Horace A. Noyes
Horace A. Noyes (February 20, 1810 – April 19, 1877) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives in its first session after adoption of the state constitution.
Horace A. Noyes | |
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| Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the Wayne County district | |
| In office November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 20, 1810 Preston, New York |
| Died | April 19, 1877 (aged 67) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Biography
Horace Noyes was born in Preston, New York, on February 20, 1810,[1] the son of Nathan Noyes and Susannah Riddell.[2] His father was a Baptist minister who helped organize several churches in New York and Michigan. Noyes began teaching at age fifteen, agreeing to pay his father half of his salary. The family moved to Perrington, New York, where Noyes studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Rochester in 1833, the same year that he and his family emigrated to Michigan.[1]
He moved to Plymouth, Michigan, and practiced law there until 1840.[3] Noyes was a delegate to both the First and Second Conventions of Assent that first rejected, then accepted, the deal offered by the U.S. Congress for Michigan to accept the western part of the Upper Peninsula in exchange for the Toledo Strip in order to resolve the Toledo War and clear the way for statehood.[4]
He was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1835 and served through 1836. In 1840, he moved to Marshall, Michigan, and in 1844 was elected a probate judge in Calhoun County, a position which he held for 12 years before resuming his law practice in 1857.[3]
Noyes was elected supervisor of Plymouth Township, Michigan, in 1836, as well as justice of the peace of school inspector. He served as justice again in 1840, and township clerk in 1841.[5]
He retired from his law practice due to ill health on January 1, 1877, leaving it to his partner William H. Porter.[6] He died on April 19, 1877, and is buried in Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall.[7][8]
Family
Noyes married Mary Shutts on October 15, 1835,[9] and they had six children who lived to maturity, Angeline, Bina S., Frances G., Avery H., Hattie, and Joseph Sibley,[10] along with three who died while young. His youngest son, Joseph Sibley Noyes, became a prominent jurist in Southern California.[11]
Notes
- Barnard 1878, p. 75.
- Noyes & Noyes 1904, pp. 121–122.
- Bingham 1888, p. 497.
- Farmer 1884, p. 90.
- Farmer 1890, pp. 1341–1342.
- Barnard 1878, p. 81.
- Kinney 2011.
- Bingham 1888, p. 497, gives his date of death as the following day, April 20.
- Barnard 1878, p. 76.
- Noyes & Noyes 1904, p. 152.
- Guinn 1902, p. 299.
References
- Barnard, Frederick A. P., ed. (1878), American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men: Michigan Volume, vol. 1, Cincinnati: Western Biographical Publishing, retrieved 2018-11-29
- Bingham, Stephen D. (1888), Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators, Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, retrieved 2018-11-29
- Farmer, Silas (1884), The History of Detroit and Michigan: Or, The Metropolis Illustrated, Detroit: S. Farmer & Company, retrieved 2018-11-29
- Farmer, Silas (1890), History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan: A Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present, Detroit: S. Farmer & Company, retrieved 2018-11-29
- Guinn, James M. (1902), Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California, Chicago: Chapman, retrieved 2018-11-29
- Kinney, William (June 25, 2011), "Tombstone of Horace A. Noyes", Find A Grave, retrieved 2018-11-29
- Michigan Manual (1877–78 ed.), Lansing: W. S. George & Co., 1877, retrieved 2018-11-29
- Noyes, Henry E.; Noyes, Harriette E. (1904), Genealogical Record of Some of the Noyes Descendants of James, Nicholas and Peter Noyes, vol. 2, Boston: H. E. Noyes, retrieved 2018-11-29