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Traditional Dress Put your face in a costume from John Q. Family Time Line. Spouse and Children. Parents and Siblings. Edward Peter Norton. Sarah Effie Norton. Martha Norton. Thomas Norton. Mary Anderson. Richardson Norton. Lizzie Norton. View All. Thinking of all the family at this time and sending all my love and prayers!

Look over the family! We love you so much and You will be missed so much!! From Barry I will miss you uncle John more than you know and from Margaret I will always remember you as the true cool dude gentleman you were who showed us nothing but love and kindness and will never forget your wit and gun loving nature. Rest in peace John. You will be deeply missed. Soar high you have earned your angel wings. Sincere apologies from Margaret Andersen for above condolence mis spelling.

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Walker Funeral Home by Mountain Media. Send Flowers Menu. John Gardner Andersen March 29, - September 23, Share Now. Visitation Tuesday, September 28, p. Leave a Condolence. Norton received his discharge in , and worked in the fur trade from for John Askin, an American trader based in Fort Detroit, serving as both an interpreter and trader. Norton was retained by the Indian Department at Niagara as an interpreter, during which time he met Joseph Brant.

Norton resigned from the Indian Department. Brant adopted Norton as his nephew and granted him the title of Peace Chief, assigning him the task of negotiating land settlements with the British government. Norton was aided by Brant's son John, but they were unable to reach an agreement favourable to the Grand River Mohawk. John into the Mohawk language; when published in , it was the first translation of the gospel in a First Nations' language.

In the spring of , Norton travelled to the land of the Cherokee where he re-established contact with members of his father's family. He travelled through Shawnee lands during his return, arriving in Grand River in June About this time he met Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh. With the outbreak of the War of between Britain and the United States, Norton was given the rank of captain in the British army. The action proved decisive, for it gave General Sheaffe time to prepare a successful counter attack and crush the American force.

The following year, Norton and his warriors covered the retreat of the British forces to Burlington Heights after the Americans had taken Fort Niagara. After the war, Norton and his wife, a Lenape Delaware woman called Karighwaycagh, travelled to England where Norton received the brevet rank of major in the British army.

They returned to Grand River in