Melville Norcross Stratton, was the son of Melville O. Stratton and Clara G. [Norcross, grandnephew of Hon. Otis Norcross, married (1908) Helen Elizabeth of Grafton, Massachusetts, whose first three daughters Eleanor N., Elizabeth G., and Geraldine F., from a total of six children were the great grandnieces of Mayor Otis Norcross. M. Norcross Stratton served as President of Massachusetts Board of Education, Vocational Education Society of Boston; and Director Vocational Education [Division, Field of Industrial Schools for Men and Boys, and Agent-in-Charge of Teacher Training in all fields, Massachusetts Department of Education.