Английская Википедия:Anthony Banning Norton
Шаблон:Infobox person Anthony Banning Norton (May 15, 1821 – December 31, 1893) was an American journalist, historian and state politician. He was the publisher of newspapers in Ohio and Texas, and a Know Nothing member of the Texas House of Representatives. He later served as the postmaster of Dallas, Texas, and a United States Marshal for North Texas. He was the author of three books.
Early life
Anthony Banning Norton was born on May 15, 1821, in Mount Vernon, Ohio.[1] His parents, Daniel Sheldon Norton and Sarah Banning, were planters from Louisiana.[2] His brother, Daniel Sheldon Norton, became a politician.[1]
Norton "graduated from Kenyon College in 1840" and studied the Law in Pennsylvania.[2]
Career
Norton joined the Whig Party, and he published The True Whig and Chippewa War Club, later known as Norton's Daily True Whig, a newspaper in Mount Vernon from 1848 to 1855.[2]
Norton joined the Know Nothing political party, and he served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1855 to 1861.[3] He was also an Adjutant General appointed by Governor Sam Houston.[2]
He founded “the Fort Worth Chief”, the town’s first newspaper.
After the American Civil War, Norton was the publisher of another newspaper, Norton's Union Intelligencer.[1] He became the postmaster of Dallas, Texas in 1875, and a United States Marshal for North Texas in 1879.[2][1] He was the Republican nominee for Texas Governor in 1878 and 1884. [4]
Norton was the author of three books.
Personal life and death
Norton was married three times. With his first wife, H. Ellen Burr, he had two children.[1] In 1857, he married H. Maria Neyland, and they had three children.[1] In 1892, he married Mary Martin.[1]
Norton died on December 31, 1893, in Dallas, Texas.[1]
Works
- A History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779 to 1862 (1862)
- The Great Revolution of 1840, Reminiscences of the Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign (1888)
- Tippecanoe Songs of the Log Cabin Boys and Girls of 1840 (1888)
References
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