Adella Ann (Atkinson) Norton (abt. 1878 - abt. 1940)

Born about 11 Apr 1878 in Cherokee County Alabama [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Weldon Snead — married 1897 in Cherokee County Alabama

Wife of William Word Norton — married about 1901 (to about 1912) in Cherokee County Alabama

Died about 13 Jun 1940 at about age 62 in Gadsden, Alabama [uncertain]

Biography

Widow of Weldon Snead; Married Will Norton, had four more children, died of infection after surgery. Buried at Hebron Baptist Church cemetery in Key, Alabama next to her first husband Weldon Snead and her infant son Carl. Will Norton later buried next to his second wife south of the plot of Della, Weldon & Carl.^{[citation needed]}

Shown as a widow with a small child inn 1900^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98M-VVT : accessed 9 December 2019), Della Snead, Precinct 5 Spring Creek, Cherokee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 120, sheet 11A, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,006.

• Grandparents

United States, Civil War Soldiers Index NARA Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Alabama., NARA Publication Number: M374, NARA Roll Number: 33, Film Number: 821981, United States, Civil War Soldiers Index