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About Carlisle Norwood
Carlisle Norwood
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78206008/carlisle_norwood
Norwood was involved in the fire service in New York in many ways. First and foremost, he was a member of the volunteer Department starting 1830. He began running with the engines at the age of eight (1820), specifically Engine 28. He switched to Hose 5 in 1837, helping to organize the company.
At the fateful fire in Union Street on May 4, 1836 when Chief Engineer Gulick learned of his removal from office by the Common Council, it was Norwood who sought not only calm, but also made a concerted effort to fight the fire. This was one of the most infamous incidents of the Department at the time, and Norwood was smack in the middle of it.
During a visit to Adrian, Michigan around 1840, he saw no organized fire service in a town comprised of mostly highly flammable wooden buildings. He helped them organize a fire department that exists to this day.
His father was a close friend of General Lafayette, and it is no surprise that Carlisle attended school in France. For his profession, Mr. Norwood was President of the Lorillard Fire Insurance Company, being elected to that post upon the death of the previous president, another prominent NYFD Chief, Cornelius V. Anderson. He was a Trustee of the Bleecker Street Bank and the Manhattan Life Insurance Company.
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Carlisle Norwood's Timeline
| 1812 |
September 12, 1812
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New York, New York County, New York, United States
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| 1846 |
March 5, 1846
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New York, New York County, New York, United States
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1847
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New York, United States
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| 1853 |
February 16, 1853
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January 13, 1892
Age 79
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New York, New York County, New York, United States
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January 16, 1892
Age 79
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Marble Cemetery, 41 1/2 2nd Avenue, New York, New York County, New York, 10003, United States
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