Norman L. C. Troxell, a general insurance and real estate broker and notary public of Allentown was born in this city. May 11, 1866. His education was received in the public schools of Allentown, and the Palatine College, Myerstown, from which he was graduated in 1884; and he also attended a Frankilin and Marshall College, Lancaster for one year. Later he accepted a position as bookkeeper and collector for the E. Gately & Co., firm of Philadelphia, which firm had a branch office in Allentown. In 1887 he engaged in the insurance business in his native city and successfully conducts that business at the present time. He has an established trade and is a member of the following orders: Odd Fellows, in which order he is a past grand; the Encampment, in which order he is a Past Chief's Patriarch; and the Order of Rebecca. He was elected a national representative of the National Haymaker's Association, which association met at Cleveland, Ohio in 1911, and was a member of the judiciary committee. He is also a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, in which he is a past sachem- Knights of Pythias, in which he is a past chancellor commander; Order of Independent Americans; Brotherhood of America, in which he is a past chief Washington; Woodmen of the World in which he is a past officer; Knights of the Golden Eagle, in which he is a past chief and the F. O. E. He was married in 1886 to Clara K. Strause, daughter of Emanuel S. and Angelina L. (Leinbach) Strause, of West Leesport. Mr. and Mrs. Troxell had an only son. Byron E. D. who was born April 29, 1888, and died March 6, 1910, aged 21 years. Mr. and Mrs. Troxell reside at 21 South Franklin Street and are members of Zion Reformed Church