CANNON

Mother: Martha "Patsy" LEA

Marriage 1 Johnthan Riley NORRIS b: 21 OCT 1818 in Wilkes County, NC

Married: 7 MAY 1843 in Oak Hill, Overton County, TN

Children:

Francis Marion NORRIS b: 14 FEB 1844 in Oak Hill, Overton County, TN

Riley NORRIS b: 1845 in Oak Hill, Overton County, TN

Granville Newton NORRIS b: 16 MAR 1845 in Oak Hill, Overton County, TN

George Washington NORRIS b: 23 JUL 1846 in Oak Hill, Overton County, TN

James Ephraim NORRIS b: 28 SEP 1848 in Oak Hill, Overton County, TN

Martha Elizabeth NORRIS b: 22 JUL 1850 in Oak Hill, Overton County, TN

Andrew Jackson NORRIS b: 23 MAR 1852 in Carrollton, Caroll County, AR

Mary Jan NORRIS b: 1854 in Carrollton, Caroll County, AR

Thomas Gilbert NORRIS b: 28 NOV 1856 in Carrollton, Caroll County, AR

• Note: Thomas Norris passed away in Los Angeles, California on May 23, 1932 ^[6]

Martin Columbus NORRIS b: 15 JUL 1858 in Carrollton, Caroll County, AR

John Cannon NORRIS b: 14 OCT 1860 in Carrollton, Caroll County, AR

Benjamin Franklin NORRIS b: 20 OCT 1862 in Green Forest, Carroll County, AR

Sarah Levernia NORRIS b: 1865

Erasmus Lee NORRIS b: 14 AUG 1868 in Green Forest, Carroll County, AR ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDT-5ZR : 4 April 2020), Jane Norris in household of Johnathan Norris, Overton county, Overton, Tennessee, United States; citing family 599, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87T-2WB : 10 November 2020), Jane Norris in entry for Jonathan Norris, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNH1-C3N : 18 March 2020), Jane Norris in entry for Jonathan Norris, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7B-TNT : 12 November 2020), Jane Norris in household of Jonathan Norris, Carroll, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 222A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,039.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33601133/mary-jane-norris
6. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQC-G1VN : 27 September 2019), Jane Cannon in entry for Thomas Gilbert Norris, 1932.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 November 2020), memorial page for Mary Jane Cannon Norris (5 Jan 1822–19 Mar 1891), Find a Grave Memorial no. 33601133, citing Norris Cemetery, Green Forest, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Arkieologist (contributor 47246586) .