Norsworthy-Kellie Homestead, "Glorianna"
Jasper, Jasper County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Jasper County pioneer Ehud Norsworthy purchased 405 acres of land at this site in 1859. With his wife, Sara, and children, he established a homestead which included a house, barn, smokehouse, well, tool shed, and outhouse. After Norsworthy's death in 1864, Sara married Confederate veteran Edwin Irwin Kellie, and they continued to live on the homestead with their family. Kellie founded the "Jasper News-Boy" newspaper and later became a riverboat captain. the homestead, named "Glorianna" by Kellie, was abandoned by the family about 1900.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Jasper County pioneer Ehud Norsworthy bought 405 acres here in 1859 and built a homestead complete with house, barn, smokehouse, well, and outbuildings. After his death in 1864, his widow Sara married Confederate veteran Edwin Irwin Kellie — founder of the "Jasper News-Boy" and later a riverboat captain — who named the place "Glorianna." The family worked the land until abandoning it around 1900.
Why it matters
The homestead captures the rhythms of pioneer family life in East Texas, from settlement through the disruptions of the Civil War to the community's turn-of-the-century decline.
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Related people
- · Ehud Norsworthy
- · Sara Norsworthy Kellie
- · Edwin Irwin Kellie
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