Sophia Norton (maiden name: Lyon) was born around 1816 in Connecticut. She married William Norton around 1840, and they had at least three children: William, born on November 29, 1841; Gertrude, born around 1849; and Alice, born around 1850. The family lived in Marlborough, Connecticut, until the 1850s, when they moved to Manchester, Connecticut. Her husband worked as a machinist, and by 1860, they owned $2,300 of personal property. She died sometime after 1870.