History of Ionia, (Ionia County) Michigan United States of America

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The Biography of Louis Legrand Noble

Louis Legrand Noble, clergyman, poet and author, was born in New Lisbon, N.Y., Sept. 26, 1811; son of Sylvanus and Sally (Tuttle) Noble; grandson of Elnathan and Johannah (Bostwick) Noble, and of Jeremiah Tuttle, and a descendant of Thomas and Hannah (Warriner) Noble. Thomas Noble was a native of England, and located in Boston, Mass., as early as 1653; removed to Springfield in that year, and to Westfield about 1666. Louis Legrand was graduated at Bristol college, Pa., in 1837, and at the General Theological seminary, New York city, in 1840. He was admitted to the diaconate, June 28, 1840, and to the priesthood, June 4, 1844. He was curate at St. Peter's, Albany, N.Y., in 1840, and removed to Perquimans county, N.C., the same year, where he was planters' chaplain and rector of Christ church, Elizabeth City, 1841-44. He was married, Oct. 30, 1844, to Sarah Ann, daughter of Isaac and Sally (Nygatt) Hayes of Unadilla, N.Y. He was rector of St. Luke's, Catskill, N.Y., 1845-54; of Grace church, Chicago, Ill., in 1855; of the Church of the Messiah, Glen's Falls, N.Y., and Trinity church, Fredonia, N.Y., 1856-57, and of Holy Trinity, Hudson City, N.J., 1858-72. He was professor of English literature in St. Stephen's college, Annandale, N.Y., 1872-80, and rector of St. John's church, Ionia, Mich., 1880-82. He was honored by Griswold with a place among the American poets, and is the author of: Ne-Ma-Min, an Indian Story (1852); The Course of Empire, Voyage of Life and other Pictures of Thomas Cole, N.A., with Selections from his Letters and Miscellaneous Writings, Illustrative of his Life, Character and Genius (1853); The Lady Angeline, a Lay of the Appalachians; The Hours and Other Poems (1857); A Voyage to the Arctic Seas in Search of Icebergs with Church the Artist (1861). He died in Ionia, Mich., Feb. 6, 1882.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor