James Andrew Norwood

JAMES ANDREW NORWOOD was born September 11, 1876 in Mecklenburg
County, Virginia. The area of his birth was in the southern portion
of the County on Grassy Creek and near the Granville County, North
Carolina line. The settlement of Sudan was a mile or so to the east.

Andrew Norwood was the son of LUCY ANN FRANCES REBECCA NORWOOD (1844 -
1921), a native of Granville County, North Carolina, and the daughter
of BENJAMIN NORWOOD (1804 - 1876) and REBECCA OWEN (ca. 1808 - ca.1858).
Benjamin Norwood was the son of JOHN NORWOOD (ca. 1755 - 1842)
and wife (unknown).

The first wife of Andrew Norwood was FLORENCE FOSTER of Mecklenburg
County, Virginia, the daughter of Henry Foster. She died at a young
age in the late 1890s, during childbirth....the baby dying also.

Andrew Norwood was married the second time to HALLIE FAUCETT, a
daughter of Alexander Faucett. They had three children to reach
adulthood: ALICE NORWOOD who married WILLIE PETTIGREW HOPE, then
CHARLIE KING; BEN ALEXANDER NORWOOD who married STELLA HOPE, the
sister of Willie P. Hope; and, WILLIAM ANDREW "Billy" NORWOOD who
married HAZEL KING of Warren County, N. C.

Upon the death of Hallie Norwood, Andrew Norwood married his third
wife, MARY LONIE PROCTOR, daughter of David A. Proctor and Lucy
Faucett, the sister of Alexander Faucett. They had the following
children: FLORENCE LEIGH NORWOOD who married HEZEKIAH "H. K." NEATHERY;
SALLIE NORWOOD who married MAJOR R. WYNN of Warren County,N. C.; MARY
FRANCES NORWOOD who married WILLIAM THOMAS NEATHERY, Jr., the brother
of H. K. Neathery; ANNIE MAUDE NORWOOD who married WILLIAM
LAWENCE ELLIOTT, a nephew of Thomas and H. K. Neathery; JAMES SCOTT
NORWOOD who died in service during World War II; RUTH NORWOOD who
married RALPH RICHARDSON, then WILLIAM BATH upon Richardson's death,
and EDDIE COLEMAN upon Bath's death; GEORGE HERBERT NORWOOD who
married JANE O'BRIEN.

James Andrew Norwood was a farmer all of his life. He served, for many
years, as an elder in the Nutbush Presbyterian Church at Townsville,
N. C. He died on May 19, 1954 at his home just north of Williamsboro
in Vance County; and, is buried in the Nutbush Church Cemetery,Townsville.
His legacy is one of a good man, known by many people, with many
grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great, great grandchildren
living in throughout the eastern United States.

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