Person:Alfred Norvell (2)

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Alfred Cuthbert Norvell
b.29 Apr 1842
d.22 Jul 1883
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m. 4 Nov 1822
  1. Isabella Gibson Norvell1823 - 1889
  2. Dallas Norvell1825 - 1888
  3. Freeman Norvell1827 - 1881
  4. Barry Norvell1829 - 1858
  5. Emily Virginia Norvell1837 - 1914
  6. Stevens Thompson Norvell1838 - 1911
  7. John Mason Norvell1840 - 1893
  8. Alfred Cuthbert Norvell1842 - 1883
  9. James Knox Polk Norvell1845 - 1906
  10. Maj. Edwin Forrest Norvell1848 - 1876
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Name[1] Alfred Cuthbert Norvell
Gender Male
Birth[1] 29 Apr 1842
Death[1] 22 Jul 1883

In the Civil War, he served first as commissary sergeant in the 23d Michigan Infantry, enrolling in East Saginaw, Michigan on August 12. 1862. Later he was a 2d Lt. in Bowling Green, Kentucky on February 16, 1863. He entered the Engineer Corps on August 5, 1863. He resigned for physical disability on March 7, 1864. While Commissary Sergeant he took leave for 30 days on November 1, 1863 to go to Detroit to avoid "heavy loss and great pecuniary embarrassment." As his mother was dependent upon her sons in the Army approved his leave, but he caught typhoid and could not travel. In his later life, he returned to Detroit and worked as a collector for the Detroit Free Press and as a bookkeeper.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 History of the Norvell and Related Families, John Edward Norvell, 4thd ed, 2006
    p. 240.
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