. Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography : illustrated . of thistragedy was Robinsons Fort, near thesite of Centre Church, Perry county,Pennsylvania. Of the children born toMr. and Mrs. Norcross the followinglived to maturity: George, mentioned be-low; Hon. William Charles, a banker inWichita, Kansas; Hiram Fleming, alawyer, of Los Angeles, California;Isaiah, of Monmouth, Illinois; ThomasRice, of Liberty, Nebraska; and SarahGibson, deceased, wife of Henry Beck-with, of New London, Connecticut. Thedeath of Hiram Norcross, the father ofthe family, occurred in 1879. George, eldest child of Hiram

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. Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography : illustrated . of thistragedy was Robinsons Fort, near thesite of Centre Church, Perry county,Pennsylvania. Of the children born toMr. and Mrs. Norcross the followinglived to maturity: George, mentioned be-low; Hon. William Charles, a banker inWichita, Kansas; Hiram Fleming, alawyer, of Los Angeles, California;Isaiah, of Monmouth, Illinois; ThomasRice, of Liberty, Nebraska; and SarahGibson, deceased, wife of Henry Beck-with, of New London, Connecticut. Thedeath of Hiram Norcross, the father ofthe family, occurred in 1879. George, eldest child of Hiram andElizabeth (McClelland) Norcross, wasborn April 8, 1838, near Erie, Pennsyl-vania, and was six years old when hisparents removed to Monmouth, Illinois,where he received his early educationin the public schools and at the selectschool presided over by Mr. W. B. then entered McDonough College, atMcComb, Illinois, passing thence toMonmouth College, where he graduatedin the class of 1861. He then began histheological studies at the McCormick 58. {rt-Cs?^--&^L<3

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