72 The America)) Geologist. August, 1^95. 
that made all who knew him love, honor and respect him. 
His scholarship was broad; he was accomplished in natural 
science and a thorough instructor, and universally loved by 
his pupils. 
Dr. Norwood was twice married, his first wife being Miss 
Louisa Taylor. By this marriage he had two sons and one 
daughter. The daughter married Col. J. A. Hendricks, of 
Indiana, who was killed at the battle of Pea Eidge. Dr. Nor- 
wood's second wife was Mary Francis Pugh, of Madison, In- 
diana. Three sons and five daughters were born of this mar- 
riage. One of these daughters married John D. Vincil, D. D., 
of St. Louis, who is one of the most prominent free masons 
of the country. Charles J. Norwood, a son by Dr. Norwood's 
second marriage, has been state mine inspector of Kentucky 
for ten years, and is now state geologist of Kentucky. 
Dr. Norwood was a mason for 67 years and was buried with 
masonic honors, and his remains were also escorted to the 
grave by the cadets of the University of Missouri. The coun- 
cil of the university, at a meeting held for the purpose, 
adopted resolutions extolling his many virtues and his great 
learning, stating that in his death the school, the State and 
education lost one whose place it would be hard to fill. 
A prominent characteristic of Dr. Norwood was his extreme 
modesty as it concerned himself. All of the various positions 
that he has held wei-e oii^'ered him without his seeking. I had 
been most intimate with him for thirty-five years yet I never 
found him praising himself, yet for his every action there was 
praise due to him. For the past three years I had endeavored 
to obtain certain information necessary to a sketch of his life, 
but he always evaded the subject and asked rae to wait, and 
my respect for him was such that I could not urge the matter. 
He was a valued friend, a good man, a pure man. 
Dr. J. G. Norwood's pul)lications, so far as now known by 
me, were as follows : 
1838. "Outlines of a Course of Lectures on the Institutes of Medi- 
cine." Lexington, Ky. 
1841. "Family Medical Library." Published by U. P. James, Cin- 
cinnati. This was a revision, with additions, of Dr. Buehau's then well 
known English work. 
1846. "Description of a New Fossil Fish from the Palaeozoic Rocks 
( f Indiana," by Joseph G. Norwood, M. D., and David Dale Owen, M. 
