Norton, Charles Dyer (1871-1923)

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Charles D. Norton to Jane Addams, March 11, 1908

Arthur Piper Kellogg to Jane Addams, July 16, 1919

Thomas Wentworth Higginson to Jane Addams, [1910]

Arthur Piper Kellogg to Jane Addams, November 2, 1916

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Birth Date

1871-03-12

Death Date

1923-03-15

Birthplace

Oshkosh, WI

Biographical Text

Charles Dyer Norton was a banker and insurance salesman. Growing up, Norton often had health problems and was unable to finish school because of it. When he was fourteen, he worked for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, but he then decided to go back to school, studying at Ripon Academy and then Amherst College. After school, he worked in New York for an art purchasing agent, but his health began to fail and he took a trip to Europe to recover. He then experienced a rapid rise in his career, becoming an associate general agent of an insurance company. He was also the Secretary to the President during William Howard Taft's presidency and the president of the Merchants Club.

Norton married Katherine McKim Garrison in 1897. They had three children: Garrison, Lucia, and Charles. Norton died in 1923.

Occupation

Banker

Insurance sales

Secretary

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People

Map

Edited By

Hajo, Cathy Moran

Lichon, Sara Catherine

Bradley, Ed

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1908

Bibliography and Links

"Charles D. Norton, Banker, Had City Planning Idea," Decatur Herald, April 2, 1923, p. 6.

"Charles D. Norton, Civic Beauty Exponent, Predicts Wonderful Future for Chicago," Chicago Tribune, 1909

Charles D Norton, 1910 United States Federal Census

Secretary to the President, Wikipedia

Citation

“Norton, Charles Dyer (1871-1923),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 17, 2024, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2708.