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History George W. Norris was born on a farm in Sandusky County, Ohio. He was the eleventh child and second son of Chauncey and Mary Magdalene Norris. When "Willie" was only three his father died of pneumonia and his only brother, a soldier in General Sherman's army, died of wounds received at Resaca, Ga. While a pupil at the local district school, Norris spent summers working on the family farm or for neighboring farmers. He attended Baldwin University (later known as Baldwin-Wallace College) in Ohio in 1877-78. After teaching school for a year to earn money he entered Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute (later know as Valparaiso University). There he studied law, excelled in rhetoric and debate, and recieved the LL.B. degree in 1883. |
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