ANSON NORWOOD

     Anson Norwood, b 1792 in North Carolina, d October 28, 1861 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas - married January 3, 1828, to Julianne Patterson, b 1810 in Kentucky, d February 23, 1869 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas. They both were buried in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin.

     Anson and Julianne moved to Falls County prior to May 7, 1855, where Anson was listed on the Jury List of the District Court. They brought three sons and three daughters with them, and had 132 slaves who accompanied them to Falls County.

     The family settled on the East Bank of the Brazos River, but because of the mosquitoes and other hazards of living near the river, Anson sold the land and bought a farm four miles north of Marlin. The first six of seven children were born in Alabama - the last and youngest was born in Falls County, Texas:

     John W. Norwood, b November 6, 1828, d July 31, 1905 in Marlin - married October 29, 1856 in Falls County to Adaline F. Moore, b January 12, 1840 in Georgia, d January 8, 1919 - and both buried in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin.

     Martha Norwood ("Mattie"), b December 22, 1831 in Alabama, d February 2, 1895 - married Jesse P. Bowles, b 1820 in Missouri, d August 30, 1882 - and both buried in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin.

     Thomas Lee Norwood, b 1833 in Alabama, d September 17, 1863 - being killed during the Civil War while in the Confederate States Army as a Private in Company E, 4th Texas Infantry. There is a memorial tombstone for him in the Calvary Cemetery near his father, Anson Norwood.

     Anna Willie Norwood, b April 21, 1835 in Alabama, d September 9, 1873 in Marlin, Texas - was the second wife of Judge E. C. Stuart, whom she married January 5, 1860 in Marlin. Judge Stuart was from Mississippi - a widower with four children: James Monroe, Fleet, Leonard, and Charles Stuart. Judge E. C. Stuart was b February 15, 1820, d October 3, 1889- and buried by his second wife in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin.

     Lidia A. Norwood, b December 18, 1839 in Alabama, d May 28, 1917 in Marlin - married in Falls County on February 12, 1857 to James Craik. She is buried in Calvary Cemetery - no information as to the burial place of James Craik.

     Anson Norwood, Jr., b 1850 in Alabama, d November 4, 1860 and buried in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin by his parents.

     Louise Norwood, b 1855 in Falls County, Texas, d September 2, 1873 and buried in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin.

     Descendants of Anson and Julianne Norwood have been prominent since 1855 in Falls County history.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 328 column 1 and 2.  
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