Daniel Norborne Norton

Dr. Daniel Norborne Norton

Stepson of John Ambler

Daniel Norton was a physician and viticulturist at his nearby home known as Magnolia Farm.

Norton cultivated and experimented with multiple varieties of grapes. The Norton variety of wine grape is named after him, and he is commonly credited as its originator.

Sacred

To the memory of

Daniel Norborne Norton M.D.

Son of

John Hatley Norton

of England

and his wife

Catherine Bush

of Winchester Virginia

Born in November 1794

Intermarried with

Elizabeth Jaquelin Call

and afterward with

Lucy Marshall Fisher

Departed this life

the 23rd Day of January 1842