Gordon Edward Noel (1894 - 1977)

Born 5 Feb 1894 in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States

Husband of Clara Susan (Hinthorn) Noel — married 12 Oct 1914 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Died 11 Jul 1977 at age 83 in Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Gordon Noel was a Kentuckian.

Gordon Edward Noel was born on 5 Feb 1894 in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States, son of William A Noel (1858 - 1927) and Martha Elizabeth (Green) Noel (1868 - 1940).

His sister was Pearl Ellen (Noel) Hinthorn (1893 - 1975).

Marriage and Family
Gordon married Clara Susan Hinthorn (1896 - 1983) on 12 Oct 1914 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky.

Their marriage was said to have been part a triple ceremony. As the Lexington Unit Journal posted on 15 Oct 1914, when the Rev. Oceola McNemar, of El Paso, Illinois, was called at noon, on Monday, October 12, 1914 to the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Noel to perform a double marriage ceremony, he found a third couple ready to be united in the bonds on matrimony, thus making it a rare triple ceremony.

The contracting parties were William Franklin Hinthorn (abt.1891-1969) and Pearl Ellen (Noel) Hinthorn (1893-1975), Gordon Noel and Carrie (Hinthorn) Noel (1896-1983) and John Hinthorn and Neola Tones. William Hinthorn and sister, Carrie, were the children of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hinthorn; John Hinthorn, a cousin to both William and Carrie Hinthorn, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hinthorn. Miss Tones was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tones, who were both deceased.

Their children were:

1. Helen Louise (Noel) Williams (1918 - 2002)
2. Violet Clarine (Noel) Elkin (1920 - 2020)
3. Clarence Noel (1921 - 2001)
4. Loren Everett Noel (1924 - 2009)
5. Omer Lee Noel (1930 - 2008)

WWI Draft Registration
Gordon registered for the draft in Poweshiek, Iowa, on June 5, 1917. He is listed as being of medium height with a slender build. He has grey eyes and black hair.^[1]

WWII Draft Registration
Gordon registered for the draft in 1942 in Mackinaw, Tazewell, Illinois.^[2]

Death
Gordon died on 11 Jul 1977 in Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois aged 83.^[3]

Obituary
Gordon E. Noel, 83. of Mackinaw died at 1:50 p.m. Monday at Pekin Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient one day. His funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Haensel Funeral Home, the Rev. Kenneth Graham officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Washington. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

He was born Feb. 5, 1894, in Winchester, Ky., a son of William and Martha Green Noel. He married Carrie Hinthorn Oct. 12, 1914, in Lexington. She survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Helen Williams, El Paso, and Mrs. Violet Elkin. 504 S. Denver, Bloomington; three sons, Clarence and Omer, both of Mackinaw, and Loren, South Pekin; a sister, Mrs. Sophie Clark, Bloomington; a brother, Howard, El Paso; eight grandchildren, and 10 greatgrandchildren.

Three brothers, a sister and a grandchild preceded him in death.

Mr. Noel was a retired employe of Illinois Terminal Railroad.

The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 13 Jul 1977, Wed Page 44

Residences
In the 1900 census, Gordon (age 6) was in Magisterial District 5, Clark, Kentucky, United States.^[4]

In the 1910 census, Gordon (age 16) was in Magisterial District 5, Clark, Kentucky, United States.^[5]

In the 1920 census, Gordon (age 25) was in Montgomery Township, Woodford, Illinois, United States.^[6]

In the 1940 census, Gordon (age 46) was in Mackinaw Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.^[7]

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Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ2J-NNJ : 29 December 2021), Gordon Edward Noel, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1KZ-R41 : 13 March 2020), Gordon Edward Noel, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVV-NGM8 : 10 September 2021), Gordon E. Noel, ; Burial, Morton, Tazewell, Illinois, United States of America, Hillcrest Memory Gardens; citing record ID 18081391, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WP-GFH : 9 March 2022), Pearl A Noel in entry for William Noel, 1900.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKFF-Z65 : accessed 29 October 2022), William Noel, Kansas, Woodford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 130, sheet 14B, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 337; FHL microfilm 1,374,350.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJZJ-QBV : 1 February 2021), Gordon E Noel, 1920.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZY-F11 : 8 January 2021), Gordon Noel, Mackinaw Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 90-26, sheet 7A, line 37, family 116, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 894.