Edwin Oswald Norwood
b. 2 May 1848, d. 25 March 1933
- Father: William Coleson Norwood b. 11 October 1794, d. 27 June 1885
- Mother: Elizabeth Wade LeGrand b. 19 February 1808, d. 27 September 1869
- Edwin Oswald Norwood was born on 2 May 1848 in Texas.
- William Coleson Norwood and Elizabeth Wade LeGrand appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in San Augustine County, Texas, and also Connecticut-born farmer John See.. Other members of the household included Edwin Oswald Norwood, Hampton L. Norwood, Thomas Butler Norwood, James LeGrand Norwood, Eliza Jane Norwood, Adeline America Norwood, Sarah Osborne Norwood, Edwin Oswald LeGrand and James Branch LeGrand.
- William Coleson Norwood and Elizabeth Wade LeGrand appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in San Augustine County, Texas, (it is an educated guess that James Thurmond is Sarah's future husband.) Living next door is John Norwood, age 31, possibly a nephew.. Other members of the household included Edwin Oswald Norwood, James LeGrand Norwood, Sarah Osborne Norwood, Edwin Oswald LeGrand and James W. Thurman.
- He was working on the farm, according to the 1870 census.
- He married Melissa M. Skinner on 8 September 1874, (if this marriage information is correct, then she would have been about 12 years old at the time of the marriage).
- Edwin Oswald Norwood and Melissa M. Skinner appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in San Augustine County, Texas, living next door to his father.. Other members of the household included Dora M. Norwood.
- He was a physician and farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- Edwin Oswald Norwood and Melissa M. Skinner appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Macune, San Augustine County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lonnie Norwood, Ollie O. Norwood and Beatrice Norwood.
- He was a physician and farmer, according to the 1900 census.
- Edwin Oswald Norwood died on 25 March 1933 at age 84 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 20 Apr 2010
Family: Melissa M. Skinner b. November 1861
- Dora M. Norwood b. circa 1877
- Lonnie Norwood b. March 1883
- Ollie O. Norwood b. August 1887
- Beatrice Norwood b. July 1895