Sidney Norwood

Sidney Lawson Norwood (born November 8, 1859 in Roxboro, North Carolina; died January 17, 1952) was founder of the American Grain Company and Mayor of West End from 1900 to 1910.

Norwood was the son of George Washington and Sarah Jane Walker Norwood. He was on his way to California to seek his fortune when he stopped in Birmingham in 1887 and decided to settle. He married the former Laura Chamblee of Flowery Branch, Georgia on September 27, 1888 and the couple lived briefly in Woodlawn before moving into a new home at 1141 Princeton Avenue in West End, where they raised four sons and a daughter.

Norwood founded his grain company as soon as he arrived in the city, opening an office on the southwest corner of 20th Street and 3rd Avenue North. In 1910 he relocated American Grain Co. to 17th Street and 10th Avenue North. The firm closed down shortly after moving and Norwood turned his attention to real estate and insurance.

Norwood with friends with Birmingham Realty Company president Leslie Fullenwider, and he partly inspired the name of the newly-created residential subdivision "Norwood".

Norwood died in 1952 and is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.

References

• "Sidney Norwood, Pioneer Birmingham Citizen, dies." (January 18, 1952) Birmingham Post-Herald

External links

• Sidney Norwood at Findagrave.com