Mary Ann Norrod

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Norrod was born on 20 April 1868, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, her father, William James Norrod, was 31 and her mother, Nancy Ann Bowman, was 31. She lived in District 9, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 11, Overton, Tennessee, United States in 1900. She died on 11 April 1943, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Sweat Cemetery #01, Campbell, Tennessee, United States.

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Thomas Milton Poston
1864–1901
Mary Ann Norrod
1868–1943

Sources (5)

  • Ann Norrod in household of W J Norrod, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary Ann Norrod Young, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Anne Young in entry for James Madison Young, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Altered form of English Norwood . It was further respelled to Nard , Norred , Norrid , and Nored .

History: Benjamin Isaac Norrod (1735–1816) came from Buckinghamshire, England, to MD in 1735, and moved on to Stewart County, TN.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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