Ka cika wannan jumla: Norvell yana da 'ya'ya maza goma da mata uku. Matarsa ta uku, Isabella Hodgkiss Freeman (1804<unk>1873) ita ce 'yar da aka haifa na Tristram B. Freeman, sanannen mawallafin Philadelphia kuma wanda ya kafa gidan gwanjon Freeman. Iyayenta sune Michael Hodgkiss da Sarah DeWeese. Tare da Isabella, Norvell ya haifi 'ya'ya mata biyu da' ya'ya maza takwas, daya ya yi yaƙi a cikin yakin Mexican-American da shida suka yi yaƙi a cikin yakin basasa na Amurka. Dukansu sun tsira daga yaƙin. Kanar Freeman Norvell, wani Laftanar Marine ne wanda ya yi yaƙi a yakin Chapultepec a watan Satumbar 1847 kuma a cikin yakin basasa a yakin Gettysburg a 1863. Dan uwan Freeman Laftanar Dallas Norvell ya yi aiki a kan ma'aikatan Janar George Custer. Wani dan, Kanar Stevens Thompson Norvell ya kasance jami'in soja tare da Sojojin Buffalo Sojoji na 10 bayan yakin da kuma a
Yaƙin San Juan Hill tare da Theodore Roosevelt a lokacin Yaƙin Mutanen Espanya na Amurka. Babbar 'yar Norvell Isabella Gibson Norvell ta auri Kyaftin Angus Keith, kyaftin jirgin ruwa na Great Lakes, kuma ƙaramar 'yar Emily Virginia Norvell ta auri Henry Nelson Walker, mai mallakar jarida, lauya, kuma babban lauya na Michigan.