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William Brown Norvell 1819 – 1895 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 NOV 1819

Birth Location: Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA

Death Date: 21 MAY 1895

Death Location: Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA

Father: John Norvell

Mother: Margaret Moores

Spouse(s): Virginia Peacock

Children(s): Margaret Norvell, Helen Norvell, John Norvell

William Brown Norvell was born in 1819 in Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA, the child of John Norvell and Margaret Thaxton Moores. William Brown Norvell married Virginia Glovena Peacock, and had children including Margaret Jane Norvell, Helen Virginia Norvell, John Henry Norvell. William Brown Norvell passed away in 1895 in Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA.

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Biography

  • William Brown Norvell was born in 1819 in Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA, the child of John Norvell and Margaret Thaxton Moores.
  • William Brown Norvell married Virginia Glovena Peacock, and had children including Margaret Jane Norvell, Helen Virginia Norvell, John Henry Norvell.
  • William Brown Norvell passed away in 1895 in Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Norvell's Ancestors

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William Norvell
1819 – 1895
Birth Place: Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA
Parents
John Norvell
1778 – 1850
Granville, North Carolina, USA
Margaret (Thaxton) Moores
1790 – 1836
North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
James Norvell,
1723 – 1823
Hanover, Virginia, USA
Mary (Ann) Knott
1738 – 1813
North Carolina, USA
Henry Moores
1744 – 1814
Ireland
Jean Ross
1757 – 1814
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
Hugh Norvell
1699 – 1759
Mary Sandifer
1700 – 1760
James Knott
Mary Brassfield
1721 –
William Moores
1710 – 1767
Phoebe Conger
1708 – 1747
Isaac Ross
Jean Brown
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Capt Norvell,
1666 – 1719
Sarah Besouth
1674 – 1705
William Sandefur
1707 – 1755
Mary Tompkins
1719 – 1782
William Moores
1666 – 1712
Christian Allward
1670 – 1712
Gershom Conger
1685 – 1711
Ann DeSigney
1686 – 1720

William Norvell's Descendants

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William (Brown) Norvell (28 NOV 1819 – 21 MAY 1895) m. Virginia (Glovena) Peacock (4 JUL 1821 – 12 APR 1927)
  1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Norvell (12 DEC 1858 – 26 JUN 1927) m. Benjamin (Francis) Clary (8 DEC 1841 – 7 JUL 1922)
    1. 1. Uncas (Norvell) Clary (19 DEC 1881 – 16 MAY 1972) m. Maude ("Virginia Maude") Falkinton
    2. 2. William (Franklin) Clary (8 MAR 1884 – 1 DEC 1892)
    3. 3. Alla (Delphia) Clary (26 AUG 1889 – 9 MAY 1977)
    4. 4. Emma (Catharine) Clary (20 AUG 1891 – AUG 1985)
    5. 5. Daniel (Banard) Clary (13 FEB 1894 – 19 OCT 1922)
  2. 2. Helen (Virginia) Norvell (20 OCT 1868 – 13 JUN 1960) m. James (Milton) Purdy
    1. 1. Mary (Lucille) Purdy (1886 – 1954)
    2. 2. William (Milton) Purdy (18 NOV 1888 – FEB 1975)
    3. 3. Mabel (Irene) Purdy (1892 – )
    4. 4. Guy (Dewitt) Purdy (26 OCT 1894 – 1979)
    5. 5. Charles (Norvell) Purdy (1897 – 1952)
    6. 6. Goldie (Anita) Purdy (10 MAY 1902 – 1978)
    7. 7. Virginia (Burrell) Purdy (21 DEC 1906 – 15 FEB 1999)
    8. 8. Helen (A.) Purdy (1909 – 1987)
  3. 3. John (Henry) Norvell (17 AUG 1871 – 17 DEC 1952) m. Rose (Etta) McLeod (1 SEP 1878 – 5 JAN 1963)
    1. 1. Gladys (Irene) Norvell (23 OCT 1897 – 1930)
    2. 2. Thelma (Imogene) Norvell (1903 – 1930) m. Theodore Gleghorn (15 JUL 1898 – MAR 1979)
    3. 3. Alta (Faye) Norvell (1907 – ABT 1990) m. William (R) McClusky (13 AUG 1905 – 26 SEP 1967)
      1. 1. Rosemary McClusky (18 JAN 1929 – 19 JUL 2010)
    4. 4. John (Raymond) Norvell (25 AUG 1910 – 27 FEB 1991) m. Lorraine (Marcalee) Bliss (13 OCT 1909 – 15 DEC 1995)
      1. 1. Jerry (Russell) Norvell (22 MAY 1931 – 19 AUG 2009)
      2. 2. Kenneth (Ray) Norvell (23 APR 1937 – 23 APR 1971)

William Norvell's Timeline

2 Records

1819
28 NOV 1819
Birth of William Brown Norvell in Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA
Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA
1895
21 MAY 1895
Age 76
Death of William Brown Norvell in Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA
Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 NOV 1819
    Event Place: Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 MAY 1895
    Event Place: Bell Buckle, Bedford, TN, USA
    Record Source: Age:
    75

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