There is a depth of pathos on the tone of the following letters, written by Joseph Merrick, and his wife, Sarah (Harriman) Merrick, from Adrian, Mich., to their brother-in-law, Edward Noyes, and his wife, with whom their mother had been left when they moved to Michigan. We of the twentieth century cannot imagine the distance which lay between the new home in Michigan and the old home in New Hampshire sixty years ago. China is nearer to us to-day than New Hampshire was to Michigan when those old letters were written. They are dated Feb., 20, 1841, and addressed to Edward and Sarah Noyes, Hampstead, Rockingham County, N. H. The postage was twenty-five cents, and the letter was sent collect. Joseph's letter is first;

Dear Brother and Sister. After a long abscence from you and a long time sence we have heard from you or any of our friends in your country we have wrote a number of letters to go to your country and have not received any return we cannot think what is the cauze without you are all gon or forgotten us I feel anctious to hear from our friends. I have undertaken Once more to see if we cannot get one from you we have of Late received a letter from a Daughter we have in New York stating that it was not long since one of Brother Grimes sons that came from your country She got some information from him he sayeth that my Mother was liveing when he left and was Liveing with you that was glorious noose to me I have had a grate many serious thoughts concerning my Mothers situation since I left there I never have heard how that Property of Mothers was disposed of whether she has got anything of her own or not let that Be as it may. I Expect your good feelings and Sallys do every thing for her cumfort that you can if there is not anything left of her property for her support let me know and I will assist in her support do let her have everything that is nesary for her cumfort. My Dear Mother I do long to see you once more this side of the grave I do not know as I shell ever injoy that Blesssing I have talked a number of years of cumming there their seems to be something in the way. I talk of trying this summer it is uncertain. but I shall try my best we are now in Michigan in the Village of Adrian and five children in the same place and doing well one at niles in the same State one in pensyvana two in New York and all a doing well we lost a daughter about two years ago a grate loss to us she was about 20 years of age How I wish you to imform me how that property of the old place was Disposed of and the one that owns it now now I wish you would let me know where all my Brothers and Sisters are and how they git along in this world in every respect as nigh as you can I am very anctious to hear. and tell them they must write to me with out fail tell them I havenot forgoten them if they have me do not fail writing as soon as you recive this

I wish you all the Blessings that this world affords and all the famley of ours thrue life and Everlasting hapiness in the world to come

Adrian February 20 1841

From your Brother and friend JOSEPH MERRICK.

when you write say Adrian Lenawee County Michigan

we live in a fine plesant Cuntry and a good sile our helth are good at prisent

At the same date the mother writes:

BELOVED BROTHER AND SISTER:

It is with the greatest pleasure I take my pen in hand to write you a few lines, wishing once more to hear from you, although we are seperated at so great a distance from each other, a distance of one thousand miles, and though the waters of Lake Erie rool between us, my mind is often with you, I often think of the many pleasant visits we have had together in yearse that are past, but now we are deprived of the privilege, but we have the privilege of communicating our thoughts to each other by writing, which I esteem a great blessing. I never expect to see you again in this world, nor any of our friends in that place, but I hope to meet you on fair Canaans happy shore where we shall meet to part no more. I have had great afflictions to pass through since we came to this western country, we have lost two children Eliza and Mary, which was a great loss to us, but God was my support in that trying hour, I trust He will ever be my guide and protector, through this vale of tears. I wrote a letter to Brother Caleb two years ago this winter, but we have not had no answer, I did think that if Bro. Caleb or his wife were living one or both of them would have written to us, but alas we are out of sight and out of mind, it seems as though we were entirely forgotten by our friends in that place. Now Brother Noyes I wish you would write us, and Brother Caleb and any of our friends who feel disposed to, a letter from you would be joyfully received, we want to hear all the ( ), and how all the Brothers and Sisters get along in the world. I want to see you all very much especially Mother Merrick, I hope she has kind attension and everything for her comfort, it will be but a short time before we shall want the same kind care paid to us, yes very soon, I feel as though the day was not far distant. We have everything to make us comfortable and happy, except fruit, and that is getting quite plenty. Do write to us on the reception of this, without fail. We have three children that are not married the two youngest Judith and Byron and Joseph Boards with us. My love and best respects to you all.

                       From your ever affectionate sister, 
                                          SARAH MERRICK. 
Edward and Sarah Noyes.

Served in C Co. 11th Inf. Regt., Me. Vols., in Civil War. Was a lighthouse keeper in Cutler, Maine.

Children born in Cutler and Sullivan, Maine.

E. A. NOYES - Among the most successful ranchers and breeders of Hereford cattle in this section is E. A. Noyes, who owns a finely improved ranch of 320 acres one mile west of Sutter City. Born in Yuba County on the Indiana Ranch, November 21, 1856, he is a son of Allen S. and Philena (Cilley) Noyes, natives of New Hampshire and Maine, respectively. Allen Noyes was born in the same house where Horace Greeley was born. He resided in his native State until he was twenty-one years of age, and then removed to Massachusetts, where he lived for a little over two years, Then, in 1849, he came via Cape Horn to San Francisco, the journey taking 145 days. He mined for a year at Foster Bar, and thereafter engaged in the butcher business for five years at the same place. Meantime he had returned to Massachusetts and married Miss Philena Cilley, and with his bride returned via Panama to California and purchased one of the finest ranches in Sutter County, five miles north of West Butte, containing 2000 acres, where he engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He passed away at the age of seventy-six, and the mother lived to be sixty-nine years old.
In 1909 E. A. Noyes sold the family home place and purchased his present fine ranch of 320 acres. Here he specializes in pure-bred registered Hereford cattle. He has never failed to receive premiums at all the California State Fairs at which he has exhibited his stock. In 1921 he was the recipient of nine premiums, and in 1922 he received seven. He has a herd of 110 head, one of the largest and best herds in California, and the only herd of all registered cattle in Sutter County. Mr. Noyes' ranch is in grain, alfalfa, and Soudan grass, and is equipped with three five-inch electric pumps.

On February 8, 1876, Mr. Noyes was married to Miss Isabella Dean, a native of Ohio, daughter of the late Capt. Thomas and Hannah (Hyndman) Dean. Capt. Thomas Dean owned a stock and dairy ranch of 1800 acres three miles southwest of the present site of Sutter City. He lived to be seventy- three years old, and his wife was eighty-four when she died. Captain Dean took a leading part in one of the most unique events in the history of Sutter County, when, on July 4, 1861, some 500 people gathered at the base of South Butte to witness the raising of the Stars and Stripes on the flagstaff which had been planted the evening before. South Butte rises to an altitude of about 2250 feet above the valley, and one-third of the distance is very steep. The flagstaff was eighty feet long, and had been brought up the Sacramento river by boat by Amos Wilbur and landed at Meridian on the Jones ranch; from this ranch it was taken to South Butte Pass by wagon. The staff was cut in three sections and carried to the top of the butte by twenty-two men, among them being Ebenezer Jones, Dan Sandlin, Frank Jones, Captain Dean, Dexter Cook, Jesse Cope, Harvey Jones, John Wilkinson, William Waburton, James Jones, Beverly Gray, Sanford Blodgett, Lewis Doty, and Jacob Doty. The flag was made by the women of the county; and at ten o'clock on the morning of July 4, 1861, it was raised to the top of the pole, and simultaneously there was a salute of thirty-four Union guns. A large pavilion had been erected in South Butte Pass, where a program was carried out. The Declaration of Independence was read, songs were sung, prayers were offered for the continuance of the Union, and orations were delivered by Gen. George Rowe, of Marysville, and Mr. Bunyan. After the program there was a great dinner, and at the close of the day all enjoyed a dance. During these stirring times, sentiment was running high; and it was necessary to have a guard, for fear the flag would be torn down by the Southern sympathizers. Harvey Jones and Dan Sandlin filled this rather difficult position. The flag could be seen for ten miles around, and floated to the breeze for many years.

Mr. and Mrs. Noyes are the parents of five children: Bernice, Mrs. 0. W. Hill; Abbie, Mrs. Antone Vagedes: Myrtie, Mrs. J. L. Haynes; Charles A., a partner with his father in the stock business; and Edna B., Mrs. L. H. Meyer, all of Sutter county. In politics, Mr. Noyes is a Republican; and fraternally, he was a charter member of Colusa Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West.

SOURCE: HISTORY of YUBA & SUTTER COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA, by Peter J. Delay, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924, Pg 368 & 371 [Additional References: Capt. Edwin Dean, Pg 322; Norman E.. Haynes, Pg 692; LeRoy Henry Meyer, Pg 946; Antone Vagedes, Pg 1320. The story of the flag raising in 1861, as told by Mrs. Allen Jones DeWitt, is also found on Page 69 of "SUTTER BUTTES, Land of Histum Yani," by Louise Butts Hendrix, Normart Printing Co., Marysville, Calif., 1980

Died young.

Fifth Service Command, World War II; predecessor to the Medical Corps.

Edward Ailing, third son and child of Joseph Cobham and Helen M. (Alling) Noyes was born at Eastport, Maine, October 6, 1839. He was educated in the public schools, and then entered the office of Hon. Phinehas Barnes, where he read law. At nineteen years of age he left his law studies to enter the Portland Savings Bank, of which his father was treasurer, and there he began his labors as a clerk in April, 3859. After a period of five years of service in the Portland Savings Bank, he served an equal length of time in The National Traders' Bank; and in 1868, soon after the death of his father, he returned to the Savings Bank, where he took the position of assistant treasurer. He filled that place until the death of his brother Frank, December 37, 1877, and then succeeded him as treasurer. He has now (1908) filled this position over thirty years, and has been in the banking business continuously forty-nine years, and is not only the oldest bank treasurer, but the oldest bank official in the state in point of service, and one of the oldest in the country; and his service has all been with one bank. This veteran banker has been so long connected with the monetary affairs of Portland that his name is a reminder of financial success, and his reputation is that of one whose judgment in financial affairs is unimpeachable. He has given his attention mainly to banking, but has been connected with other enterprises, among which are the following: The Savings Bank Association of Maine, of which he has been president from its formation to the present time: the Portland Safe Deposit Company, of which he is president; the Portland Savings Bank, of which lie is a trustee; and the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Maine, in which he is a director. He has taken a deep and enduring interest in the Portland Public Library, and was its first librarian (1878), serving without pay eleven years, and working earnestly for its success, and being able finally to see it in a prosperous condition. He has been its treasurer for many years, and is a chairman of its committee on books, and a member of its board of trustees. For eleven years he has been president of the Western Maine Music Festival Association. He is also a member of the Maine Historical Society, and of Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 17, A. F. and A.M. of Portland. In politics he is a stalwart Republican. Between 1882 and 1886 he served two years in the common council and two years in the board of aldermen, being president of the latter board. While a member of the city government he was chairman of the committee on street lighting, and was instrumental in introducing electric lights upon the streets of Portland. In 1884, when James G. Blaine was a candidate for the presidency, Mr. Noyes was treasurer of the Republican state committee.

Mr. Noyes was united in marriage November 5, 1863, with Julia Augusta, daughter of John Edwards, of Portland, and granddaughter of Thomas Edwards, first judge advocate of the revolutionary army, and at the time of his death grand secretary of the Society of the Cincinnati. Her mother was Sarah Merrill. [Gen. & Fam. History of Me.]

Edward Alling Noyes, Treasurer of the Portland Savings Bank, with which he has
been connected since 1859, was born at Eastport, Me., October 6, 1839, son of
Joseph Cobham and Helen M. (Ailing) Noyes. He is a lineal descendant of Nicholas
Noyes, who located in Newbury, Mass., in 1635.

Cutting Noyes, son of Nicholas, was the father of Joseph, who was born in 1689,
and whose grandson and namesake, born in Portland in 1745, took a leading part
in public affairs, representing the district in the Provincial Congress during
the Revolutionary War. The second Joseph Noyes died in 1795. His grandson,
Joseph Cobham Noyes, was born in Portland, April 24, 1798, and moved to
Eastport, Me., in 1819, engaging in business there as a ship-chandler and
shipper of merchandise. An episode of Mr. Joseph C. Noyes's mercantile life
about this time illustrates his superiority to the petty graspings too common in
trade. The canals were closed, and only about one-half the amount of flour
necessary for consumers was obtainable. A number of flour merchants, wishing to
form a combine, waited on Mr. Noyes, who was so fortunate as to have received a
large amount of flour, and laid their proposed scheme before him. But he refused
to comply with their request or to sell his goods to them at an advanced price
or to their representatives who attempted to buy of him. Instead, Mr. Noyes
advertised to sell to all bon a fide heads of families in Washington County
barrels of flour at only twenty-five cents advance over the full cost, in this
way crushing the combine. He believed in a fair profit on the necessaries of
life and no more.

In 1847 he engaged in the flour trade in Portland, and for some years carried on
an extensive and successful business. In 1859 he was appointed Treasurer of the
Portland Company (the locomotive works), and about the same time became
Treasurer of the Portland Savings Bank. He then devoted all his time to the
duties of these offices, but during the last years of his life his whole
attention was given to the interests of the bank. This institution, when Mr.
Noyes became first connected with it, had but one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars on deposit, but its business was beginning to increase; and at the time
of his death, July 28, 1868, the deposits amounted to two million, two hundred
and seventy-three thousand dollars, the increase being partly due to confidence
in the probity and good management of the Treasurer. His wife, whose maiden name
was Helen M. Ailing, was a native of Litchfield County, Connecticut, and grand-
daughter of Major John Webb, a Revolutionary soldier of note. She died January
9, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Noyes were the parents of four sons - George F.,
Frank, Edward A., and Joseph C.

Edward Ailing Noyes received a good education in the schools of Portland, and,
when nineteen years of age, entered the counting room of the Portland Savings
Bank, where he was clerk five years. The following five years he was connected
with the National Traders' Bank; and in 1868, soon after the death of his
father, he returned to the savings-bank, taking the position of Assistant
Treasurer, which he held till the death of his elder brother Frank, on December
17, 1877, when he succeeded him as Treasurer. He is now in point of service the
oldest official in the bank and one of the oldest bank Treasurers in the State.
During his incumbency the deposits have increased from four million, two hundred
and forty-eight thousand dollars to over eight million dollars, and are daily
increasing. This bank is the largest east of Boston, and ranks ninth in New
England in amount of deposits. Edward Ailing Noyes has now held the office of
Treasurer for nearly twenty years, and has established a reputation for
unimpeachable judgment in financial matters. He is President of the Savings Bank
Association of Maine. While devoting his time mainly to banking, he is also
connected with other enterprises, including the Union Mutual Life Insurance
Company of Maine, of which he is a Director, and the Portland Safe Deposit
Company, of which he is Vice-President. In the public library he has taken
especial interest. He was the first librarian, serving without pay for eleven
years, and working earnestly to bring the institution to its present prosperous
condition. He is now a member of the Committee on Books of the Board of
Trustees, and has been Treasurer for many years.

November 5, 1863, Mr. Noyes was united in marriage with Julia Augusta, daughter
of John Edwards, of Portland, and grand-daughter of Thomas Edwards, first judge
Advocate General of the Revolutionary army, and at the time of his death Grand
Secretary of the Society of the Cincinnati. Seven children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Noyes, five of whom are living, namely: Helen Ailing; Charles Edwards,
teller of the Portland Savings Bank; Julia; Joseph C.; and Sidney W.

In politics Mr. Noyes is a Republican, and he has taken an active part in
furthering the interests of his party. He was Treasurer of the State Committee
during the Blaine campaign, and was a member of the City Council from Ward 7 in
1882 and 1883, a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1884 and 1885, and Chairman
of the Board in 1885. While a member of the city government, be was Chairman of
the Committee on Street Lighting, and was instrumental in introducing electric
lights in the streets of Portland. [Biographical Review, Cumberland County, Maine]

Educated at the public schools in Portland and for two years attended Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Canada. For many years, he was cashier of the Canal National Bank of Portland and held treasurships of a number of religious, charitable, medical and banking groups.

(The Noyes Descendants, Vol. II says 12 Feb 1804 in Otisfield, Maine. Children born in Sumner, Milton and Weld, Me.)

Name: Edward E Noyes
Residence: Brandon, Vermont
Enlistment Date: 24 August 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Vermont
Unit Numbers: 3033 3033
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 August 1861
Enlisted in Company H, 5th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 16 September 1861.
Died of disease Company H, 5th Infantry Regiment Vermont on 13 October 1862

Born in FL, moved to Point Clear, AL; worked with the merchant marine.

"Political Graveyard": Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Ohio, 1872-74; U.S. Minister to France, 1877-81. 1890. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

"Hist of Columbus": Edward F. Noyes, republican, Hamilton county, elected Governor in 1871, assumed office January, 1872. Vote east: Noyes. 238,273; George W. Mc-Cook, democrat, Jefferson county, 218, 105; Gideon T. Stewart. Huron county, temperance, 4,068. Served two yean. Born in Massachusetts, 1833; died, Cincinnati, 1890.

The Noyes Descendants, Vol. II: Edward F. had a fine record as a soldier and as a citizen. His parents having died in his infancy, at the age of thirteen he was apprenticed, by his guardian, as a printer in the office of the "Morning Star," a religious paper published in Dover, NH, where he remained four years and a half, and then began preparing for college at Kingston Academy; he entered Dartmouth in 1853 and graduated in 1857, ranking fourth in a class of fifty-seven. He then went to Cincinnati and studied law with E.M. Curwen, and graduated at the Cincinnati Law School, 1858, and began practicing law the same year, and was in the successful prosecution of his profession at the breaking out of the Rebellion July 8th, 1861, his law office was changed to recruiting headquarters, and in less than a month a full regiment was raised, and ready for the field, he was commissioned as Major of the Regt. (39th Ohio Infantry). In this rank he served with the regiment during all its marches in Missouri, and during the campaign for the capture of New Madrid and Island No. 10. He took part in all the engagements of the left wing of our army at Corinth, and at Farmington. Upon the resignation of the Colonel and promotion of the Lieut. Colonel, he was commissioned Lieut. Colonel of his regiment 8 July 1862, and took part in the battles of Iuka and Corinth.

He was commissioned Colonel of the Regiment Oct. 1st, 1862, vice Gilbert resigned; and commanded it until the beginning of the Atlanta campaign, in camp and in engagements, and in building railroads in Tennessee. While on this latter duty the subject of veteran reenlistments became prominent, and with a quick perception of its necessity, Col. Noyes threw the whole weight of his influence into the work of re-enlisting his regiment; and as a result, the 39th Ohio re-enlisted a much larger proportion of veterans than any other Ohio regiment.

He took an active part in the Atlanta campaign, being at the battles of Resaca, Dallas and Kennesaw Mountain. July 4, 1864, while in command of an assault on the rebel works near Ruff's Mills he received a wound which resulted in the loss of a leg. After partial recovery from two amputations, and while still on crutches, he reported for duty, and was assigned to command Camp Dennison, where he remained until April 22, 1865, when he resigned to accept the position of City Solicitor for Cincinnati, to which he was elected while absent in the field.

He was elected Probate Judge of Hamilton County, Oct., 1866. He was recommended for the grade of Brigadier General by Gens. Pope, Rosencrantz, Stanley, Dodge and Sherman; and after being disabled for active service he was appointed Brevet Brig. General, Mar. 13, 1865. (From "Ohio in the Civil War.")

Gen. Noyes was subsequently Governor of Ohio 1872-4, minister to France 1877-80, judge of the Sup. Court, Cincinnati, 1889-1890.

THE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
Edward F. Noyes was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, on October 3, 1832. Left an orphan at the age of three, he spent his early life in New Hampshire, where he lived with his grandfather and a guardian. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to the printer of the Morning Star, a religious newspaper published in Dover, New Hampshire. He remained a printer-boy for four and one-half years until he left to enter an academy at Kingston, New Hampshire. In 1853 he enrolled in Dartmouth College.

While in his senior year, Noyes' forensic ability and whole-hearted advocacy of the principles of the newly-founded Republican party were recognized by the Republican state committee of New Hampshire, which selected the youth to speak in support of the election of John C. Fremont to the presidency. This event whetted Noyes' appetite for a future career in politics.

After his graduation from Dartmouth in 1857, fourth in a class of fifty-seven, Noyes visited a classmate in Cincinnati. So taken was the ambitious easterner with the vigorous energy and material progress of the bustling "Queen City," that he remained there to study law with M. E. Curwen, graduating from the Cincinnati Law School in 1858.

With the firing upon Fort Sumter, Noyes turned from his law practice to help raise the 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment. On July 27, 1861, he was commissioned a major in this regiment. For three years he participated in every battle and skirmish in which his command was engaged. One superior officer spoke of Noyes as being "as efficient and faithful as he is brave and determined." Noyes advanced to the rank of colonel as he received commendations from Generals John Pope, William S. Rosecrans, and William T. Sherman, among others.

On July 4, 1864, while in command of an assault near Ruff's Mills, Georgia, Colonel Noyes received an ankle wound which resulted in the amputation of his left leg. Three months later, although Noyes had only partially recovered from his amputation and was yet on crutches, he was assigned by Major General Joseph Hooker to command Camp Dennison, Ohio, and breveted a brigadier general. Here Noyes remained until April 22, 1865, when he resigned to become city solicitor of Cin- cinnati. Before his term as solicitor expired he was elected in October 1866 to be probate judge of Hamilton County.

In 1871 the Republican party, seeking to retain the votes of thousands of Civil War veterans, chose General Noyes as its candidate for governor. In an unexciting campaign the thirty-nine year old Cin- cinnatian defeated his Democratic rival, Colonel George W. McCook, by more than twenty thousand votes.

Few measures of general importance were enacted during Noyes administration. Election laws were amended to make it unlawful for election judges to leave the place of voting or to remove the ballot boxes until after the votes had been tallied. Acts were passed to define more clearly the powers and duties of county officers. Governor Noyes sponsored new inspection laws for coal mines, investigated Ohio's pardon system, made recommendations for fish conservation measures, and secured the division of the Buckeye state into twenty congressional districts.

The year 1873 was a troubled one for Ohio Republicans, still shaken by the abortive Liberal revolt of the preceding year. When a widespread depression settled upon the country, local Republican leaders were bound to pay the political penalty for economic suffering and unemployment. Added to this were the maladministration of the Grant regime, the odium of Credit Mobilier, and the infamy of the Salary Grab Act, all unjustly attaching themselves to Noyes' campaign for reelection. The gubernatorial contest of 1873 was fierce, as Noyes' aggressive Democratic opponent, the aged William Allen, called by one newspaper, "that marvelous relic of a bygone era of statesmanship," attacked the Republicans for passing laws for the "benefit of corpora- tions, cliques and rings," while the country suffered from their corruption and negligence. The majority was small, but the final vote disclosed that by a scant plurality of 817 votes Ohio had elected a Democratic governor for the first time since the Civil War. Noyes' subsequent bid for the senatorship in 1874 was rejected by the Democratic legislature which elected Allen G. Thurman.

At the Republican national convention of 1876 Governor Noyes was designated by the twenty-five-man Ohio delegation to present the name of Rutherford B. Hayes for the presidency. Noyes' zealous, behind- the-scenes management of Hayes' campaign, described by one veteran observer as "able, judicious, untiring, unselfish, inspiring, adroit," won the support of hesitant independents and reformers and secured Hayes' nomination. Following the uncertain results of the fall elections, Noyes hurriedly joined the "visiting statesmen" sent to observe events in Florida and to advocate the Republican side before the local canvassing board. Amid charges of fraud and incidents of violence, Noyes helped attain his party's victory in Florida. Two years later, a congressional investigating committee absolved Noyes of charges that he had im- properly influenced the Florida canvassers by promises of political favor.

In 1877 President Hayes selected Edward Noyes to succeed Elihu B. Washburne as minister to France, a position which Noyes filled for four years with distinction to himself and credit to his country. As minister he represented this country in the Paris Exposition of 1878, participated in the International Monetary Conference held in Paris in the same year for the purpose of fixing international exchange values of gold and silver, and toured Africa in quest of opportunities for American commercial interests. Replaced in 1881 by the New York banker, Levi Parsons Morton, Noyes returned to Cincinnati where he resumed his law practice and served as an elder counselor in the Republican gubernatorial campaigns of the eighties. He died suddenly on September 4, 1890, while serving on the bench of the superior court of Cincinnati, a post to which he had been elected only a year earlier. He was survived by his wife, Margaret, and their son.

Noyes had brought to the governorship and his subsequent positions not only varied and extensive learning in the law, but also a matchless eloquence. He was of commanding and handsome presence, was gifted with a fine voice, and was a master of the graces of rhetoric and the rules of logic. William Henry Smith, writing to Rutherford B. Hayes, referred to Noyes' political conduct as "that of a noble, chivalrous, honorable gentleman."

Unmarried.

Company G, 99th N.Y. Infantry.

Graduated from Norwich University; went to Chicago in 1864, and was of the firm E.H. Noyes & Co. grain merchants, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade.

Traveler and writer. He was much interested in the family history and visited the Parish Church at Choulderton, England presenting an alter cross (in 1891) suitably inscribed, as a memorial to his ancestor, Rev. William Noyes.

[From the Churchman, New York, May 23rd, 1903]

Edward Herbert Noyes, a prominent resident of Milford, Penn., died at his home on the morning of May 12. Mr. Noyes was born in New York and lived the greater part of his life in that city. He was a graduate of the University and a member of the Seventh Regiment until he took up a residence in Europe. He was also a member of the New York Genealogical Society and a member of Christ church parish up to the time of his death. During part of his residence abroad he was private secretary to the Hon. John L. Motley, the historian, when he was American Minister to the Court of St. James.

Mr. Noyes was a man of great ability, brilliancy and literary attainments, although not having continued to any great extent his literary work since becoming an invalid. A few years ago he came to Milford with his family for the summer - a continued residence being due to his admiration for the place and the climate. While there he took great interest in the Church of the Good Shepherd, and was a devoted supporter of it and its interests, being treasurer of the parish for several years.

He had an unusually large circle of friends among the clergy. He was a direct descendant of the Rev. James Noyes, a famous Colonial clergyman and author, one of the founders of Yale and its senior trustee.

Mr. Noyes' character was such as to make him universally admired and respected and to create a lasting influence for good upon all with whom he came in contact. He was noted for his hospitality, geniality and optimism. He leaves a wife, who was Miss Ella Baker, of Philadelphia, and one daughter.

Major of the First Texas (Union) Cavalry.

Major of 3rd Mass. Cavalry, discharged 21 Jul 1865.

Military Order of the Loyal Legion

Elected January 2, 1889. Insignia 6686.

Sergeant, 8th Infantry, M.V.M., in service of the U.S., April 16, 1861; mustered, April 30, 1861. Mustered out, August 1, 1861. Captain, 41st Mass. Infantry, afterward 3d Mass. Cavalry, August 27, 1862. Major, September 2, 1864. Mustered out, July 21, 1865.

Edward L. Noyes was educated in Massachusetts but at the age of seventeen years laid aside his textbooks and for four years thereafter was employed as a farm laborer in Massachusetts. At the end of that time he came west to Illinois as a book agent for the firm of Henry Hill of Norwich, Connecticut, and represented them in that capacity for a short time. From Illinois he made his way to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he was an engineer for some time, but eventually engaged in farming in that state, remaining there for about twenty years. At the end of that time, or in 1880, he came to Spink county, South Dakota, as he had heard much of the excellent opportunities of acquiring a good farm from the government. He took up a homestead six miles southeast of Mellette, which he cultivated for twenty-five years, making it one of the best improved farms of the neighborhood. As his resources increased he purchased additional land and eventually became the owner of eight hundred acres which returned to him a handsome income. Before leaving Wisconsin he bad taken up carpentering and after his removal to this state continued to follow that trade to some extent, building a number of the houses and barns throughout Spink county. In his farming operations he confined himself almost entirely to the raising of grain, his enterprise and progressive methods of agriculture insuring a large yield annually. In 1903 he removed to Mellette and has since lived retired.

Mr. Noyes was married in Madison, Wisconsin, on the 15th of February, 1858, when a young man of twenty-two years, to Mrs. Mehitable L. (Boston) Towne. Her father, Isaac Boston, was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was a son of Thomas Boston, who participated in the Revolutionary war. The Boston family is of English origin. Mrs. Noyes, mother was in her maidenhood Miss Bessie Cleves. Mrs. Noyes had four children by her first marriage, namely: R. W. Towne, a resident of Los Angeles, California; Sara J. Towne, the wife of Dr. Kingsley, of Madison, Wisconsin; Oliver P. Towne, who is living retired in Downey, California; and George I. Towne, a ranchman of Moenville, South Dakota. By her marriage to Mr. Noyes she had three children: Sophia L., the widow of J. W. Akers, living in the vicinity of Mellette; Edward L., manager of the Bellingham Electric Light & Power Company, of Bellingham, Washington; and Henry W., who died in infancy and was buried in the Kingsley cemetery in Dane county, Wisconsin. Mrs. Noyes passed away March 19, 1915, and was laid to rest in Madison, Wisconsin.

Mr. Noyes is a member of the democratic party and has held the office of county come missioner as well as various other local offices. He has taken a great interest in school affairs and has served as director on the board of education, doing all in his power to increase the efficiency of the public schools. His farm has a fine set of buildings and is improved in every way, being one of the valuable farming properties of Spink county. Having won success that assures him a comfortable income, he has retired from the active work of the farm and has moved to Mellette, where he is passing his declining days in well earned ease.

He was a graduate of Middlebury College and a teacher of science.

Attended Russell Military School, New Haven.

Graduated Yale, B.A. 1879. Roomed with Frederick T. Simpson. B.D. 1882, ordained 1883. First pastorate Duluth, Minn., First Pilgrim Church 1883-1894.

"Rev. E.M. Noyes, for eleven years pastor of Pilgrim Church, Duluth, has just resigned to accept a call to the church at Newton Center, Mass. During his pastorate the proportionate increase in the membership of the church, from 40 to 400, has been greater than that of the population of the city, from 10,000 to 70,000. Mr. Noyes is the oldest resident pastor at "the head of the lakes", and his pastorate is the third longest of our order in the State. Pilgrim Church is a unit in its desire to retain its beloved pastor, whose long service has endeared him to all the interests of the church and city. Minnesota deeply regrets the departure of Mr. Noyes and gladly bears testimony to the high esteem in which he is held among all the churches in this vicinity. His service has been especially valuable in the denominational unfoldings in the State. His practical judgement, his broad sympathy and his remarkable insight have contributed constantly to the many problems arising in a comparatively new community. The church at Newton Center is most fortunate in securing such a pastor."

Newton Centre, Mass., First Congregational Church 1894-1929, emeritus 1929-1939.

Daytona Beach, Fla., Tourist Church 1929-1936, emeritus 1936-1939.

Not mentioned in the 1850 census. He learned the trade of painter, but for more than half a century has been a cutter in a rubber factory.

PVT; Supply Co., 351st Inf., 88th Div. World War I.

Member of the State Legislature in 1875.

Edward S. and Lenora had three children.

1909 - graduated from Newton High School.

1913 - B.A. from Yale University.

1914-1916 - Adirondack-Florida School; war service in Washington and assistant Dean of Freshmen, Yale.

1916-1917 - graduate student; assistant instructor in English and assistant Dean of Freshmen, Yale.

1920 - received M.A. from Yale, his Ph.D. in 1924; edited "The Letters of Tobias Smollet". In 1933, published "Readings in the Modern Essay".

He was a member of the Yale Faculty for 44 years; Chairman of the Board of Admissions for 18 years; was Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching program, inaugurated at Yale. For many years, he was the chief reader in English for the College Entrance Examinations. He served as Trustee, Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the College Entrance Examination Board, and later as Acting President. He was elected Chairman Emeritus.

Arthur T. and Edward T. went to California about 1850 and had a large ranch near Lompoc.

Edwin Noyes was born at South Kingston, R. I., February 21, 1812. He graduated from Brown University in the class of 1837. Soon after graduating from college, he became tutor of the Greek language in Waterville College for two years. He read law a while in the office of Timothy Boutelle and then he took a course of instruction at Harvard Law School. In 1842 he began the practice of law at Waterville in company with Mr. Boutelle, whose daughter he married. He was the first treasurer of the Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad Company, and its first superintendent, holding the position on the road after it became the Maine Central, with the exception of two years, until 1872. For the two years of his absence, 1853-4, he was superintendent of the Michigan Central Railroad, with home in Detroit, Mich. He served two terms in the Maine Senate, during 1849 and 1850. For many years he was prominent in all public affairs in the town and was regarded as one of its ablest men. August 12, 1842, he married Helen R. Boutelle, daughter of Hon. Timothy Boutelle. Their children were Timothy Boutelle, Robert Fanning, Boutelle, and Francis Edwin.

The death of Edwin Noyes March 23, 1888, at Young's Hotel, Boston, removed a man long prominent in railroad and business circles. The citizens have never become quite reconciled to having the Noyes mansion, in the very heart of the city, closed.

Children born in Hopkinton, Westerly and Wickford, R.I.

He spent his boyhood days at Mystic and obtained his education in the public schools. At the age of seventeen he began clerking for Evan D. Evans, a dry-goods merchant of Mystic, with whom he continued five years. On April 26, 1872, he opened a store for himself in a building which stood at his present location, but was burned out December 29, 1880. In August, 1881, through energy and business enterprise, he re-opened his business at his present stand and is now the oldest dry-goods merchant in Mystic. Mr. Noyes is director of the Mystic River Bank. In politics he is identified with the Republican party. Religiously both he and his wife belong to the Congregational Church.

Born in Portland, Maine. Age 21 7/12 yrs. Residence: Portland. Enl: NG Portland, Apr 7, 1917. Reported for Federal Serv: July 25, 1917. Pct 1st Cl Mar 22, 1918 to Jan 30, 1919. Hon disch on demob: Feb 12, 1919. [Maine Military Men, 1917-18]

Served with Company B, 5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Enlisted 9 Jul 1861 and was awarded a disability discharge 22 Jul 1864. Claimed residence in New Haven.

Served in the 1st Wisconsin Reg. Vols., and in the first real engagement of the war, at Falling Waters, West Virginia, July 2, 1862. Was a manufacturer of galvanized cornices, skylights, etc. at Chicago, Illinois.