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IDENTIFICATION:
Isaac VanBibber and Hester Op den Graeff
Jacob Isaacs VanBibber and Christinia ___________
Isaac Jacobs VanBibber and Frances Schumacher
Peter VanBibber and Anna ____________
John VanBibber and Chloe Staniford
Hannah VanBibber and Goodrich Lightfoot Slaughter
Maria D. Slaughter and Samuel C. Reed
Emily M. Reed and Moses Norton
Wilber Springs Norton

Wilber S. Norton, who is representative of a family that settled at Malden,
W.Va., before that town was laid out, has spent almost his entire life in
Malden District and is well known as a business man and citizen. He was born
at Malden, January 15, 1865, and is a son of Moses and Emily M (Reed) Norton
and a grandson of Moses and Mary (Whitecotton) Norton.

Grandfather Norton came to Mason county, Va., from Ohio, and from there came
to Malden, Kanawha county, when his son Moses, was a child, the birth of the
latter taking place January 25, 1816, in Mason county. He spent his life in
Malden District and was interested in the coal and salt industries. He was
married first in 1849, to Frances Putney, who died in 1862. They had three
children; Mary Ellis, James Henry, and Mary Frances. He was married secondly
on August 29, 1863, to Emily M. Reed, who died May 13, 1863, survived by their
one child, Wilbur Springs Norton. Moses Norton survived his second wife for
many years, his death occurring January 13, 1896.

Wilbur S. Norton was educated in the public schools and a business college in
Cincinnati. He has been identified with the Campbells Creek Coal Company since
1880, being employed first as a clerk in the company's store and later
becoming bookkeeper, having charge of this part of the business since 1904.

Mr. Norton casts his vote with the Democratic party, but takes no active
interest in politics, being no seeker for office. He belongs to several
fraternal organizations including the Knights of Pythias and the Red Men, both
at Malden. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he is a deacon.

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Taken from History of Charleston and Kanawha County West Virginia and
Representative Citizens, W.S. Laidley, Richmond Arnold Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1911.

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