THOMAS
NOAKES
Pionner
1847 Ox Team
Biography
in
Noakes
Pioneers of Utah
My
4th Great Grandparents
Thomas
Noakes, son of William and Elizabeth Honice, was born April l8, 1791, in
Udimore, near Ray, Sussex County, England.
He married Emma Inkpen, March 30, 1810. Emma was born October 25, 1789
daughter of Edward and Susannah Cossam Inkpen. Emma was tall and slenderly
built and had brown eyes and medium black hair. Their children are George,
1811, Thomas, 1813, Emma, 1815, Edward, 1816, William, 1818, John, 1821,
Francis, 1824, Robert, 1827 and John Hubbard, 1832. All but John Hubbard were
born in England, John Hubbard was born in Ohio. Their oldest son George stowed away on a vessel bound for
America. The Captain of the ship befriended him and helped him get employment
on Lake Erie. George saved his money so that he could bring his parents and
siblings to America.
They came to America between 1827 and 1831 (no
knowledge of what company or boat they came on).
They settled in Ohio. At the courthouse in the town of Medina, Medina Co, Ohio on June 22, 1840, Thomas made his application before the court to become a citizen of the United States of America. On June the 25th the papers were signed and the seal of the court on them. So he became a citizen of the United States in the 64th year of its Independence.
While in Ohio, the Noakes family, tilled the
soil, and cleared the timber off as they were farming. In England he worked in some factory. There was a button factory owned by the
Noakes family in England. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints about 1842.
On July 26, 1843 they went to Nauvoo, Illinois
there he labored on the Temple and the Nauvoo House, from July 1843 at
different times until December; then again in March, April, May and June of
1844. He worked and bought stock in the Nauvoo House. Thomas Noakes was a
bodyguard for the Prophet Joseph Smith in Nauvoo.
December 23,1844, Thomas received a Patriarchal
Blessing by Patriarch John Smith, there in Nouvoo, after the Prophets death. He was promised that he would come to Zion,
be blessed with a numerous posterity, and that his years should be many.
Conditions were such that the Saints had to move
away from Nauvoo. Thomas and Emma Noakes were Utah Pionners with an ox team in
l847. They came into the Salt Lake Valley with a team made up of two oxen, tow
cows and two heifers. They settled in the Salt Lake Valley. Emma died in April
22, 1851 in Salt Lake City, Utah and is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Thomas
later went to Ohio and married Elizabeth Mead Wilcox and settled in Utah in
1852. Thomas paid hid tithing in full in Salt Lake City. One receipt dated
September 1852 shows him as a full tithe payer. He came right on into
Springville, UT where he built two log rooms just east of hobble creek. He was
not much of a public man, but took part in the Church and civic work the
nineteen years he lived in Springville, UT.
Thomas married third Dolly Griddle, she was born
June 8, 1784. Thomas was thrown and dragged by his horse, which became
frightened, when a man handed him something in a white flour bag, this finally
cause his death.
Thomas died on September 1,1871 in Springville, UT, he is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery by Emma is first wife. Dolly followed Thomas in death by 12 days. Another trip to Salt Lake City had to be made to bury her. She is buried with Thomas and Emma.
Patriarchal Blessing of
Thomas
Noakes
A Blessing by John Smith, Patriarch, upon the
head of Thomas Noakes, son of William and Elizabeth H Noakes, born in Sussex,
England. 1791.
Beloved brother I lay may hands upon thy head
and seal a father's blessing upon thee in the name of Jesus Christ, thou art an
heir to the blessings of the Priesthood having descended from Abraham through
the loins of Benjamin, are entitled to by inheritance to the Priesthood which
was sealed upon the Fathers, even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, called to be a
savior on Mount Zion, therefore gird up they loins and prepare thy self for an
endowment in the house of the Lord, which will enable thee to save they dead
friends for many generations which have past away, that will be revealed to
thee, thou shalt also be a savior to many of the living and bring them to Zion
through all troubles that may come in thy way, for no power shall hinder thee:
Thou shalt have a numerous posterity.
This blessing shall be perpetuated to them
forever, and thy name shall be had in honorable rememberance in the Church
forever. The years shall be many, thou shalt be satisfied with every good thing
and inherit eternal life.
Amen.
GEORGE AND SOPHIA CROWFOOT NOAKES
Son of Thomas and Emma Inkpen Noakes
Utah Pioneers of 1847 Ox Team
Biography in
How Beautiful, Upon The Mountains
My 3rd
Great Grandparents
George Noakes was born Sept. 4, 1811, at Sussex,
England, a son of Thomas and Emma Inkpen, Pioneers of 1847 Ox Team. George
married Sophia Crowfoot January 1848
at Nauvoo. Illinois. Sophia
Crowfoot was born Feb. 1, 1818. She is the daughter of Benjamin and
Samantha Sacked Crowfoot.
George
Noakes stowed away in a vessel bound for America, the Captain took him in and
helped him with a job on Lake Erie. George saved enough money to send his
family to America. The family came to Utah
in 1847 by Ox Team. His father,
Thomas, was one of Joseph Smith's
bodyguards in Nauvoo.
George and his wife
came to Charleston in 1859. According to the inscription
on the pioneer monument at Charleston they and
a William Manning were among the first settlers. He
built a house near a spring
down by Provo River and
lived there a number of years and later built
a house on Main Street about two blocks
north of the pioneer monument.
He helped to buy a threshing machine
and ran the horse power as long as he was able.
He was a farmer, Indian War veteran,
was a High Priest, Ward teacher, Bishop,
and Superintendent of the
Sunday school. He was well acquainted with the Prophet Joseph
Smith.
They were
the parents of eight children:
George Washington, William Hubbard,
'Thomas Nephi., Emma Inkpen (Mrs. John
Winterton), Mary Elizabeth,
John Hubbard, David E., and Robeert Avery.
George and Sophia Crowfoot Noakes are buried in
the Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, Wasatch, UT
John Hubbard and Margaret Priscilla
Casper Noakes
Biography in the book
How
Beautiful Upon the Mountains
My
Great Great Grandparents
John Hubbard was born March 19, 1859 at Alpine, Utah, the son of Utah Pioneers George and Sophia Crowfoot Noakes. John married Margaret Priscilla Casper 15 May 1889 in the Manti Temple, Manti, Utah. She was born June 4, 1872 in Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, a daughter of William Nephi Casper and Agnes McFarland. Margaret’s mother Agnes was a immigrant from Scotland, and a Utah Pioneer in 1864 with her parents.
John was an elder, ward teacher, constable, town
marshal, road supervisor and a farmer and stock raising most of his life. John
and Margaret moved to Park City in April 1923 when John worked as a Teamster
for Len McGarry for a number of years. He later worked for the city as a
watermaster until his retirement in 1935.
Their children are: Mary June Jennie (Mrs. John
Gordon). David Avery, Mable Sophia
(Mrs. Frederick Howarth), Gertrude Louisa (Mrs. Jesse Gordon), William Ruben,
Wallace Nephi, Erving Arthur, Beatrice
Verga, Vidia Luella, Reva Agnes (Mrs. William Richardson), Margaret Marie (Mrs.
Oren Anderson).
John and Margaret made their home in Charleston,
Wastach, Utah. John died May 31, 1954 in Park City, Wasatch, Utah and
Margaret died on July 11, 1941 in Park City,
Wasatch, Utah. They are buried in the Charleston Cemetery.
The
left picture is of John Hubbard and Margaret at their home in Charleston, Utah.
The right picture is of John Hubbard and three of his daughters, Reva, Margaret Marie and Mabel. Mabel is my Great Grandmother.
This
is a Five Generation picture, front row is John Hubbard Noakes of Park City,
who just Celebrated his 95 birthday, his daughter Mabel Noakes Howarth Jolley
his holding his great great granddaughter Cindy Lou Jones. Back row is Arlen
Jones, a great grandson, then Margaret Howarth Jones Doyle, a granddaughter.
All of Sahara Village, Clearfield, Davis, Utah.
The
headstone above is for John Hubbard Noakes
The headstone at left is for Margaret Priscilla Casper Noakes