Name: Neil Smith_s Virginia-Missouri 12-14-19

Updated: 12-15-2019 04:12:05.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. John Howard Norvell: Birth: 18 AUG 1869 in Linn County, MO. Death: 19 APR 1943 in Humphreys, MO

  2. Henryetta Norvell: Birth: 01 APR 1871 in Linn County, MO. Death: 09 JAN 1877 in MO

  3. Mary Elizabeth Norvell: Birth: 11 APR 1873 in Linn County, MO. Death: 08 AUG 1903 in Linn County, MO

  4. Seth Norvell: Birth: 1875 in MO. Death: BET 1900 AND 1932

  5. Fredda A. Norvell: Birth: 11 OCT 1876 in Sullivan County, MO. Death: 14 MAR 1902 in two miles north of Humphreys, MO

  6. Vira "Oria" Ellen Norvell: Birth: 11 MAR 1877 in MO. Death: 02 MAR 1906 in Osgood, MO

  7. Charles Wesley Norvell: Birth: NOV 1879 in Sullivan County, MO. Death: 30 SEP 1944 in Chillicothe, MO

  8. [--] Norvell: Birth: Dec 1880 in MO. Death: BEF 1900 in MO

  9. James Nowell: Birth: abt 1897 in Missouri.

  10. Chester Nowell: Birth: abt 1899 in Missouri.


Sources
1. Title:   The Linneus Bulletin (maybe): Linn County Murder, Location: Linneus, Missouri
Page:   short article describing the murder of Jim [sic] Goddard by Jim Norvell
Source:   S-151648320
2. Title:   Application for Pardon, Family Info: James Norvill, Present Owner: Missouri State Archives, Location: Jefferson City, Missouri
Page:   "#197 Commutation -- James Norvelle to 7 years with benefit of the 3/4 law -- Sentenced Oct. Tm 1888 Cir Ct Sullivan Co 11 years for Murder 2nd Deg. Filed and commutation issued Nov 17 1893"
Source:   S-151648319
Publication:   Executive Dept. State of Missouri, 25 Feb 1893
3. Title:   Commutation Packet, Family Info: Norvill, James, Present Owner: Missouri State Archives, Location: Jefferson City, Missouri
Page:   After petition of many prominent citizens of Sullivan and Linn counties, Governor of Missouri W. J. Stone pardoned James Norvelle in 1893
Source:   S-151648318
Publication:   17 Nov 1893
4. Title:   U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Author:   National Park Service
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
5. Title:   U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Source:   S-151079962
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
6. Title:   1860 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 60 Range 22, Linn, Missouri; Roll: M653_630; Page: 778; Family History Library Film: 803630
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Bowman, Sullivan, Missouri; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0147; FHL microfilm: 1240905
Source:   S-149469852
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
8. Title:   1910 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1910; Census Place: Bowman, Sullivan, Missouri; Roll: T624_826; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0157; FHL microfilm: 1374839
Source:   S-149470512
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
9. Title:   1880 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1880; Census Place: Taylor, Sullivan, Missouri; Roll: 738; Page: 185C; Enumeration District: 200
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
10. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Bowman, Sullivan, Missouri; Roll: T625_964; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 159
Source:   S-149470486
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
11. Title:   Web: Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
12. Title:   1930 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1930; Census Place: Bowman, Sullivan, Missouri; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 2340984
Source:   S-149470501
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
13. Title:   1870 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1870; Census Place: Jackson, Linn, Missouri; Roll: M593_788; Page: 291A; Family History Library Film: 552287
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
14. Title:   James S. Norvell Certificate of Death - Missouri, Record Type: Certificate of Death, Name Of Person: Jas. S. Norvell, Jurisdiction: Missouri, Series: Death Certificates 1910-1959, Record Number: File Nr. 31210
Source:   S-151648317
Author:   State Board of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics
Publication:   12 Sep 1932
15. Title:   The Milan Standard: Old Owasco, Location: Milan, Missouri
Page:   Uncle Jimmie Norvell of north of town, died Sunday evening [11 Sep 1932]...
Source:   S-151648296
Publication:   15 Sep 1932
16. Title:   1870 Linn County, Missouri Federal Census, Record Type: U. S. Census, Location: Linn County, Missouri
Page:   291 (stamped), Jackson Twp, dwelling 132 family 140, James Norvell
Source:   S-151648898
Publication:   1870
17. Title:   1880 Sullivan County, Missouri Federal Census, Record Type: U. S. Census, Location: Sullivan County, Missouri
Page:   185 (stamped), Taylor Twp, dwelling 27 family 28, James Norvell
Source:   S-151649243
Publication:   1880
18. Title:   1880 MO Agricultural Census, Sullivan County, Record Type: State Agricultural Census, Location: Sullivan County, Missouri
Page:   3, Taylor Twp, James Norvell household
Source:   S-151648295
Publication:   1880
19. Title:   Missouri. Sullivan County. 1900 U.S. Census, Record Type: population schedule, Location: Sullivan County, Missouri
Page:   5A, Bowman Twp, dwelling 76 family 76, James Norvell. This census stated Emmazella was born Mar 1853 and was 47 years old and had been married 33 years
Source:   S-151648867
Publication:   Census Year, 1900
20. Title:   1910 Sullivan County, Missouri Census, Record Type: U. S. Census, Location: Sullivan County, Missouri
Page:   2B (penned upper right), ED 157, Bowman twp, dwelling 32, family 38, James Norvell
Source:   S-151649191
Publication:   1910
21. Title:   1920 Sullivan County, Missouri Census, Record Type: U. S. Census, Location: Sullivan County, Missouri
Page:   7b (penned), Bowman Twp, family 159 family 159, James S. Norvell
Source:   S-151649066
Publication:   1920
22. Title:   1930 Sullivan County, Missouri Federal Census, Record Type: U. S. Census, Location: Sullivan County, Missouri
Page:   ED 106-3 sh 3B, Bowman Twp, dwelling 81 family 81, James Norvell
Source:   S-151649095
Publication:   1930

Notes
a. Note:   [P] was convicted of 1st degree murder in Linn County in 1887 for the murder of Tim Goddard (reported in some newspaper articles as Jim). The murder was reported in several newspaper articles:
  "Linneus, Mo., June 12 - On Friday afternoon [11 Jun 1886] a gathering of farmers with their wives and children took place in Jackson township northwest of Linneus , to witness the closing exercises of the district school, during which some of the children became involved in a quarrel. The parents of the children took up the quarrel and were soon engaged in a fight, during which one Jim Norvell fatally stabbed Jim Goddard. Both were respected farmers in the neighborhood. Norvell made his escape and is still at large."
  "Murder. From Our Alpha Correspondent
  On last Friday, June 11th [1885], a stabbing affray occurred in Linn county, a short distance from Alpha, during which Jim Goddard was killed by one James Norvil. The origin of the affray seems to be a difficulty between the children of the two families at school.
  Friday being the last day of school, Goddard, his wife, and his wife's sister had been to witness the closing exercises of the school. On their way home they were stopped by Norvil and his wife.
  The beginning of the affray at this point is uncertain owing to conflicting reports, but during the alteraction Norvill stabbed Goddard in six different places the second blow striking the heart.
  A number of persons are in pursuit of Norvil and if captured it is very likely Linn county will be saved the expense of a trial."
  "Bloody Butchery! A Vengeful Assault Ends in a Horrible Murder! Tim. Godard, of Jackson Township, Killed by James Norvell While Attempting to Protect His Wife From and Assault by Mrs. Norvell.
  On Friday afternoon last there was enacted in the extreme northwest corner of this county, a murder of a most atrocious character, and under such circumstances as to arouse great indignation in the community.
  It seems there has been a feud existing for some time between the families of Tim Godard and James Norvell, all living in the same neighborhood. On that afternoon Norvell, wife and son, a young man of 16 years of ages, were at the house of a neighbor, when they heard that at a picnic held that day at the schoolhouse near, one or two small children of their family and some of
  Godard's childrend had had a quarrel, in which Mrs Godard figured, she and her husband being at the picnic. Norvell, wife and son, appeared to have planned and prepared for what followed. They started for home, stopping and waiting at the end of a lane for the Godards, who would come that way from the picnic. A brother of Norvell's was plowing in a field nearby, and happened to drive up soon after the Goddards came along and the altercation commenced.
  From the most reliable accounts of the affray, it seems Mrs. Norvell began the attack, and soon struck Mrs. Godard over the head with a club, cutting a severe gash in her head and stunning her. Godard who entirely unarmed endeavored to interfere, when Norvell interposed, and as the farmer held up his left arm between them with a dinner bucket on it, Norvell struck him in the breast with a knife, inflicting what soon proved to be the fatal wound. The son then rushed in with a knife also, and the two inflicted no less than twenty-four cuts and gashes upon the victim's head, face, neck and body, before they desisted. Norvell's brother rushed to the scene as soon as he saw the fighting, but only just in time to catch the falling man, who died in his arms a few minutes after, in the presence of his wounded wife and children.
  Norvell mounted his horse and rode off, while neighbors gathered to attend to the murdered man and his wife. A posse was organized for pursuit, and news sent in all directions. The discovery of Norvell's horse in the pasture the next morning showed that he had returned to that vicinity in the night, and was hiding near his house.
  Mrs. Norvell and her son, who defiantly boasted of helping to slay Godard, were hurried to Linneus jail that night. Armed men gathered so that on Saturday there were not less than four hundred surrounding the neighborhood where it was believed he was hiding. Had he been captured that day, he would have lynched without mercy, so great was the popular indignation, especially among Godard's old friends and neighbors in Grundy, among whom he has always lived peaceably, and was well liked.
  Through a relative the murderer that night arranged to give himself up, and was sent to Linneus on Sunday, guarded by sixteen armed men. The inquest held on Saturday by Squire Gooch, at which surgeons found that the murdered man's heart had been pierced by the knife, furnished the basis for the warrant on which the three were held.
  The Norvells, though respectably connected, are, as their crime abundantly shows, a hard hearted lot, and a terror when in temper. The evidence of the widow before the special grand jury on Monday, is said to have been very pathetic as she described the awful scene. All three were indicted for murder in the first degree, and have been arraigned, and entered the plea of not guilty. Mesrs Mullins and Huston have been retained for the defense. A special term will doubtless be held for their trial."
  His son Howard was found not guilty. His wife Emmazella was also convicted of second degree murder in the same trial. On appeal the trial was moved to Sullivan county. Have not found the records for the second trial in Sullivan county since they have apparently been lost.
  The retrial found James guilty of second degree murder and he was sentenced in Oct. 1888 to 11 years in the Missouri State Penitentiary for murder in the 2nd degree. James served 7 years of his sentence; it was commuted by Governor Wm. Stone on Nov 17, 1893. Emmazella apparently was found not guilty in Sullivan county since no record of a sentence has been found.
  On July 14, 1893, a large number of officials and citizens of Linn and Sullivan counties petitioned the governor of Missouri for a pardon citing excessive sentence and a large degree of self-defense in the event. His sentence was commuted to 7 years on November 17, 1893 and he was released shortly thereafter.
  The man he murdered is buried in Alpha Cemetery, Grundy Co, MO "T. H. Goddard d: 11 Jun 1886 aged 38y 6m 10d"
  was released from prison upon commutation of sentence by Gov W. J. Stone
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  Milan Standard Obituary, 15 Sep 1932:
 "Uncle Jimmie Norvell of north of town, died Sunday evening after several weeks illness, aged 85 years. His wife preceded him in death only 16 months ago. He left two sons, Howard and Wesley, two grandsons, whom he raised, Jimmie and Earl Norvell, and many other grandchildren and great grandchildren. Uncle Jimmy has been a familiar character on the streets of our town for many years. This summer especially, he has been seen much, with his little great grandson. The child's love for him, and his love for the child was something out of the ordinary. The funeral was held at the Methodist church Monday p.m. by Rev. Winney of Galt. The pallbearers were his grandsons. Interment in the Humphreys cemetery beside his wife"
 

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