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biography from Portrait & Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., Iowa, 1887
T. J. NOE, deceased, late of Harrison Township, was a farmer and shoemaker residing on section 7. He was born in Ohio, June 7, 1816, and was a son of Jonathan and Catherine (Parker) Noe, both of whom are now deceased, the former dying in Ohio, and the latter in this State. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage, Nov. 14, 1839, with Miss Lydia D. Zornes, born Jan. 26, 1820, in Fleming County, Ky., and a daughter of William S. and Christina (Gilbert) Zornes, both of whom died in Indiana, whither they had removed from their native State. To Mr. and Mrs. Noe were born eleven children: Effie J., Christina, William B., Serren W., George W. (deceased), Jacob P., Jonathan C., Sarah E., Nancy C., Henry B. and Thomas G. Their father died March 2, 1878, and is buried in Sand Ridge Cemetery, in Harrison Township. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which his widow is yet connected. The family are the owners of a farm of ninety-one acres, upon which there is the best class of improvements. The land is in an excellent state of cultivation, and devoted to general farming
Portrait & Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., Iowa, 1887
Mahaska County, Iowa Genealogy