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Category Archives: Washington DC
A Family Torn Asunder
Emily Walker Norvell, the daughter of Major Edwin Forrest Norvell and Margaretta Smith Norvell, was born March 8, 1871 in Michigan. On May 15, 1899, she married Dr. Edward Oliver Belt, a noted professor of ophthalmology and otology at Howard University, … Continue reading
Washington in 1968
In 1968, I was a newly minted Air Force second lieutenant stationed in Washington DC. My initial duty was at Bolling Air Force Base in the South east part of the city on the Potomac. There I reported on February … Continue reading
Fleeing Washington
In August 1814 John Norvell and his brother in law Spencer Houghton Cone found themselves as part of the American forces defending the City of Washington from the British invasion at the Battle of Bladensburg. At the time, Norvell was married … Continue reading
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