Matthias B. Norman

Born: 1857

Died: 1926

Married: [O'Malley] (1857-1941)

Children: Mildred

Matthias B. Norman and his wife Eleanor are buried in St. Paul's Cemetery on Fletcher Farm Road in the Town of Franklin. Matt Norman and a cousin built Norman's General Store in Bloomingdale in 1904. The store closed in March, 2015.

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[Daily Enterprise], April 29, 2000

VILLE & DALE

By Martha (Tyler) and Floyd John

For over 95 years, everyone who travels on [3] from Saranac Lake toward Plattsburgh passes Norman's General Store in Bloomingdale. The store was built by Mathias B. (Matt) Norman and a first cousin, [Franklin Norman], in 1904. Around 1909 Matt bought B.F.'s share and the business has been operated by members of Matt's family since then. Matt and his wife, [O'Malley], had one daughter, Mildred, who married [Curran]. They continued to operate the store after Matt passed away. One of their daughters, Norma married a Saranac Lake resident, [Niederbuhl], who was a Navy veteran of WWII and a graduate of the MBA program at Dartmouth College. Now Art and Norma's son, Art, is continuing the family business.