NOYES Herbert Greenleaf^{[1, 2]}

1897 - 1980  (~ 82 years)

• Name	NOYES Herbert Greenleaf
  Nickname	Greenleaf
  Birth	Jul 1897	Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	4 Jun 1900	Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  	(age 2.)
  Census	23 Apr 1930	Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [4]
  	(age 32; horn comb manufacturer; married age 23; owned a home valued at $4,500 on Allen Street.)
  Occupation	1932	Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  	Comb maker
  _UID	FBB40D38EB9ED5118A064445535400002336
  Death	May 1980  [5, 6]
  	(gravestone says 1980.)
  Burial	May 1980	Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [5, 6]
  	(Oak Hill Cemetery.)
  		Herbert Story Noyes monument H. Greenleaf Noyes
  Notes	Was treasurer of H.S. Noyes and Brother at the time of its closing in 1932 and was the last of six generations of the Noyes family to engage in comb manufacture in Newburyport and West Newbury. The reasons for the eventual closing of W.H. Noyes and Brother (called the Noyes-Walton Comb Company after 1927, when it merged with the comb making firm of John Walton of Philadelphia) were not so abrupt. The general economic climate in the early 1930s doubtless played a part; in addition, the horn comb business was threatened both by the increasing use of synthetics as well as a diminishing of the supply of its basic raw material. The growing practice in the American West of dehorning calves meant that fewer horns from adult animals were available. Towards the end, the Noyes-Walton Company obtained some imported horn from South America and South Africa, although declining business evidently did not warrant use of this avenue of supply.For a time it was thought that Noyes-Walton might complete the final stages of manufacture on partially completed combs from Europe, but this was not possible because the Noyes machinery was calibrated to English measure and the foreign stock was metric. Enlisted ERC 28 Dec 1917, age 20 years 4 months. Active service from 6 Apr 1918; As; Pvt 1st Class; honorable discharge 27 May 1918. Enrolled USNRF 3 Jun 1918 - active service from 18 Jun 1918; Nav Tng Cp Hingham, Mass. to 9 Jul 1918, Nav Rifle Range, Wakefield, Mass. to 15 Jul 1918; Nav Tng Co, Bumpkin Isle, Mass. to 30 Jul 1918; Sec Hq, Rockland, Me. to 30 Sep 1918, USS MAROLD; Seaman 2nd Class, QM 3rd Class, CBM; aptd Ens. Prov. 17 Apr 1919; rel 18 Apr 1919; honorable discharge 30 Sep 1921.
  Person ID	I23440	Noyes Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 May 2009

  
  

  Father	NOYES Herbert Story,   b. 19 Nov 1874, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 1940 (Age 65 years)
  Mother	GREENLEAF Mary Lamson,   b. 9 May 1873, Massachusetts, United States d. 1926 (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	6 Apr 1895  [7, 8, 9]
  	(The Noyes Descendants, Vol. I has no date.)
  Family ID	F8127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LITTLE Nancy T.,   b. 5 Jun 1897, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 20 Jan 1995, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1921  [4]
  Children	1. Ensign NOYES William H.,   b. 22 Apr 1923, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 1 Jan 1992, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 68 years)   2. Living
  Family ID	F28736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S410] Publication-Comb Industry in Newburyport. [S4284] Book-Newburyport in the World War, p.278. [S3468] Census-1900-MA-Essex-Newburyport, Roll: T623_646 Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 416. [S4283] Census-1930-MA-Essex-Newburyport, Roll: 901; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 214; Image: 286.0. [S915] Death-SSDI (Rootsweb). [S86] Death-gravestone, Oak Hill Cemetery; Newburyport, MA. [S103] Book-Noyes-The Noyes Descendants, Vol. II, p.218. [S957] Book-Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family, p.333, R929.2 G813. [S1890] CD-Mary Adams Rolfe Papers, Disk #2 Follansbee through Long.