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Jane “Jennie” <I>Ponder</I> Norton

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Jane “Jennie” Ponder Norton

Birth
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
23 Dec 1903 (aged 82)
Nail, Newton County, Arkansas, USA
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Nail, Newton County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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According to the book "The Kentucky Ponders" Jennie's husband Josiah Norton was killed by bushwackers during the civil was leaving Jennie with several children to raise. She loaded up an ox cart with her kids and a few esentials and headed West. She forded the Ohio river near where it joins the Mississippi, at "Cairo Illinois" and crossed Missouri to Clarksville Arkansas. Finding Clarksville to tame, she loaded up again and went to the hill country of N.W. Arkansas. Jennie and the kids hacked out a road, built a log cabin, and called the place "Hickory Grove" According to the book they were the first settlers in that area. Jennie never found another man to match her spirit so she never remarried. Untill the old Chappel was painted in preparation for the Warren N.Sams reunion at Nail, summer of 2001, Hickory Grove could still be faintly seen on the old Chappel which stands near the Hickory Grove cemetary
According to the book "The Kentucky Ponders" Jennie's husband Josiah Norton was killed by bushwackers during the civil was leaving Jennie with several children to raise. She loaded up an ox cart with her kids and a few esentials and headed West. She forded the Ohio river near where it joins the Mississippi, at "Cairo Illinois" and crossed Missouri to Clarksville Arkansas. Finding Clarksville to tame, she loaded up again and went to the hill country of N.W. Arkansas. Jennie and the kids hacked out a road, built a log cabin, and called the place "Hickory Grove" According to the book they were the first settlers in that area. Jennie never found another man to match her spirit so she never remarried. Untill the old Chappel was painted in preparation for the Warren N.Sams reunion at Nail, summer of 2001, Hickory Grove could still be faintly seen on the old Chappel which stands near the Hickory Grove cemetary

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  • Created by: Jim Clayborn
  • Added: Jul 10, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5604042/jane-norton: accessed ), memorial page for Jane “Jennie” Ponder Norton (10 Jan 1821–23 Dec 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5604042, citing Hickory Grove Cemetery, Nail, Newton County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Jim Clayborn (contributor 46489602).