History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 218.   [Canton Precinct]

MAJOR NOEL was born in this precinct on September 27, 1839, and is a son
of Thomas and Nancy (Dew) Noel.  The parents were natives of Virginia,
and came to this county in about 1810.  The father is still living; the
mother died in 1880.  Subject was the eldest of three children.  The
common schools of this precinct and Russellville College furnished his
education.  In 1858 he went to Marshall County, and clerked in a grocery
store for about twelve months.  He then went to Hickman County, and taught
school, after which he returned to Trigg County and settled on his present
farm.  He now owns about 300 acres, 175 acres of which are in cultivation.
He also pays some attention to stock-raising.  Mr. Noel was married in
1859 to Miss Helen Cunningham, a daughter of James and Sallie (Wimberly)
Cunningham, of this county.  Mrs. Noel was born in this county, and is the
mother of eight children--six sons and two daughters.  Mrs. Noel is a
member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.

Noel Dew Wimberly Cunningham
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Marshall-KY Hickman-KY VA

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