Muscogee County GaArchives Biographies.....John Norwood 1836 - Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Ga., Vol. II, 1895

Memoirs of GA., Vol. II
Published by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1895
Page 627


Dr. John Norwood, of Columbus, Ga., was born in Hillsboro, N.C., in 1836.  He 
received his primary education in the town of his birth, afterward becoming a 
student in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, but never received 
a literary degree.  He was graduated from the old Jefferson Medical College at 
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1859, and located soon thereafter in Russell County, 
Ala., entering actively upon the practice of his profession.  During the fall 
of 1861 Dr. Norwood volunteered as Assistant Surgeon to the Sixth Alabama 
Regiment, Confederate States Army, and the following year was commissioned 
Assistant Surgeon to Waddell’s Artillery, serving as such until the siege of 
Vicksburg.  After the capture of Vicksburg by the Federals Dr. Norwood was made 
surgeon to the Sixty-fourth Georgia Regiment, with the rank of Major, though he 
failed to receive his commission, and several months later rejoined Waddell’s 
Battery, remaining with that command until it was mustered out of service at 
the close of the war.  After the cessation of hostilities Dr. Norwood returned 
to his home in Alabama and was actively engaged in the practice of his 
profession until 1884, at which time he removed to his present residence in 
Columbus and has since been continuously engaged in the practice of medicine at 
that city.  He sustains a desirable rank among the members of his profession.  
He is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.  His father, John 
Norwood, was a native of North Carolina, a lawyer, and practiced many years at 
Hillsboro, in that state.


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