NOE: Of Geary District.
William Noe, the first of the name here, was born in Patrick County, Virginia, February 13, 1809, of an old colonial family arriving from England with "the Cavaliers," bearing for centuries -- as said by a descendant of a family, neighbors to the family Noe, in Virginia -- the names "Lowe;" the change was opined to have been made from mere caprice, there being known no other reason for abandoning the honorable, historic name of Lowe.
We must infer he came, like many an other Virginian (he was neither poor nor needy), braving adventure for the thrill of it, and further like them, to settle down after adventure no longer thrills, to found an ancestral estate, deep in the midst of nature’s overflowing bounty, where came together three branches of the clear, clean waters of Big Sands of Elk, awakening to dominance in him some atavistic spirit which felt itself again on the banks of the Shannon or the Clyde among the Druids.
At the home of William King, on Big Sandy, an older adventurer in these forests, already well surrounded with fields and provided with buildings, William Noe found, woed and wedded Elizabeth King, born in Pike County, Kentucky. The time of this wedding must have been in the year 1835 or before; for Samuel Noe, a son says, in Hardesty’s History, that he was born on Big Sandy, May 21, 1936.
William Noe was a notable pioneer for thirty-five years; was a justice of the peace and long a leader and supporter of regilious organizations.
Other children besides Samuel mentioned were, Aaron Noe, who married Sarah Ann Griffith, July 31, 1856; she a daughter of Hugh Griffith; he 23, and she 19.
Mary Noe to George W. Tawney, February 11, 1858.
Daniel W. Noe to Elizabeth Anderson, November 26, 1872.
William A. Noe to Eliza Spencer, September 14, 1884.
Beverly L. Noe to Lecta B. Ross, November 20, 1904; she then 19 years old, he 32; she a daughter of Isaac Newton Ross and wife of Big Sandy. Beverly L. Noe is and has been for some years the village and country of Newton’s popular physician and surgeon; to Dr. Beverly L. Noe and Lecta B., his wife, were born and by them brought up two daughters: Dorma E., wife of William L. Chambers, and Miss Evaly, a teacher.
Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 616
