Caledonia

NORRIS, J. B. Hardwick

Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 334
(extracted from a section on the history of Hardwick, Caledonia County, 
Vermont)

Rev. J. B. Hardwick NORRIS, son of Deacon Nathaniel NORRIS, the second man 
who came, with his family, to settle in Hardwick [Caledonia County, Vermont], 
was the first child born in town (1792), and named "Hardwick" in honor 
thereof. In early life he became a preacher and member of the Vermont 
Methodist Conference; and notwithstanding the accumulating care of a large 
family, was an itinerant for many years, for more than forty, a faithful 
minister of the gospel. In January 1861 he left the vineyard of toil for the 
banqueting house above.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly