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scended from the Massachusetts family of
Nortons, his great-grandfather, Dr. Oliver
Norton, having been born at Edgartown,
Massachusetts, August 10, 1763, and died
at Amity (Belmont), New York, July 19,
1838. He enlisted in the Continental army
at Hebron, Connecticut, and served in the
Revolutionary War. His son, Michael
Norton, was the father of Dr. George H.
Noxon's mother, who came from Connec-
ticut to New York State, settling at the
town of Amity (Belmont).
David W. Noxon, father of Dr. Noxon,
was a native of Watervliet, New York,
where his birth occurred. He was a man
of extremely restless and energetic na-
ture, and in his youth moved to various
places, making his home in each place for
a time, engaging in several different lines
of business. He married Mary E. Nor-
ton, of Amity (Belmont), New York, a
daughter of Michael Norton, aforemen-
tioned.
The childhood of George H. Noxon was
passed at Union City and Pleasantville,
Pennsylvania, and Binghamton, New
York, and it was at the latter place that
he gained the greater part of his elementary
education. Having determined upon
a professional career, he matriculated at
the Baltimore Medical College, now the
Maryland University, at Baltimore, and
there pursued the study of his chosen
subject until 1893, in which year he was
graduated with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. He supplemented his theoret-
ical studies by serving as interne in the
Maryland General Hospital, and then
went to Brooklyn, New York, where he
established himself in the practice of his
profession. He did not remain in that
city long, however, but removed to Dar-
ien, Connecticut, in 1894, and has remained
there ever since. In addition to
his private practice, Dr. Noxon is also
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associated with a number of important
medical institutions in the region, and is
a member of the staff of the Stamford
Hospital, of Stamford, Connecticut, and
of the staff of the Soldiers' Home, at
Noroton.
Dr. Noxon has always been keenly interested
in the general affairs of the community
in which he has elected to live,
and especially in connection with the mat-
ter of public health. He was elected
health officer of Darien in 1900 and since
that time has discharged the responsible
duties of that office to the entire satis-
faction of his fellow-citizens, and has ren-
dered them an invaluable service. He is
a member of the Stamford Medical So-
ciety ;
a member and ex-president of the
Fairfield County Medical Society ; a
member and vice-president of the Con-
necticut Medical Society ; a member of
the Medical Society of the Greater City
of New York ; and a member of the Amer-
ican Medical Association. He is also affil-
iated with Union Lodge, No. 5. Free and
Accepted Masons, of Stamford, and a
member of the Stamford Historical So-
ciety. In his religious belief Dr. Noxon is
an Episcopalian, and is a member of St.
Luke's Church at Darien.
Dr. Noxon was united in marriage with
Annis Brady, a daughter of Commodore
William N. and Cornelia (Waterbury)
Brady, old and highly respected residents
of Darien, Connecticut. William N.
Brady was a commander in the United
States navy. Dr. and Mrs. Noxon are the
parents of one child, Annis Noxon, born
September 15, 1898.
FERRIS, Albert,
Farmer, Stockman.
Long prominent as a farmer and stock-
raiser and well known as a representative