The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-09-11
Death Of Gen. e. F. NOyes.


Ex-Governor E. F. Noyes, Judge of the
Superior Court, of Cincinnati, fell dead
at the Court House in Cincinnati on
Thursday, September 4th. Gen. Noyes
was native of Massachusetts. He
graduated at Dartmouth College in 1857
and soon afterward came to Cincinnati,
where he studied law and was admitted
to the bar.
In 1861 he helped organize the 39th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry and became it's
major. After participating in numerous
engagements he rose to the rank of
colonel. A dispatch to the Cleveland
Leader thus describes the part he took in
the famous Atlanta campaign under
General Sherman. On July 4th, 1864,
while leading his regiment in an assault
at Ruff's Mills, in Georgia, Colonel Noyes
was shot, severely wounded, and suffer-
ed the amputation of leg upon the
battlefield. This shot was received
after the rebel works had been carried.
He had been the first man to enter.
When consciousness had been restored
after the limb had been amputated, he
raised himself up, and waving his hand,
he cried to General Mcpherson, who
stopped his horse by his side: "Hurrah
for the Fourth of July" 1t was the an
niversary. When taken North he notic-
ed in the same car bier with the re-
mains of soldier. In reply to his in
quiry as to who was lying there he was
told that it was the body of General
Mcpherson. This was the first intima-
ton he had of that officers death
In the following October, on crutches,
he reported for duty to General Hooker,
and was assigned to the command of
Camp Dennison. Under the recon-.
mendation embodied by General Sher-
man in a short account of the attack in
which General Noyes lost his leg, he
was promoted to the full rank of briga-
dier general, and while in the discharge
of bis duties at Comp Dennison he was
elected City Solicitor of Cincinnati
Thereupon he resigned the command of
the camp and engaged in the legal duties
of his new office, in which his term had
not expired when he was elected Probate
Judge of Hamilton county, position
that at that time commanded fees to
make it among the most satisfactory of
any known to the profession. In this
office he served until the autumn of 1871,
when, having resumed his law practice,
he was nominated for Governor, and
elected by nearly 10000 majority. Two
years subsequently he was again nomi-
mated but was defeated by William Allen
! by the small majority OF 500 in vote of
448, 900. After this he was by his party
unanimously nominated for United
States Senator. His administration as
Governor was eminently non-partisan
and generous toward political opponents.
AS an orator his natural and acquired
ability placed him in the front rank,
while his disposition demanded fairness
for any subject which he discussed. In
the Presidential campaign of 1876 he
took an active part, and did effective
service for his party and its nominee,
and such service was acknowledged by
his nomination by President Hayes for
the position OF Minister to the French
Republic, where he was received with
marks of distinction by President Nc
Mahon and the various members of the
French Government. He remained four
years at Paris in his official capacity,
during which time, under special instruc-
tions from the United States Govern
ment, he made ten-thousand mile
tour through the countries along the
Mediterranean, for the purpose of in.
vestigating the conditions of the lower
classes in the different countries, the
. compensation of labor, and the relative
cost of living. A detailed report of his
trip was made to the State Department
at Washington, showing much valuable
and interesting information. Two years
3 ago he was elected Judge of the Superior
j.. Court of Cincinnati, which Office he held
at the time of his death.
In February, 1868, when colonel OF
= his regiment, having, on leave OF absence
!. of two weeks, repaired to Kingston, n,
/ H., he there married Miss Margaret w.
, Proctor, a lady of that place, whose &C.
: quaintance he had made when student
: in the seminary there.
l. Removal.