Photograph from Souvenir Portrait Album of Members Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1903, Published by W.S. Best Printing Company, Boston, Mass.

He was approximately 65 years old when this picture was taken.

 

John Kendall Norwood
August 6, 1837 - February 24, 1914

Priv.; Res. Lawrence; clerk; 24; enl. Aug. 5, 1862; must. Aug. 10, 1862; wounded July 2, 1862, Gettysburg, Penna.; disch. for disability caused from wounds, Feb. 1, 1864, at Washington, D. C.

Listed on grave stone:

  • John Kendall Norwood, Born Eastport Maine Aug. 6, 1837, Died Lawrence Mass. Feb. 24, 1914, Member 9th Mass Battery, Wounded At Gettysburg July 2, 1863, And Carried Call Until Death
  • Sarah Stuart, His Wife, Born Paisley Scotland Jan. 20, 1842, Died Lawrence Mass. Feb. 5, 1934
  • Jeanie H. Norwood, 1877-1968
  • In Memory of Six Children Who Died In Infancy
  • Kendall Stuart Norwood, 1867-1962
  • Ida F. Merrill, His Wife, 1874-1988
  • Merrill F. Norwood, 1900-1997
  • Patricia A. Carragher, 1907-1982
  • Ann M. Norwood, Daughter, 1937-

Information from Veterans' Graves Registration - City of Lawrence

  • Name: Norwood, John Kendall
  • Name of Cemetery: Bellevue
  • Place: Lawrence
  • Location: Lot No. 44, Group 1.
  • Key No: D:8
  • Date of Burial in This Cemetery: 2-26-1914
  • Marker Placed: Yes (Fam.)
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Organization: 9th Batt. M.V.L. Arty
  • Born: Eastport, Me. 1837
  • Died: Law. Mass. Feb. 24, 1914
  • Cause of Death: Illness
  • Name and Address of Next of Kin: Joshua & Maria (Handy) Parents
  • Undertaker: W. W. Colby Law. Mass.
  • Type of Stone: Family

Map of Grave Location
Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass.
Lot 44.

Obituary

The Boston Globe - February 27, 1914, Page 14

ARMORY A. & H. A. CO.

Feb 26 ,1914. Members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company are hereby notified of the death and invited to attend the funeral service of their late associate, Mr John K. Norwood, which will be held at 156 East Haverhill st, Lawrence, on Friday, Feb 27, at 2 o'clock. FRED E. BOLTON, Captain, GEORGE H. ALLEN, Clerk.