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Noyes, Edward Follensbee

soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Oct. 3, 1832, in Haverhill, Mass. In 1861 he entered the union army as major of the thirty-ninth regiment Onio volunteer infantry; and was subsequently brevetted a brigadier-general. In 1867 he was elected probate judge of Hamilton county, Ohio, for a term of three years. In 1871 he was elected governor of Ohio. In 1877 he was appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to France. He died Sept. 4, 1890, in Cincinnati, Ohio.