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Major, Noah J.

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Last Name Major
First Name Noah
Middle Name J.
Maiden Name
Death Date 9/6/1911
Birth Date 8/14/1823
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Source Information Cemetery index
Cemetery Williams
Family Information
Spouse 1) Hannah Hastings; 2) Mary Eva Rudicel; 3) Margaret A. Piercy
Survived By Wife, Margaret A.
Other Age 88. Married first wife on Sept. 5, 1844, in Morgan Co., Ind.; she died in 1845. Married second wife on Oct. 15, 1846, again in Morgan County. She died in 1872. He married his third wife, the widow of Capt. Joseph W. Piercy, on Nov. 4, 1875. Preceded in death by first two wives and by daughter Amanda (1852-1874). He wrote a local history called "The Pioneers of Morgan County." Father of 4 daughters and one son: Isabella, Amanda, Harriet (who died as an infant), Laura, and Sylvanus.
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