The marker identifies the Rev. E. W. Norton Family Family grave site in the Greenwood Cemetery. The cemetery is located in the village of Sparta in Kent County.
The marker has the Norton family name on two side panels and an upper case ’N’ on four sides. Images on the marker include: a bible, a broken chain, a golden sheaf, and lilies of the valley.
Inscriptions are on two sides of the marker.
The inscriptions are:

Side one 

“ REV. 

 E.W. NORTON 

 DIED 

 AUG. 9, 1887, 

 AGED 68 YRS. 11 MOS. 

 FROM 

 LABOR TO REWARD  ”


Side two 

“ LAURA ANN 

 COMPTON, 

 WIFE OF 

 REV. E.W. NORTON, 

 BORN SEPT. 19, 1835, 

 MARRIED JULY 17, 1851, 

 DIED MAY 14, 1912. ” 

 


 

Greenwood Cemetery
291 W Division Street
Sparta, Michigan 49345

Date of death (optional): 08/09/1887 Headstone text (optional): See description. Additional Coordinates (optional): Not Listed Date of birth (optional): Not listed Website: Not listed

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