Robert Cicero Norris was born 7 Mar�o 1837 in Perry Co, Al, and died 14 Maio 1913 in Santa B�rbara d'Oeste, SP, Brazil. He was son of William Hutchinson Norris. He married Martha Temperance Steagall 12 Agosto 1869 in Santa B�rbara d'Oeste, SP, Brazil, daughter of Henry Steagall and Delia Peck. She was born 4 Fevereiro 1850 in Union City, Weakley Co.TN, and died 14 Setembro 1933 in Washinton, DC.

William Hutchinson Norris, Martha's father-in-law was born September 25, 1800 in Oglethorpe County Georgia, and died July 13, 1893 in Santa Barbara Brazil. He married Melinda Black December 23, 1821 in Wilcox County Alabama. She died 1832 in Wilcox County Alabama. Then he married Mary Black, his wife's cousin, June 28, 1832 in Wilcox County Alabama. She was born 1811 in South Carolina, and died August 1893 in Santa Barbara, SP. On 12-27-1865, William H. Norris and his son Robert Cicero Norris arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil aboard the ship South America Departure point uncertain, but probably either New Orleans or Mobile, Alabama. On 1-10-1867, the rest of the Norris families left New Orleans aboard the Talisman bound for Rio. After a bad storm, with damage to the ship, they wound up in the Cape Verde Islands and did not reach Rio until 4-19-1867. William Norris had sons in law; listed as Willie Daniel (married to Nancy Angeline), Edward Townsend and Joseph Whitaker. William Norris served in the Alabama State Legislature, both as a Senator and member of the House of Representatives from Dallas County during the late 1830's and early 1840's. He was elected Grand Master of the Alabama Grand Lodge on December 2, 1861. William Hutchinson Norris died at Santa Barbara Brazil on July 13, 1893.

Once Cicero Norris was praising his wife to his father-in-law, Henry Steagall, and saying she can do this and can do that, etc, but is not able to make a nest for her husband, and Henry replied: "It has to be something left to you to do, isn't that right?"

"Aunt Pattie", as Martha was called by the nephews, had a dream of writing a book, but only published a few articles in "The Alabama Historical Quarterly" The first called "Rich Memories of a Long Life" and the last "Thirteen years in Texas", both of which were published in 1920.

She tells us: " Every Sunday Rev. Ratcliff did lectures at the house of John Cole, from Mississippi, and we all, young ones, used to go there, walking, to heard him. Robert Norris was always my company during these rides and we became in love and engaged. We married August 12, 1869, by Rev. Ratcliff, after he got special permission from the authorities. We were the first couple to marrie in Santa Barbara, among the Americana Colony. Another marriage happened before ours, but they had to go to S�o Paulo, riding horses, to the cerimony.

"That time my husband was working in Mr. Titus Fonseca's farm, half way to Jundiai, almost 15 miles after Campinas. Mr. Fonseca was father-in-law of Guilherme D. Ralston, one well known American and one of the first ones to come to Brazil. He had been the owner of the fabrics plant later called Carioba, close to what became the city of Americana.

"My husband took me to this farm, where I stayed till December 24, and, spite the owner's family be extremely kind, I missed so much my home and family. I came back then to my Family, who lived close to the place where today is Americana, and then was a farm belonging to Capt. Bueno. We decided to be proper I stay at my fathers, since my husband intended to left his job anyway, what he did in April.

"Meanwhile, due to great insistence from the neighbors, I teached children who had no school neither teacher. In May 1870 my first son was born. We named him after his grandfathers: William Henry."

When 80 years old, she went to visit her daughter Kenny in Washington, USA and died there in consequence of a pneumonia she got from the difference of climates. One of Pattie's great granddaughters is the famous Brazilian Singer Rita Lee Jones.