Hiram Lafayette^{1 2 3} Van Norman^{1 2 3}

Hiram and his wife owned and operated a tannery in Liberty, MS. The tannery
provided leather good to the Confederate Army.

Van Norman Family p. 29
Hiram moved with his family and (probably) his father's family from Madison Township, Jefferson Cty, IN (on the Ohio River) to Liberty, Amite Co. MS, sometime in the 1820's. He appeared in the 1830 Amite Co. census and had 4 children, 3 sons and 2 daughters. His occupation was farmer/tanner. He appeared in the land and conveyance records in 1850, 1856, 1857 and 1858. Hiram is believed to have established a tannery on Tan Yard (now Speculation) Creek which he operated until the 1860's. In the 1870 census of Amite Co., MS, Hiram is shown as a shoemaher.

Elizabeth Saunders^{1 2 3} Walden^{1 2 3}

Aged: 73.9 years

Elizabeth Saunders Walden was adopted by the Mother of Gail Borden of Border Milk fame, andHiram met her at the Borden home.

Another source and story:ancestry.com
Written by Sally Van Norman McLain - "My father...came to
Buffalo, New York when only 18 years old and learned the coopers
trade. After learning, he came to Madison, Indiana and workedfor Gail Borden's father for quite a number of years. There he met my mother, who was Elizabeth Saunders Walden. Mr. Borden had adopted her several years before. She was born and reared in Kentucky near Lexington in Woodford Co. Her mother, dying before she ws grown and her two older sisters having married men from Indiana, were living in Bloomington; also one brother; Grandpa Walden marrying again, the sister took my mother to live with them.

Mrs. Borden, seeing her, persuaded them to give her to them, as
they had but one child, Gail, a boy, and she so wanted a girl so she was one of the family and married my father in Borden's home and lived right near them on the Ohio River. Cyrenus, Lorena, and Willie were born there and then the Bordens and Van Normans came to Amite Co., Miss. Mr. Borden lived here for several years. Then he and two of the Van Norman boys went to Texas; Grandpa's sons, Wyburn and William, ..."

Children

First Name

Birth Dt

Death Dt

Birth Place

Spouses

William Lester

5 FEB 1828

9 JUN 1901

IN, Jefferson Co, Madison Twp

Rhoda C. Wilkinson

Philadelphia B.

08/10/1830

10/28/1865

John Cain Wilkinson

Hiram Lafayette1 2 3 Van Norman1 2 3

Elizabeth Saunders1 2 3 Walden1 2 3

William Lester

Philadelphia B.

Hiram Lafayette^{1 2 3} Van Norman^{1 2 3}

Elizabeth Saunders^{1 2 3} Walden^{1 2 3}