the Hon.
Wilkes Angel, of Belmont, but about 1870 accepted a position which necessitated
his traveling for about four years; he afterward completed the study of law
with S. M. Norton, of Friendship, N. Y., and June 5,
1877, was admitted to the bar of the State of New York. He became associated
in the practice of law with J. C. Backus, B. A., which continued until the death
of Mr. Backus, October 20, 1888, since which time Mr. Gorton has retained the
old office, and is engaged in business as before. In June, 1878, he married
Lucy C., daughter of Judson G. Eaton, of Smethport, and they have three children--boys--now
ten, eight and one years of age, respectively. Mr. Gorton is a prominent
member of the A. O. U. W., and an officer in the grand lodge. Politically
he is a Republican. His father, Sheridan Gorton, died in May, 1848, and
his mother afterward married W. D. Renwick, of Allegany county, N. Y., a prominent
teacher, who was school commissioner of that county for a period of six years,
and they now have their home at Friendship. The mother of Sheridan Gorton
bore the maiden name of Abigail Norton, and was the eldest daughter of Joseph
B. Norton, one of the pioneers of Allegany County, N. Y., who died in 1882,
at the age of eighty-two years. Historic Sheridan Gorton Residence is now the Ross/ Einloth Residence
2000 A.D.
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