When John Norwood was born on 25 December 1829, in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States, his father, Richard Norwood, was 27 and his mother, Mary Ann Morrow, was 25. He married Saphrona Lewis on 1 June 1850, in Hancock, Delaware, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Chickasaw, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States in 1870 and Mills Precinct, Antelope, Nebraska, United States in 1880. He died on 3 February 1900, in Clearwater, Antelope, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Clearwater Cemetery, Clearwater, Antelope, Nebraska, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Boundaries 1837: Passaic, New Jersey, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Chickasaw, Iowa, United States
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places called Northwood or Norwood, such as Northwood in Essex, Middlesex, Isle of Wight, Norwood in Middlesex and Surrey, or Northwood Farm in Okehampton and Northwood Farm in Morchard Bishop, both in Devon. The placenames mean ‘north or northern wood’, from Old English north ‘north, northern’ + wudu ‘wood’ or Middle English north + wode. Compare Norrod .
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