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Norvell, John – Nourse, Amos

Norvell, John

journalist, state senator, was born in 1790, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the editor of a newspaper in Philadelphia; and was subsequently appointed postmaster of Detroit, Mich. Having become identified with the territory of Michigan, he became one of the senators in congress from the new state, serving in that capacity from 1835 to 1841.

He died April 11, 1850, in Detroit, Mich.

Norwood, Hal L

lawyer, was born in 1871. He was admitted to the bar in 1893, and has attained success as a rising lawyer of Lockesburg, Ark., and has filled several positions of honor.

Norwood, William

soldier, lawyer, was born April 15, 1843, in Ireland. He emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1846; and received his education in Cincinnati and Eaton, Ohio. During 1861-65 he served gallantly as a soldier in the union army, and is now a prominent lawyer of Pittsburg, Pa.

Nott, Abraham

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1768, in Saybrook, Conn. In 1794 he settled on the Pacolet river, S. C., and continued the practice of his profession. He was a representative in congress from 1799 to 1801, when he was elected a judge of the court of appeals, and judge of the superior court. He died June 18, 1830, in Fairfield, S. C.

Nott, Charles Cooper

soldier; lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 16, 1827, in Schenectady, N. Y. He served as a captain of cavalry and also lieutenant-colonel and colonel of New York volunteers dur-- ing the rebellion. In 1865 he was appointed one of the judges of the court of claims in Washington.

Nott, Edward

governor, was born. in 1657. He was governor of Virginia from 1705 until his death. He died Aug; 23, 1706, in Williamsburg, Va.

Nott, Eliphalet

clergyman, college president, author, was born June 25,. 1773, in Ashford, Conn. He was a presbyterian clergyman. of note; and president of Union college in 1804-66, being president for nearly sixty years.

As a pulpit orator he will retain his celebrity by his sermon on the death of Alexander Hamilton. He was the author of Counsels to Young Men; and Lectures on Temperance. He died Jan.. 29, 1866, in Schenectady, N. Y.

Nott, Josiah Clark

physician, author, was born March 24, 1804, in Columbia, S. C. He was a physician of Mobile, who wrote The Physical History of the Jewish Race, and was co-author with Gliddon of the once famous Types of Mankind; and of Indigenous Races of the Earth. He died March 31, 1873, in Mobile, Ala.

Nott, Samuel

clergyman, educator, was born Jan. 23, 1754, in Saybrook, Conn.

In 1781 he became pastor of the congregational church in Franklin, Conn., where he continued until his death, a period of seventy-one years. He died May 26, 1852, in Franklin, Conn.

Nott, Samuel

missionary, author, was born Sept. 11, 1788, in Franklin, Conn. He was pastor successively of churches in Galway, N. Y., and Wareham, Mass., and established at the latter place in 1849 a private academy, which he conducted successfully for seventeen years. His publications include Sixteen Years" Preaching and Procedure at Wareham; and Slavery and the Remedy. He died June 1, 1869, in Hartford, Conn.

Nourse, Amos

physician, educator, United States senator, was born Dec. 17, 1794, in Bolton, Mass. He was a medical lecturer at Bowdoin college from 1846, to 1854; and medical professor since 1854..

He was also postmaster of Hallowell, Maine; and collector of customs at Bath.

He was a senator in congress from Maine from January to March in 1857. He died April 17, 1877, in Bath, Maine.