NORWOOD, Charles N. S. 16 Nov 1833 24 Nov 1862, CSA Company C, 32nd Tennessee Infantry (s/o William Mitchell "Billy" Norwood, Jr. & Lucinda Larwood Norwood)
(Charles N. S. Norwood served in the Civil War on the Confederate side in Company C, 32nd TN Infantry. Enlisted 1 Dec 1861 at Bridgeport. Was captured at Fort Donelson 16 Feb 1862. Was exchanged and sent to Murfreesboro, TN and died there 5 Nov 1862. This source can be found on roll #252 CSA at the Tennessee State Archives.
CSA Company C, 32nd Tennessee Infantry
h/o Selena Mason "Lena" Garner, Married: Abt. 1856
Charles N. S. Norwood served in the Civil War on the Confederate side in Company C, 32nd Tennessee Infantry. He enlisted 1 December 1861 at Bridgeport and was captured at Fort Donelson 16 February 186 2, was exchanged and sent to Murfreesboro, TN and died there 5 November 1862. This can be found on Roll #252 CSA at Tennessee State Archives. He asked a friend to see that he was brought back to Giles County, Tennessee to be buried.
Known as "Big Jobe". Died near Murfreesboro, Tennessee while serving with the Confederate Army shortly before the Battle of Stones River. Cause of death is uncertain but most likely due to disease which was not uncommon for soldiers at the time. Grandson of William M. Norwood, Sr. and Susannah Smith Norwood; Son of William Norwood Jr. and Lucinda Larwood, Husband of Salina M. "Lena" Garner Norwood; Children: Jobe Garner "Little Jobe" Norwood, William R. Norwood, Elmira J. Norwood.
Sources are obviously Giles County Tennessee Cemeteries by the Genealogical Society 1986, Newspaper abstracts of Giles County Tennessee 1840 - 1899. Graveyard research by Wayne Austin. Census Records of 1850-1900. Obit. Sent in by Sue Davis years ago.
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