The Family of Emerson McMillin

The honoree pallbearers include, Reginald Rives, Frederick Forest Peabody, Dr. Philip S.
Chancellor, Henry E. Bothin, John Percival Jefferson, Francis T. Underhill, Edward
Carrington, Joel Remington Fithian, Dr. Rea Smith of Los Angeles, Hilo Hilton Potter,
Franklin Price Knott. *(The Morning Press, Sunday, March 21, 1920, and the Santa
Barbara Historical Society)
Cincinnati, O, May 6 - Dr. Oliver Dwight Norton, surgeon of the navy, has filed a
petition for divorce from his wife. They were married February 14, 1890. The wife is
Jean Hartley Cowdrey, who is well known in literary circles. Dr. Norton is at present
stationed in Philadelphia. He told of his cruises about the world with Uncle Sam’s
squadron and the refusal of his wife to accompany him to different parts. She did make
one trip to the Chinese station, she going by mail steamer, he through the Suez Canal
with his charge. According to the doctor his wife in addition to her literary work is
engaged in raising fancy dogs, she possessing one of the finest kennels in this country.
The wife sent a letter asking that the marital bond be severed. *(The Marion, Ohio, Daily
Star, May 5, 1902)
(Jean Hartley Cowdrey was the first wife of Dr. Oliver Dwight
Norton. ew)
Note: A marriage record can not be found for Dr. Oliver D. Norton and Mary McMillin
Butterworth but it was most certainly after his divorce in 1902.
The 1910 Census Record for Manhattan, New York, City, New York, shows Oliver D.
Norton and Mary A. Norton living at the Hotel Astoria. He was 50 years old and she was
44. This was the second marriage for both. The 1920 Census Record shows Oliver D.
Norton and Mary M. Norton living in Santa Barbara, California (Montecito).
*(Ancestry.com)
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