James Norris (1881 - 1965)

Born Sep 1881 in Ioway Indian Reservation, Kansas

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Biography

James was Iowa Tribe.

GEO. NUZUM'S BIOGRAPHY OF IOWA INDIANS OF KANSAS & NEBRASKA
Page 346

James Norris
P O Address - White Cloud Kansas
Born - 1883 Brown Co. Kansas on Iowa rserve
Father - Sam. Norris 1/2 Oklahoma Iowa Indian
Mother -Sophia (Deroin) Norris 1/4 Sac 1/4 Sioux 1/2 Fr
Grandfather on fathers side -
Grandmother on fathers side -
Grandfather on mothers side - Jos. Tesson 1/2 French 1/4 Sac 1/4 illegible
Grandmother on mothers side - Tesson's Sioux woman

"Enrolled at...Kickapoo Training School, Horton, Kansas, as Iowa Indian to whom a trust patent was issued upon allotment No. 136 to following described tract of land located in Brown County...state of Kansas ... to wit: -

"N.E. 1/4 of N.W. 1/4 Sec 8 T 1 S R 18 East containing 40 acres this allotment has a good $600.00 house on it fair barn and other buildings on same about 30 acres in cultivation worth $35.00.

"James has following half brothers on his mothers side, Frank Dorian, - (104) - Elisha Dorian -(105) - James father died several years long before allotment.

"James attended school at the Iowa Indian Mission, for a number of years and then book a course at Haskell Institute, Lawrence Kans he has a good education is sober and industrious farms all his own allotment has a team, cow hogs, wagon and the necessary farm tools to run his allotment... 6-29-06"

SOURCE: George Nuzum's 1906 "Biography of Iowa Indians of Kansas and Nebraska"

Transcription keeps typographical errors in the original. More on James Norris is found in the Nuzum record.

Further documentation of James Norris:

1885 Ioway Annuity Roll (transcribed by Susan Suttle-White
34 33 Sophia Norris 23F
35 34 Frank Dorian son of do 13M
36 35 Elisha Dorian " " " 7M
37 36 James Norris " " " 2M 85.08

1889 Ioway Annuity Roll (transcribed by Susan Suttle-White)
24 25 George Campbell 49M
25 26 Lucy Campbell wife of do 46F
26 27 John Deroin nephew " " 5M 54.15

27 28 Belone Deroin 29M
28 29 Sophia Norris wife of do 28F
29 30 Frank Doroin son " " 18M
30 31 Elisha Dorian son " " 12M
31 32 Jamis Norris son " " 6M 90.25

1891 Iowa Indians of Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, Kansas
24. Balone Deroin m father 33
25. Sophia Norris f wife 32
26. Elisha Dorian m son 16
27. James Norris m son 10

1892 Iowa Indians of Pottawatomie and Gt. Nemaha Agency, Kansas
21. Lucy Campbell f 50
22. John Deroin m nephew 9
23. Belone Darrin m father 33
24. Sophia Norris f mother 32
25. Elisha Dorian m son 16
26. James Norris m son 10
27. Frank Dorian m 22

1893 Census of the Iowa Indians of the Pottawatomie/Gt. Nemaha Agency, Kansas
23. Lucy Campbell f 31
24. John Deroin m nephew 10

25. Balone Deroin m 34

26. Sophia Norris f 33
27. Elisha Dorian m son 17
28. James Norris m "" 11

1900 Sac and Fox and Ioway Indian Reservation, Brown, Kansas
27/27 RODD Samuel B. head IN M Nov. 1859 40 M 16 yr. b. KS father b. OH mother b. IN Farmer Pottawatomie father-white mother-Pottawatomie 7/8 Not living in polygamy, yes to taxed
Elizabeth wife IN F Dec 1870 28 M 16 yr b. KS father b. MO Iowa father-Menominee mother-Iowa 1/2 no to polygamy yes to taxed
Sarah V. daughter IN F March 1885 15 S b. KS parents b. KS Iowa father-Pottawatomie mother- Iowa
(Institute) Francis L. son IN M May 1887 13 S b. KS parents b. KS At School Iowa father-Pottawatomie mother- Iowa
George W. son IN M Oct 1892 7 S b. KS parents b. KS Iowa father-Pottawatomie mother- Iowa Rachel G. daughter IN F June 1887 2 S b. KS parents b. KS Iowa father-Pottawatomie mother- Iowa Isadore nephew IN M 1880 20 S b. KS father b. IL mother b. KS Landlord Pottawatomie father-white mother-Pottawatomie 15/16
NORRIS Sophia sister-in-law IN F age 58 Wd. b. SD father b. MO mother b. SD Sioux father-Menominee mother-Sioux 1/4
FLANIGAN Frank Hired W M Sept 1881 18 S b. MO parents b. MO Farm Laborer
(Institute) NORRIS James nephew IN M Sep 1881 18 S b. KS father b. KS mother b. SD At school Iowa father-Iowa mother-SIoux 1/4

1910 Sac and Fox and Ioway Indian Reservation, Irving, Brown, Kansas
7/7 NORRIS James IN 22 md. 7 years b. KS parents b. KS
Bessie white 22 md. 7 years, 3 children 2 surviving b. MO parents b. MO
Thelma IN 4 b. KS father b. KS mother b. MO
Hazel IN 1 b. KS father b. KS mother b. MO
DUEY Mary mother-in-law white 64 widowed 5 children with 5 surviving b. MO parents b. MO

James Norris buried at the Partelow Cemetery, Rulo, Richardson, Nebraska.
NORRIS, James -- b.1882 d.1965, s/o Sophia Tesson & Sam Norris.

Sources

• George Nuzum's Biography of the Iowa Indians of Kansas & Nebraska, 1906. Working off photocopy of a photocopy of typed copy of the Nuzum in the library of the St. Joseph Museum. The St. Joseph Museum typewritten copy is one of three. The original photocopy was presented 1989 to the Northwest Genealogical Society by the St. Joseph Museum, by Richard Nolf, Director. The typed manuscript was taken from loose pages in long-hand writing. The photocopy used as source here has margin notes made by Susan K. Suttle-White and supplementary name indexes. Transcription of photocopy for the web by J. M. Kearns. The typographical errors in original typewritten manuscript were intentionally retained.
• 1885 Iowa Annuity Roll. Horton Agency microfilm of handwritten record, transcribed from photocopy. Iowa Annuity Roll 3rd Quarter 1885 Paid Dec. 31, 1885. Transcribed from photocopy from microfilm of original handwritten record by Susan Suttle-White.
• 1889 Ioway Annity Roll. Horton Agency microfilm of handwritten record, transcribed from photocopy. Transcribed from photocopy from microfilm of original handwritten record, by Susan Suttle-White.
• 1892 Census of the Iowa Indians of Pottawatomie and Gt. Nemaha Agency, Kansas, taken by J. A. Scott, United States Indian Agent, June 30th, 1892. Transcribed by J. M. Kearns. Year: 1892; Roll: M595_392; Line: 15; Agency: Pottawatomie & Gt Nemaha. Ancestry.com. U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Transcribed by J. M. Kearns.
• 1893 Census of the Iowa Indians of Pottawatomie/Gt. Nemaha Agency, Kansas taken by J. A. Seoll, United States Indian Agent, June 30th, 1893. Year: 1893; Roll: M595_392; Line: 6; Agency: Pottawatomie Gt Nemaha. Ancestry.com. U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Transcribed by J. M. Kearns.
• 1900 Sac and Fox and Ioway Indian Reservation, Brown, Kansas
• 1910 Sac and Fox and Ioway Indian Reservation, Irving, Brown, Kansas