History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . Noyes has passed an eventful life andthrough his own efforts has attained his success in his parents were very humble in position and felt the stress ofpoverty. They had nine children, all of whom reached maturityexcept one daughter. Emma, who died at the age of five years, andas she was the favorite of her brother. Dr. Aaron, he still remembersher tenderly and has
History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . Noyes has passed an eventful life andthrough his own efforts has attained his success in his parents were very humble in position and felt the stress ofpoverty. They had nine children, all of whom reached maturityexcept one daughter. Emma, who died at the age of five years, andas she was the favorite of her brother. Dr. Aaron, he still remembersher tenderly and has always felt her death keenly. After he reached the age of six years Dr. Noyes spent most ofhis time away from home, in the families of the neighbors, workingfor his board and sometimes receiving a peck of potatoes or a smallpittsmce in money. As at that time parents were obliged to paythree dollars a term for each child sent to school he received a verylimited education in his early life. His father earned but aboutfifty cents a day, and as at that time imprisonments were made fordel)t, lie was at one time incarcerated for owing the sum of ten dol-lars. Tlie family often had to live on wheat bran mush, which. Jl JJirOH^ JiCt HISTORY OP CERRO GORDO COUNTY 639 they ate with milk. As a boy Dr. Noyes helped to raise, pull andthrash the flax which his mother later spim, and she carded bothher flax and wool by hand. Tons of syrup were made by thepeople of the region and the boy spent many days carrying two(one on each shoulder) sixteen quart pails of sap. At the age of ten and one-half years Dr. Noyes went to livein the family of Solomon J. Moore, but was never bound out, ashe would never consent to this arrangement. Others of the familywent to live in other families. When he was fourteen j-ears of agehe was converted under the preaching of Rev. Parker and hassince kept his faith, striving to lead a consistent Christian remained with Mr. Moore, eleven years and found in him
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