BiographyMarshall P. Norton (10 June 1842 - 22 October 1914) was the son of Gad (1815-1898) and Mary W. Norton (1817-1905). He had four siblings: Asher (1843-1844), Alice Jeanette (1845-1911), Julius Gad (1847-1871), and Gilbert E. Norton (1852-1926). He never married.
His father was one of the original owners of Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut.