The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-06-19
DEATHS OF A WEEK.
Col. EnOch Moves.


highly esteemed citizen of this county resid-
Ing near Port Deposit, died ut his residence.
, Mt Ararat' farm on Sunday last, from an
ancursGI OF the abdominal artery, after q
brief illness Of one week. A man of active
habits, he had not shown, to his friends at
least, any noticeable failure of physical or
mental strength. He had entertained ut his
home as recently as May 10Th the Cecil Far.
mers Club, OF which he had been president
and was valued member, at which meeting
he read an essay, characterized by his usual
mental vigor and earnestness. His absence
at the June meeting of the club on the 9th
inst. at Mr.. William w. Moore's. was com
mented on as unusual, but was explained by
his sickness at that date, which was not re-
ported as serious. The unexpected intelli-
gence of his death was, therefore, the greater
shock to his friends when received in this
town on Monday
Enoch Noyes was a gentleman by birth,
instinct and education. Born on the Sth of
November 1881, in the town of Lyme, Con
necticut, he had in his veins the true New
England blood, directly traceabe to his Puri-
tan ancestry, and colaterally with local fam
lilies of distinction. He was the son of Enoch
Noyes, and the great-grand-son of the Rev.
Moses Noyes, who preached in the old North
Church at Boston, Mass, Il hundred years
before Paul Revere's ride, and Elder William
Brewster, who brought the Mayilower across
the Atlantic. He was educated in his native
town. and early in the llfties went to Cali
fornia, where he was quite successful in the
gold fields.
Upon the outbreak of the rebellion. he as
sisted in recruiting Company c. of the 26th
Regiment of Connecticut Infantry and was
as its captain in a number of severe engage
ments during the war. serving under General
Banks at Port Hudson, General Agnus of the
Baltimore American; General, now Senator
Joseph L. Hawley, of Connecticut; and ex-U.
s. Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, being
his comrades-in-arms.
In April 1864 his brother Henry Noyes. of
old Lynne. Connecticut, having purchased Of
the late John A. j. Creswell as trustee, that
portion of the Davidson estate near Port
Deposit, known as mount Ararat,' which
commands II beautiful vista of the Chesapeake
Bay and,Susquehanna plateau, in the same
year portion and later in 1867 he conveyed
the entire property to his brother EnOch
Noycs, who located there with his family.and
has since continuously resided there, erecting
on it a beautiful homestead and by intelligent
and as-iduous Labor, rendering it one of the
most desirable properties in that favored sec
ton of the county.
Always taking an Intelligent interest in
national and state politics, Colonel Noyes was
generally recognized us welI-read man in
current political literature, he was a frequent
contributor to the newspapers, and Il student
OF economic and financial subjects. While
Republican, he made one unsuccessful cam
pagn for the State Legislature his county
being decidedly Democratic, and later in his
life being attracted by the doctrines of the
Peoples party, he frequently attended its con-
ventions and once became its Congressional
candidate.
In his domestic relations he was particu-
larly happy, his refinement and gentleness of
demeanor always commanding the admiration
OF the friends who enjoyed the pleasure of his
hospitality at Mount Ararat Whatever diff
ferences Of political opinion may have divided
him from his personal associates, in his later
years. none doubted the sincerity of his con-
victions, or bore him the less personal respect
In the excitement Of the political platform,
in the discussions of the Farmers Club, in the
daily transactions of business life, he was
ever and always the same urbane and cour-
teous gentemanly farmer laborins w ith his
hands and brains to promote the interest of
those about him, and inspired by Christian
sympathy for the oppressed, and pity for the
unfortunate.
| In 1861 Mr.. Noyes married Miss Laura Lay
Banning of Lyme, second cousin of the late
Bishop Lay, who survives him with eight
| children, three daughters and five sons. Be-
sides the Cecil homestead. Col. Noyes had
monied interests in Dakota wheat lands He
was Il man of deep religious convictions and
noticeable purity Of life, his denominational
attachment being with the Presbyterian
Church. His body was taken to Lyme on
Tuesday morning for interment in the family
| lot there, and was accompanied by Mrs.
Moves and his son Enoch. the burial service
being read at his late residence by tho Rev.
Alexander Rich, rector of st. James p. T..
Church, the concluding service being con-
Quoted at the cemetery at Lyme.