Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 968
NOEL FOUTS

Noel FOUTS, living on Section 24, of Harrison Twp, is a native of Putnam County, Ind., born May 18, 1826. He is the son of Noel and Jane (Wright) Fouts, who were from North Carolina and among the early settlers of Indiana. When our subject was 23 he, in the company with the family, came to Shelby County, Iowa, where the parents both died. They were the parents of twelve children: Abner, Reuben, Delilah, Rachel, Andrew and Mary (all deceased); Nancy, wife of Ed Sandy (Shelby Co); Martha, deceased; Sarah, widowed; Noel, our subject; Cynthia and Eli, deceased.

Our subject received his eduction in Indiana, and bought a claim in Elk Grove, Harrison County, Iowa, in 1850. which he farmed one year, then sold and moved to Galland's Grove, Shelby Co., where he bought 320 acres. He remained in that county until 1879, and then returned to Harrison Co., where he had a farm of 80 acres. He now possesses 245 acres here, along with 80 acres in Shelby Co.

Noel was united in marriage in November, 1848, to Martha Simpson, and they have a family of 9 children -- Cynthia, widow of R T Laird; Mary, wife of W J Benjamin, of Harrison Co.; Sarah, wife of Luther McCord of Shelby Co.; William T, of Harrison Twp; Martha E, wife of Walter Smithers of Shelby Co.; Nancy, wife of E D McCord of Shelby Co.; George B of Dunlap; James W of Harrison Twp; and Edith, at home.

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