Col. NOYES Francis "Frank" Gardner[1]

Male 1833 - 1902  (69 years)


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  • Name NOYES Francis "Frank" Gardner 
    Prefix Col. 
    Birth 6 Jul 1833  Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Name Francis Gardner Noyes  [2, 4
    Name Gardiner Noyes  [5
    _UID 96AA0D38EB9ED5118A06444553540000B450 
    Death 1 Dec 1902  Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Children born in Nashua, NH; Lowell, Mass., and Clinton, Iowa.

      Francis G. was a graduate of Harvard, 1856. He served in the civil war as Captain and A.C.S., U.S. Vols., 1862. Promoted Lieut. Colonel and Chief C.S., 13th Army Corps, until October, 1865, when he ws mustered out. Practiced law in Clinton, Iowa, 1856, with N.B. Baker, formerly Governor of New Hampshire. The following article is copied from a local newspaper notice of his death: -

      NASHUA, Dec. 2, 1902. Col. Frank G. Noyes, a well-known citizen, died at his home in Noyes block, Monday afternoon, at 3:10. His demise was sudden, and was due to conjestive apoplexy, which, in turn, is said to have been superinduced by a fall received some days ago.

      Frank G. Noyes was born in Nashua, July 6, 1833. He was the son of Col. Leonard W. and Anne Sewall (Gardner) Noyes. He was fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and entered college in 1849, graduating in 1853. Colonel Noyes read law in the offices of Rufus Choate and Sidney Bartlett, in Boston, and attended lectures at the law school at Harvard University. He graduated from HArvard with the degree of LL.B., in 1856, and was admitted to practice in the courts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Immediately thereafter he settled in Clinton, Ia., and formed a copartnership with Nathaniel B. Baker, ex-governor of New Hampshire, remaining in active practice of law until the opening of the civil war.

      He was commissioned aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Kirkwood of Iowa. During the year that followed he had an active part in organizing troops, and then President Lincoln commissioned him commissary of subsistence, with the rank of captain. He went to the front at once, and served throughout the war, participating in most of the battles in the important campaign in the West and Southwest, among which were Shiloh, Helena, Yazoo Pass, and Vicksburg.

      After the capture of Vicksburg he went to New Orleans with the Thirteenth Army Corps, to which he was attached, and was engaged in the fight of Mobile Bay, when Farragut made his famous passage of the forts.

      In the May following he was ordered to Galveston, Tex., where he served as chief of his department on the staffs of Generals Granger and H.G. Wright, when he was honorably discharged, in November, 1865.

      Having been promoted by the President to be chief commissary of subsistence, Thirteenth Army Corps, with rank of lieutenant-colonel, in March, 1867, he was appointed consul to PAnama, and in 1868 he returned to Iowa, where he was engaged in manufacturing until 1879, when he returned to Nashua. After his return to Nashua he gave up the practice of law and devoted his time to the care of his property.

      He was mustered into John G. Foster post, G.A.R., in 1889. In 1891 he served as inspector in the state department of the Grand Army. In 1892 he was elected senior vice department commander of New Hampshire, and at the 26th annual encampment, in 1893, he was chosen department commander. He also served on the staffs of General Alger and General Veazey, commanders-in-chief of the national encampment, in 1890 and 1891. In 1891 he was elected president of the New Hampshire Veteran's Association. He was one of the early members of the military order of the Loyal Legion, and had been a companion of the New York commandery for over thirty years.

      Besides his connection with the Grand Army, he was a Free Mason. He was a man of thorough executive ability, and was much respected by his friends and colleagues. He was a prominent speaker, and many times he had been heard throughout the State.

      Colonel Noyes was united in marriage, Nov. 20, 1856, with Hannah E. Richardson, of Lowell, Mass. The children who survive him are Anna Gardner, wife of Sheridan P. Reid, ex-consul of Tien Tsin, China; Clara L.H., Grace Richardson, and Elizabeth.
    Person ID I20740  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2008 

    Father Col. NOYES Leonard White,   b. 14 Jan 1799, Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1867, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother GARDNER Ann Sewall,   b. 6 Feb 1805, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1889, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1826  Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 7, 8
    • (The Noyes Descendants, Vol. II has no date.)
    Family ID F7065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family RICHARDSON Hannah Eliza,   b. 1835   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 10 Dec 1852  [3, 9
    • (Noyes says 20 Nov 1856.)
    Children 
     1. NOYES Francis Gardner,   b. 31 Aug 1853, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1854 (Age 1 year)
     2. NOYES Anna Sewell Gardner,   b. 25 Oct 1857, Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. NOYES Clara Leonard Hancock,   b. 20 Oct 1859, Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. NOYES Grace Richardson,   b. 20 Jul 1862, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. NOYES Leonard White,   b. 31 Mar 1864, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1865 (Age 1 year)
     6. NOYES George Henry,   b. 26 May 1865, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1869 (Age 3 years)
     7. NOYES Elizabeth Greenleaf Gardner,   b. 5 Nov 1866, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F7983  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S103] Book-Noyes-The Noyes Descendants, Vol. II, p.200.

    2. [S103] Book-Noyes-The Noyes Descendants, Vol. II, p.199.

    3. [S479] Book-John Gibson and His Descendants, p.195, CS71.G45.

    4. [S662] Book-VR Dunstable, MA, p.60.

    5. [S587] Book-The Richardson Memorial, p.847, CS71.R52.

    6. [S493] Book-The Hartwells in America, p.76, CS71.H337.

    7. [S662] Book-VR Dunstable, MA, p.163.

    8. [S1014] Book-VR Leominster, MA, p.239.

    9. [S103] Book-Noyes-The Noyes Descendants, Vol. II, p.202.