The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-28
The Fort Lincoln Male Woman.

B-marh cor Pioneer Pres
The death Of VI, Corporal Noonau
at Fort Lincoln, on Wednesday. proba
bly, terminated N unhappy lfe. A
reported by telegraph, she proved q
man. The priest. who was summoned
70 ofiiciate at the funeral services YES.
terday. refused to act when he learned
the life the deceased had lived. The
so-called Mrs NOo1an lived fourteen
years III petticoatS. with three huS-
bands. Numbers one and two deserted
this Cardiff Giant. Number three
called her his Dear wife" and signed.
Your Darling Hubby. Mr. Nooaan.
whose real name i Mckinney. IS cut
Wi h the Seventh cavalry. and is ignO-
ram Of his great loss. The departed
was a Mexican and a very useful one
about the garrison, as laundress ard
midwife. 1t IL sand that he was worth
ten thousand dollars. He was a mus
culiue looking oma and would have
made d poor belle. A a laundress,
however, he go5 on finely. 1t is sus-
pected lat there was a skeleton in his
closet. He may be a fugitive from
Somewhere.
Fort lincoln cor Chicago Times
MIS-. -NDDfldl HAS, -iitt t2ID stOllc
the laundry work oil the company to
which she was attached with the best
of satisfaction. and was "a handy With
a needle Is any woman ntho garrison.
making all kinds Of fine shirts for
different ones. She also professed and
acted the part OF midwife. and. on
several occasions. has gone as Tar as
twenty five miles from here 10 per-
form duties Of that kind. and at al
time, giving good sati faction. Her
house was is clean a. could be. and the
walls We're ornamented with some very
beautiful pictures. In fact everything
about the house, both III and outside,
was very t~astefullv arranged. About
two weeks ago she complained Of
being sick, and was attended by the
post surgeon, DR.. Wolvcston. She
grew worse, however, from the first,
and on yesterday morning the Both
inst . at ) O'Clock. died Before dying,
however. ON the % h inst. she intI-
mated To one OF the visitors present
that she desired to see the priest; that
she had something of "A grave nature
to reveal before she died. Rev Father
ChrysostrOm. of Bismarck, wa, Sent
for. and came and heard her confeS-
sion She begged at her death to be
buried with the clothes she had on.
At her death. however. her body was
tlken IN charge by some of the women
Of the garrison TO prepare ner decent
~ for int rmant. her husband being
out with his regiment in the Black
Hills. In doing SO they discovered to
their surprise, that the woman whom
they had known Us Mrs. Noonan was
rot a woman, but a man. The guess
ton is. What could induce a MAJ to
live as long as Mrs. Noonan has. since
1873, with the garrison? ii is a mys-
terry. She has attended several dances
in the garrison during the past year
given by the soldiers OF the post. and
at all times was arIayed in the iGeSt
of the land, and has been known to
change her dress three times during
the entertainment. She was of MeNi
can birth. and was familiar with I'll
he town. and cities from the Missouri
river to the Rio GIande. Parties who
have en- acquainted with the deceased
since 1868 say she at one time was in
the millinery business at Laaver worth,
Kan.