"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884" CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN. PAGE 908 WILLIAM NORRIS, a teacher and enterprising farmer and stock raiser of Jefferson township, was born August 8, 1853 in Coshocton County, Ohio, and is the fifth of eleven children born to Jacob and Mary (Bixler) Norris, the latter a native of Pennsylvania and of German extraction. The subject of this sketch was reared upon a farm and after he arrived at his majority, he attended county normal schools; received a certificate to teach and has taught nine successful terms in Owen County. He in company with his parents came to Owen County in the spring of 1865, and has today a nice farm of eighty acres beautifully situated and mostly made by his own shrewd business management. He is an energetic working Democrat, having voted with that party since he became a voter, and was elected Trustee the spring of 1882 of Jefferson Township. DATA ENTRY: Debbie Jennings