Background
Norton, John Nicholas was born in 1820 in Waterloo, New York, United States. Son of George and Maria (Gault) Norton.
Norton, John Nicholas was born in 1820 in Waterloo, New York, United States. Son of George and Maria (Gault) Norton.
Graduate Geneva (now Hobart) College, 1842. Attended General Theological Seminary, New York City 1842-1845.
Ordained to ministry Protestant Episcopal Church, 1845. Rector Church of Ascension, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1847-1870. Associate rector Christ Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1870, aided development Negro Episcopal Church, Louisville.
Author: The Boy Who Was Trained Up To Be a Clergyman, 1853.
Pioneer Missionaries, 1859. The Lay Reader, 1870.
The King’s Ferry Boat, 1876. Old Paths, 1880.
Married Mary Sutton, 1855.