Person:Alpheus Norman (1)

West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 at ancestry.com Name: Alpheus Norman Gender: Male Birth Date: abt 1824 Birth Place: Randolph County, Virginia Age: 36 Spouse's Name: Catharine Goldsmith Spouse Gender: Female Spouse Age: 37 Spouse Birth Place: Lewis County, Virginia Marriage Date: 29 Feb 1860 Marriage Place: Calhoun, West Virginia Marital Status: Widowed Father's Name: James N Norman Mother's Name: Catharine Spouse Father's Name: Thomas Jarvis Spouse Mother's Name: Alsey

From Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

ALPHEUS NORMAN Alpheus Norman is a son of James N. and Catherine (Summers) Norman. He was born in Randolph County, Virginia, now a part of West Virginia, December 11, 1823. June 5, 1845, Alpheus Norman became the husband of Elizabeth Bunner. She died August 5, 1859; and on February 29, 1860, he was married to Catharine Goldsmith, late Catharine Jarvis [sic]. She had one son, John W. Goldsmith. The subject of this sketch was elected high sheriff of Calhoun County in 1860 for the term of two years, and again in 1866 for the term of four years. He enlisted for the late war, November, 1861, for the term of three years, which he faithfully served; he enlisted in Company C, 11th Virginia regiment, under Capt. J. L. Simpson; he was discharged January 2, 1865. He owns 1,800 acres of land in Webster County, and 750 acres in Calhoun County. He has no children of his own, but has two adopted children living with him. Mrs. Catharine Norman, his present wife, was born in Lewis County, Virginia, March 7, 1828. Alpheus Norman is a farmer, stock raiser, and ferryman, and his postoffice address is Big Bend, Calhoun County, West Virginia.

In this 1860 census the enumerator helpfully included the BIRTH COUNTY with the birth state. 1860 Census Dist n/s, Calhoun Co., Virginia Post Office: Arnoldsburg Alpheus Norman 36 M Farmer 1,000. 300. Randolph Co VA Catharine Norman 29 F 800 300 Lewis Co VA John W. Goldsmith 14 M Step-son Gilmer VA Franklin P. Collins 7 M no relationship given Gilmer VA

1. ↑ Rootsweb chart.

   http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sssara6

2. ↑ West Virginia, Vital Records Online
   Calhoun Co., Death Records.

   http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=675197&Type=Death

3.   Don Norman's Family Files.
4.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   Dist n/s, Calhoun Co., Virginia (now WV).