MARY 1807 - 1889
HENRY 1811 - 1894
Henry & Mary Noel's graves are located in the village of Adel, near Freedom, in Owen Co., Indiana, along with several other Noel relatives. The tombstones are sorely in need of cleaning, which is another project I have planned on a future trip to Indiana. Some inscriptions are starting to be illegible, while other graves are simply marked with rocks or the last name "Noel".
Five of Henry's sons were in the Civil War. Two of them, William and John, both died during that War. The other boys came home broken down and in not very good health.
Census records for Henry Noel family :
05 252 Noel Henry 40 m farmer Ky
06 Mary 43 f "
07 Elizabeth 18 f "
08 George 16 m "
09 James 14 m "
10 William 12 m "
11 Mary 9 f "
12 Elizabeth 8 f "
13 John 5 m "
14 Isaac 2 m "
1850 Mercer Co., KY census, page 256b, enumerated Sept 1850
The children of Henry and Mary Kays Noel were:
1. Elizabeth Jane Noel, born about 1832; died about 1870. She married James Vandeventer, February 12, 1853 in Anderson Co., KY. Records show they had one child: Mary Jane Vandeventer, born December 30, 1853.
2. George Noel, born 1834, KY; died April 1, 1870, Worthington, Greene Co., IN. He married
Eliza A. Searcie, May 12, 1851 in Anderson Co., KY. She was born about 1838 in KY.
Notes on George Noel:
Found on the 1870 Greene Co. Census living next to his brother Isaac W. Noel
Richland Twp.....P.O. Bloomfield
Page 21
Household#149/151
Noel George......35........Farmer.......0/$300....KY
Eliza Ann...........32........................................KY
Wm.H................16........................................KY
James M............12.........................................IN
Lucinda J...........10.........................................IN
Samuel................8.........................................IN
Isdora..................6.........................................IN
Rosetta................4.........................................IN
Mary Ellen...........1.........................................IN
GEORGE NOEL'S CIVIL WAR NOTES:
53rd Regiment Infantry
Organized at New Albany and Indianapolis, Ind., February 19 to March 6, 1862. Guarded prisoners at Indianapolis until March 15. Ordered to Savannah, Tenn., March 15. Attached
to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division,
District of Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade. 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. March to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction, LaGrange and Holly Springs, June 1-July 21, and duty there until September 6. March to Jackson and Bolivar, Tenn., September 6-14. Battle of Metamora,
Hatchie River, October 5. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863. Duty at Colliersville and Memphis until April. Ordered to Young's Point, La., thence to Grand Gulf, Miss., and duty there until June 12. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 15-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Reconnaissance to Pearl River July 15. Duty at Vicksburg until August 15. Ordered to Natchez, Miss., August 15, and duty there until November 24. Expedition to Harrisonburg September 1-8. Near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4. Ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., November 24, and duty there until February, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Veterans on furlough March and April. Moved to Bird's Point, Mo., April 28; thence to Clifton, Tenn., and march to Ackworth, Ga., via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., May 5-June 9. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 9-September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Turner's Ferry July 5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-31. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Shadow Church and Westbrook's, near Fairburn, October 1-3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Ball's Ferry and Georgia Central Railroad Bridge, Peones River, November 23-25. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the
Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 2-5. Rivers Bridge, Salkehatchie River, February 3. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. Fayetteville, N.C., March 11. Averysboro March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
**NOTE**{George was drafted and mustered in 23 Mar 1865}
Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 21, 1865. Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 248 Enlisted men by disease. Total 359.
Children of George and Eliza A. Searcie were:
1. William H. Noel, born about 1854.
2. James Merritt Noel, born about 1858.
3. Lucinda J. Noel, born about 1860.
4. Samuel Noel, born about 1862.
5. Isdora Noel, born about 1864.
6. Rosetta Noel, born about 1866.
7. Mary Ellen Noel, born about 1869.
3. James Merrit Noel, born July 8, 1836, Washington Co., Kentucky; married Elizabeth Hall. Died May 29, 1904, Clay Twp., Owen Co., IN.
4. William Noel, born September 30, 1838, Mercer Co., KY; died April 17, 1864, Huntsville, AL.; Married Nancy J. Carpenter, January 1, 1860, Owen Co, IN. Died in Civil War.
CIVIL WAR NOTES FOR WILLIAM NOEL:
59th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Logansport and Indianapolis, Ind., February 11, 1862. Moved to Commerce, Mo., February 18-22, the first Regiment to report to General Pope for duty with the Army of Mississippi. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Siege operations against New Madrid, Mo., March 3-14, 1862. Siege and capture of
Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 18-22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Duty at Clear Creek until August 6, and at Jacinto until September 18. March to Iuka, Miss., September 18-20. Battle of Corinth October 3-4, Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Reconnaissance from LaGrange November 8-9, 1862. Duty at Memphis January 12 to February 24, 1863. Yazoo Pass Expedition by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers February 24-April 8. Operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 13. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Jones' Cross Roads and Willow Springs May 3. Battles of Raymond May 12; Jackson May 14; Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty there until September 13. Movement to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 13-November 20. Operations on Memphis &
Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. Duty
at Bridgeport and Huntsville, Ala., December 18, 1863, to June 22, 1864.
**NOTE**{William died 17 Apr 1864, Huntsville, AL.}
Reenlisted January 1, 1864. Guard Bridge at Etowah River July 13-August 26. Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., August 26. Pursuit of Wheeler August 27-31. Duty at Chattanooga until September 21, and at Etowah River until November 12. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamp, S.C., February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17, Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 17, 1865. Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 36 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 229 Enlisted men by disease. Total 266.
5. Mary Noel, born 1841, KY; died before 1894; married Hiram W. Carpenter (born 1831, near Adel, Owen Co., IN; died January 13, 1893, Owen Co., IN; buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Owen Co., IN), about 1858, Owen Co.,IN.?
6. Elizabeth V. Noel, born about 1842; d. May 17, 1903, Freedom, Clay Twp. Owen Co., IN and died May 17, 1903 in Freedom, Clay Twp. Owen Co. IN, at the age of 59. She married (1) Finley Franklin, April 19, 1866 in Owen Co., IN., son of William Franklin and Elizabeth Ooley. He was born about. 1840 in IN., and died October 13, 1884 (Owen County Death Book H 12, pg 56) in Clay Twp., Owen Co.,IN. She married (2) William Moses Ooley, October 23, 1886 in Owen Co.,IN., son of John Ooley and Mahala Johnson.
Children of Elizabeth Noel and Finley Franklin are:
1. Cora E. Franklin, born about 1869, Owen Co., IN.; m. William M. Harrah, November 22, 1893.
2. Isaac E. Franklin, born about 1875, Owen Co., IN.; m. Mary A. Neill, December 20, 1900, Owen Co.,IN.
3. Franklin, born August 26, 1883, Owen Co., IN.
7. John Noel, born about 1846, died in Civil War March 18, 1865, Nashville, TN
CIVIL WAR NOTES FOR JOHN NOEL:
149th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 1, 1865. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., March 3; thence moved to Decatur, Ala., and garrison and guard duty there until September. Regiment received the surrender of Generals Roddy and Warren. Mustered out September 27, 1865. Lost during service 43 by disease.
**NOTE**{John died 18 Mar 1865, Nashville, TN.}
8. Isaac W. Noel, born April 13, 1847, Mercer Co.,KY. He married (1) Hester Abrams Wright; (2) Mary A. Greene; (3) Elizabeth Stevenson (or Stephenson, born 1849 - died before 1923). He died June 24, 1923, Owen Co., IN. The cause of death was listed as cerebral softening. He was buried June 26, 1923, Adel Cemetery, Owen Co. IN.
CIVIL WAR NOTES FOR ISAAC W. NOEL:
149th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 1, 1865. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., March 3; thence moved to Decatur, Ala., and garrison and guard duty there until September. Regiment received the surrender of Generals Roddy and Warren. Mustered out September 27, 1865. Lost during service 43 by disease.
Found the Isaac W. Noel family living next to his brother George on the 1870 Greene Co.Census
Pg21
Household #150/151
Noel Isaac W. ......23.....Farming.....0/$150...KY
Elizabeth...............22.....................................IN
Lacona..................1........................................IN
Elizce F.................2mo...................................IN
Children of Isaac Noel and Elizabeth Stephenson are:
1. Lacona Noel, born about 1869.
2. Eliza F. Noel born April 1870.
Obituary of Henry Noel (sent to me from Nancy J. Skinner White):
Mr. Henry Noel, one of the old pioneers of Clay Township, departed this life last Wednesday week at his home near Adel after a lingering illness of 18 months duration, at the ripe old age of 83 years.
Deceased was born in Kentucky in 1811, married to Mary Keys in 1832. To them
was born eight children, three being still living, Isaac Noel, county recorder, James M. and
Mrs. Eliza Ooley. Mrs. Noel died in 1889 and in 1890 he married Susan Fox who survives him. He moved to Owen County in 1857.
He was a member of the Christian Church at Adel and was loved by all who knew
him. He was endowed with a powerful mind, which he always experted for the good oh humanity. He loved right and despised wrong and his life was a consistent one, his death peaceful. All know that death was an acceptable change to him. Your scribe never had a warmer friend in the work that Uncle Henry, as he was familiarly called, and we are sad to have to give him up. His remains were interred in the Adel Cemetery the day following his death.
The following information is from the book "Indiana Place Names", published in 1975 by the
Indiana University Press: Pleasant Valley is also Adel, or even "Dog Walk", on the border of Franklin and Clay townships - but in Clay County. This story appeared in The Evening World newspaper, June 4, l974, called "Scenic Clay Township" by Dixie Kline:
Pleasant Valley, platted in l859 by Levi Carpenter, is one of those places I call "vernacular neighborhoods"...whatever was there and to be known as Pleasant Valley burned...of course we still know Adel but Dog Walk has gone the way of Red Haven and other crossroad communities that have dropped out of common knowledge.
