Noyes, James Atkins, 1857-

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James Atkins Noyes graduated from Harvard in 1883.

From the description of Drawings for Fine Arts 1, 1881. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072950

Noyes graduated from Harvard in 1883 and served as editor of the Quinquennial Catalogue of Harvard University.

From the description of Papers of James Atkins Noyes, 1907-1926 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973145

James Atkins Noyes (1857-1945) was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on October 2, 1857. He was the son of James Sullivan Noyes (1816-1883) and Marie Ball Noyes (nee Edes; 1818-1880). Originally from the Boston (mainly Cambridge) area, James and Mary Noyes moved to Brooklyn in 1851 when James was sent to New York City to establish a branch of Gardner Brewer & Company. This company later became John L. Bremer & Company which was the selling agent for Amoskeag, Stark, Armory, and Naumkeag Cotton Mills. Noyes held this position for 42 years. James Sullivan Noyes was a member of many social, cultural, and religious organizations in Brooklyn including the New England Society in the City of Brooklyn, the Merchants Club, the Hamilton Club, the Long Island Historical Society, and the Second Unitarian Church. James and Mary Noyes are buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

James Atkins Noyes spent his childhood and young adult life in Brooklyn. He graduated from the School of Mines, now the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, with a PHB (Bachelor of Philosophy) at Columbia University in 1878. He left Brooklyn to attend Harvard College, now Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA. After graduating from Harvard College with an AB (Bachelor of Arts) in 1883, Noyes married Constance Winsor in Boston, MA on February 4, 1890. They had one daughter, Penelope Barker Noyes. In Who's Who in America, Volume 6, 1910-1911, James Atkins Noyes' occupation is listed as an editor. Noyes served as editor of the Quinquennial Catalogue at Harvard University from 1895-1905. He also wrote several books of genealogy including Noyes Pedigree, Adams Pedigree, and Barker Pedigree . James Atkins Noyes died in Cambridge, MA on October 12, 1945.

Sources: Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed. Who's Who in America. Chicago: A.N. Marquis & Company, 1910.

From the guide to the James Atkins Noyes collection, 1865-1890, (Brooklyn Historical Society)

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associatedWith American Philosophical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Academy of Music. corporateBody
associatedWith Chadwick, John White, 1840-1904 person
associatedWith Harvard University corporateBody
associatedWith Harvard University. Spee Club. corporateBody
associatedWith Noyes, James Atkins, b. 1857. person
associatedWith Second Unitarian Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
correspondedWith Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 person
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