William Norris
Born: December 6, 1820
Birth Place: Baltimore County, Maryland
Father: Richard Norris 1783 – 1859
(Buried: All Saints Episcopal Church, Reisterstown, Maryland)
Mother: Susan Fitzhugh Voss 1789 – 1879
(Buried: All Saints Episcopal Church, Reisterstown, Maryland)
Wife: Ellen Lyles Hobson 1825 – 1901
(Buried: All Saints Episcopal Church, Reisterstown, Maryland)
Education:
1840: Graduated from Yale College
Occupation before War:
1849: Lived in California During the Gold Rush
Judge Advocate to the United States Pacific Squadron
President of Baltimore Mechanical Bakery
Civil War Career:
Civilian Aide to John Bowie Magruder
Established a System of Signals on the Peninsula & James River
Commander of Confederate States Secret Service Bureau
Colonel and Commissioner of Exchange of Prisoners of War
1865: Swore allegiance to the United States Government
Occupation after War:
Lived in Brookline, Maryland
Considered going to Chile to set up a signal corps
Spoke out in defense of John H. Surratt
Died: December 29, 1896
Place of Death: Reistertown, Maryland
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Burial Place: All Saint's Cemetery, Reistertown, Maryland
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