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James W. Norwood, farmer, Nashville, Ark. The parents of Mr. Norwood, John and Matilda (O'Neal) Norwood, were natives of Tennessee, but moved to Arkansas from that State in 1870. Here the father died in 1889, at the age of eighty-two years. The mother is still living, and makes her home in this county. James W. Norwood was reared in Tennessee, where he received a limited education, and when twenty-one years of age, started out to fight life's battles for himself, as a tiller of the soil. This he still continues to follow, and has made a success of the same. He is the owner of 444 acres of land, with about 213 acres under cultivation, and raises on this about twenty-five bushels of corn and one-half bales of cotton to the acre. He came to Arkansas in 1860, and one year later enlisted as a private in the Confederate army, Company B, Fourth Arkansas Regiment, in which company he served until the close of the war. He was in eleven hard fought battles, and was also in numerous skirmishes. He was slightly wounded three times, and was with Johnson in North Carolina when he surrendered. In 1866 Mr. Norwood was united in marriage to Miss E. J. Norwood, his cousin, who is a native of Arkansas, born July 14, 1843, and the daughter of Wesley and Elizabeth (Blassengine) Norwood, both of whom were natives of Tennessee, and early settlers of Hempstead County, Ark., having settled there as early as 1838. Although Mr. and Mrs. Norwood have no children of their own, they have reared five orphan children. Mr. Norwood cultivates his farm with white labor, and his commodious house and other buildings indicate a progressive owner. He is a Democrat, and is active, politically, but is not an office seeker.