The Washington times., 1920-05-23
.D|ESAT 126, LIVED
INIHREE CENTUR|E!
Nebraska Man, Born III 1894
Saw Kings and Kingdoms
Come and Go.

! LINCOLN. Nsb.. May 2S.-rhann.i
Aorria. who recently died at westss
Vile. Custer county. was Nebraska
oldest eiti<en. aad was believed TO b.
one OF the worlds Oldest men. A
the time of his death he claimed thi
distinction OF having lived ise years.
Norris has been user OF tosaoel
since his teens and was not AYERS.
to taking q nip Of liquor IL one wsr
handy He set At defiance also II
rules for longevity by taking tea o.
coffee at all of his meals. and befor,
retiring at night was accustomed 1,
taking a quart of tea or eeffee TO hi,
bedroom, which he drank during IN,
night.
Norris never had q serious illness
but once suffered sunstroke. The OLE
man retained both his hearing and Mi
eyesiSht until close to the end H.
never wore glasses until q few year
ago. when a friend loaned him a pair
which he thereafter used for clos.
work. The hesring of one ear wa
DESTROYED by scaldipg several year
ago but the other gave good service.
Newer was Married.
Morris had two other claims t.
fame, He never was married and n.
! never attended school a day in hii
life. He was apprenticed to th.
| butchers trade when a boy, but after
working as a butcher eight OF ter
years he took to cobbling. This VA
largely due to the fact that he had 8
club foot. Until few years ago, I,
| made HIS living by, repairing shoes
Five years ago he quit altogether
| For several years he walked q mil,
and half each day to q creek, wher.
he spent the day fishing. This wa
his one diversion.
Norris was born January 10, 1874
at Below, Montgomeryshire, Wales
His ancestors were WEIGH His fathes
was Thomas Norris. agricultural Ia,
porer, and died when the Lad wa
three years old. He emigrated ID
America when seventy-seven year,
OF age. He was a confirmed woman
hater. according to his bioxraphers
he was engaged to marry q Weieh
girl, but she died short time befors
the wedding day. Morris mothe,
lived to be eighty-fo He had one
brother, who died nearly sixty year.
ago.
| Came to U. 8. IN 1871. g.,
| In 1871 Morris emigrated to Amer.
lea, arriving in Chicago the Sunda,
following the great fire. He haI
lived in Illinois. Missouri and Ne
braska, settling in Custer county II
1885. Morris lived in three centuries
As he was born in Wales, no authen
tic record of his birth is preserved In
this country. but inquiry in Custer
county revealed that the Statement
as to his age is generally believed
and some claim his age to be ever
l greater than he has stated.
| Norris was one year old when tn,
famous trial of Warren Hastina.
closed and eleven years old when Mel
son won Trafalgar. He lived in tn,
period of the Napoleonic wars and at
tanned his majority six months befor,
Waterloo. He was seven years oil,
when Ireland and England wer,
united and has seen the reigns o.
George III. George ~, William "
Victoria, Edward VII, and the presen,
King. He was thirty-eisht years ole
| when the reform bill was signed inc
| twenty-five years old when Jane.
Watt died. He was sixty-four year,
old when the first Atlantic cable wa
laid. sixty-seve when Fort Sumter
surrendered, and more than three
score and ten when Lincoln was as
sassinated.