Source: "Southeastern Pennsylvania", by J. Bennett Nolan, Supervising Editor,
Vol. III, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1943, pp. 255-6.

"J. Norman Pusey - Proprietor of one of the leading hardware and farming
implement retailing establishments in Chester County, J. Norman Pusey of
Avondale is not only a prominent business man but also a leading citizen of
his community, being interested in all organizations promoting the public
welfare and active in those concerned with finance and education.

"J. Norman Pusey was born at Highland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania,
on July 12, 1883, a son of Henry R. and Amy (Hoopes) Pusey.  Henry R. Pusey,
who was born near Chatham, Pennsylvania, in 1846, established himself in life
as a farmer and later became a merchant, an activity in which he maintained
his interest until the day of his death, February 28, 1916.  His wife, Amy
(Hoopes) Pusey, who also was born near Chatham, Pennsylvania, died in 1884.

"After attending the elementary schools at Avondale and graduating from the
Avondale High School, J. Norman Pusey studied at the George School, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, and then began his business career in association with
his father, Henry R. Pusey, in Avondale. In this business, the retailing of
hardware and farming implements, father and son were joined during 1906 by
Philip C. Pusey.  Following the death of Henry R. Pusey in 1916, J. Norman
Pusey and Philip C. Pusey continued the business under the firm name of
H. R. Pusey & Company until 1930, when, following the death of Philip C.
Pusey, J. Norman Pusey took over the business and has conducted it through
the present time under his own name.  In addition to his private business
interests, Mr. Pusey gives his time to various other enterprises, being in
particular a director of the National Bank of Avondale and a director of the
London Grove Building Association.  A member of the Republican party politi-
cally, Mr. Pusey has always been deeply interested in civic concerns, and he
has been generous with his time and abilities in the public interest in this
field.  For a number of years he served on the Avondale School Board and is
at the present time the treasurer of the Avondale School Board as well as the
treasurer of the Avongrove Joint Consolidated School District.  A member of
the New Garden Friends' Meeting, Mr. Pusey also belongs to the West Grove-
Avondale Rotary Club.

J. Norman Pusey married on June 17, 1911, Alice Hogeland of Newtown, Bucks
County, a daughter of Horace Hogeland.  Mr. and Mrs. Pusey are the parents of
three children: 1. M. Elizabeth, born January 19, 1914.  2. Horace H., born on
December 6, 1915.  3. Jean A., born on April 17, 1920."

(Correction from Bob Passmore, 11/22/13: Elizabeth was born 4-17-1914 and Jean 
Alice was born 1-19-1920.  JMM: Contemporary newspapers also support these dates.)