James Hogg Norwood
(1839-1912)
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Biographical Data
Important Dates
James Hogg Norwood was born on February 22, 1839, in Orange County, NC. He died on April 11, 1912, and was buried in Old Town Cemetery in Hillsborough, NC.
Relatives
- Parents: John Wall Norwood and Annabella Giles [1].
- Spouse: Sarah Frances Benners (1821-1903). They had one son, James Alves Norwood.
- Paternal grandparents: William Norwood and Robina Hogg.
- Maternal grandparents: William Giles and Anabella Fleming.
- Siblings: three sisters, Annabella Giles Norwood (1831-1914)
, Robina Norwood (1835-1919) and Margaret Yonge Norwood (1838-1925) .
- Others: Anna Bella Huske (niece), Benjamin Norwood Huske (nephew, b. 1853), Elizabeth Anderson Huske (niece), Thomas Webb Huske (nephew, 1856-1931), Alves Webb (nephew, 1865-1924), Annabella Giles Webb (niece, 1860-1935), Benjamin Huske Webb (nephew, 1863-1866), Eliza Plumer Webb (niece, 1876-1877), James H. Webb (nephew, 1868-1927), John Norwood Webb (nephew, 1858-1934), Margaret Taylor Webb (niece, 1855-1939), Robin Webb (niece, 1874-1941) and Thomas H. Webb (nephew, 1871-1939).
References
- Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).