DEATH OF A. J. NORRIS
Noted Virginia Engineer Succumbs to Peritonitis at Lima Peru
Alexander J. Norris, a noted railroad engineer and chief of construction and maintenance of the Peruvian Corporation of London England died of peritonitis at Lima Peru on May 20 at 53 years of age.
Mr. Norris first went to Peru as assistant to his father Henry DeButts Norris, of Virginia, an engineer of International reputation - The elder Norris was at one time a partner of the late William R. Grace of New York in railroad construction and Important engineering in the West Indies and Central and South America.
Mr. Norris had expected to return to the United States last month on vacation. In 1893 he married Frederika Henshaw, only daughter of the late Capt. H. C. Henshaw, U.S.M.C., and his wife and three children survive him. His oldest son is a student of Princeton college. He is also survived by a brother, Dudley Norris of Birmingham, Alabama, and four sisters, Mrs William H. Saunders, Mrs. Isaac H. Saunders ,Mrs. Eugene L. Gaddess and Mrs. Eugene LeMerle, all of this city
The Washington Post
Washington, District of Columbia
04 Jun 1918, Tue • Page 16
DEATH OF A. J. NORRIS
Noted Virginia Engineer Succumbs to Peritonitis at Lima Peru
Alexander J. Norris, a noted railroad engineer and chief of construction and maintenance of the Peruvian Corporation of London England died of peritonitis at Lima Peru on May 20 at 53 years of age.
Mr. Norris first went to Peru as assistant to his father Henry DeButts Norris, of Virginia, an engineer of International reputation - The elder Norris was at one time a partner of the late William R. Grace of New York in railroad construction and Important engineering in the West Indies and Central and South America.
Mr. Norris had expected to return to the United States last month on vacation. In 1893 he married Frederika Henshaw, only daughter of the late Capt. H. C. Henshaw, U.S.M.C., and his wife and three children survive him. His oldest son is a student of Princeton college. He is also survived by a brother, Dudley Norris of Birmingham, Alabama, and four sisters, Mrs William H. Saunders, Mrs. Isaac H. Saunders ,Mrs. Eugene L. Gaddess and Mrs. Eugene LeMerle, all of this city
The Washington Post
Washington, District of Columbia
04 Jun 1918, Tue • Page 16
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