Laura Emma [Norwood] Carswell (1825-1889)
Names Detail
First Name
LauraMiddle Name
EmmaMaiden Name
NorwoodLast Name
CarswellBirth and Death
Birth Date
November 25, 1825Death Date
November 29, 1889Age at Death
64 year(s), 0 month(s), 4 day(s)Cemetery Location and Disposition
Cemetery Location
Row 04, Grave 15 | MapDisposition Type
BurialEpitaph
Her last words were, God is as near me here as in my own home, thou shall have a glorious waking when the blessed Lord doth come … The first burried [sic] at the gap. Aged 65Relationships to Others at the Cemetery
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Notes
“Her last words were, God is as near me here as in my own home, thou shall have a glorious waking when the blessed Lord doth come …The first burried [sic] at the gap. Aged 65”–Monument.
The cemetery’s gate bears her birth year: 1889.
Laura was born on November 25, 1825, in North Carolina, to William Coleson Norwood (1794-1885), a postmaster in North Carolina, and Elizabeth Wade [LeGrand] Norwood (1808-1869). By the 1860 census, she was living with her family in San Augustine, Texas. Around 1845, she married John Jacob Carswell, probably in San Augustine, Texas. Along with William T. Carswell, she was mother to eight other children.
Patsy Blasdell, a living relative, recounts, “The story goes that Laura Carswell came to visit her son, W.T. (William Thomas) Carswell (1846-1912), and suddenly died … “
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