Alonzo Norton of Batsto

Alonzo was in Washington Township, and probably at Batsto, as early as 1894, when his name appears on a voting ledger for that year. His name did not show up on the 1892 poll book, but obviously this does not mean he didn't live there, just that he didn't vote.

According to the Federal Census, it appears that Alonzo's home was the first one visited by the census enumerator in 1895, which would make sense if he was in the mansion as caretaker. At that time he was living with his wife, Mary. No other occupants of the mansion are listed in 1895. Joseph Wharton was still alive at this point, but he never really lived full time in the mansion, and it seems Alonzo and his wife were the only servants at the time the census was taken in 1895.

According to the 1900 census, Alonzo was born in September 1850, and his wife in July 1849. They were married about 1877. Again, in 1900, there were no other occupants of his home.

To confuse the issue, by 1905 Alonzo was telling a census enumerator that he owned his home, rather than renting it, as did every one else at Batsto. Obviously if he was caretaker at the mansion, he would not own his home. In fact, as far as we know, no one owned property at Batsto. He gave his occupation as 'farmer' in that year; perhaps he had moved out of the mansion to farm by this point? He may have occupied a piece of land just outside of what we consider Batsto today, in other words on non-Wharton land.

In 1910, he and Mary still appear on the Batsto census. He gave his occupation as 'farm manager', which makes sense if he was still caretaker.

Alonzo and wife were gone from Batsto by 1920.