Thomas Vaughan Noland (1834 - abt. 1908)

Born 4 Mar 1834 in Bovina, Mississippi

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Julia (Tigner) Noland — married 12 Jan 1859 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi

Died about 6 May 1908 at about age 74 in McHenry, Stone, Mississippi

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Biography

Thomas Vaughan Noland was born 4 March 1834^[1] in Mississippi to Pearce Noland and Elizabeth Galtney.^[2]

Thomas Vaughan Noland studied law at Princeton University and graduated in 1856. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1858 and was a member of the Mississippi Bar until his practice was interrupted by his term of military service during the War Between the States. He resided in Woodville, Mississippi, 1862-1895 serving as Mayor of Woodville from 1877-78. He was a member of the Mississippi Legislature from 1890-1893 and was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1890. He resided in Mississippi City, Harrison County, Mississippi from 1895-1901, and later at McHenry, Stone County, Mississippi, maintaining a law office in Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi.

Vaughan married Lydia Julia Tigner on 12 January 1859. They would have nine children.^[3] In 1860, their daughter Mary was 10 months old.^[4]

Thomas Vaughan Noland served briefly at the start of the War Between the States as Captain of the Warren Volunteers. He was in Warrenton, Virginia, at the time of the Battle of First Manassas, but he did not fight as he was on the sick roster.^[5] He resigned and returned home because of poor health.^[6] When his younger brother Hal became of age and joined the 1st Mississippi Artillery, Vaughan joined with him. Before the siege of Vicksburg began, Hal returned home and paid $300 to have a substitute serve in his place.^[7] Vaughan subsequently left as well, due to bronchitis.^[8]

In 1860, Hal was living with his brother's family.^[4] By 1870, Hal had moved out, Mary Maud was 10 years old, and the family had grown to include Elizabeth G. (6), Henry P. (4), and William V. (2).^[9] Other children included Julia, Annelise, and Pearce.^[10]

Children

Thomas Vaughan Noland and Lydia Julia Tigner had nine children between 1859 and 1875.^[11] Seven of them (starting with Bessie) wore a christening robe made by their mother.^[10]

1. Mary Maude "Nannie" Noland (1859-1920), married William Henry Harvey 1/16/1883.^[11][12] Maud was Julia's godmother.^[10]
2. Lydia Field Noland (6/1/1863-7/15/1863),^[11] "died of dysentery at the age of six weeks. This was during the siege of Vicksburg."^[10]
3. Elizabeth Galtney "Bessie" Noland (10/15/1864-5/26/1936), married Edward Paxton Daviss (1858-1941) 12/12/1889.^[11] Bessie was godmother of Anna Eliza, with the Van Eatons.^[10]
4. Henry Peyton "Hal" Noland (1865-1908), married Maud Fowler.^[11][13]
5. William Vaughan "Will" Noland (10/23/1868-4/23/1897).^[11][14][15]
6. Noland Hope "Nolie" Noland (8/22/1870-3/23/1889).^[11][16][17]
7. Julia Tigner Noland, born at "The Homestead,"^[10] (12/18/1872-1941), married William McWillie Noland.^[11][18]
8. Pearce Fields Noland (9/1874-1934), married Dora Walker.^[11][19]
9. Anna Eliza "Annelise" Noland (11/171875-1919),^[11] married Lucius Washington Saucier.^[10][20]

Research Notes

Death and Burial

The tombstone pictured in the FindAGrave memorial for Thomas Vaughan Noland, found in the Old Mississippi City Cemetery, in Gulfport, Mississippi, must be his.^[21] Although a birth year of 1834 doesn't agree with the 1850 Census or family records, my Dad gave me a set of tombstone rubbings for Thomas, wife Lydia, and two of their sons. As the rubbing is of the tombstone shown in FindAGrave, I must assume it's his tombstone.^[1]

Inscription for sons William and Noland from the rubbing are noted in the list of children (above). The inscription for his wife:

In Memoriam, Lydia Julia Tigner Noland, Born Aug. 16, 1838 At Rest [not quite readable- maybe Aug. 27, 1903]^[22]

Dad's chart shows her as born 8/13/1838, died 8/22/1902. As noted, the rubbing's date of death is not quite readable. Neither is the second digit in her August birth.

Notes on Confederate Greenbacks

More about Thomas and Lydia, his wife: The Forward of Confederate Greenbacks notes that

• Thomas Vaughan Noland "was a captain in the Warren County, Mississippi, Light Artillery in the War Between the States, and later, State Senator and a framer of the present Mississippi State Constitution."^[10]
• Lydia Julia Tigner "was a daughter of William Tigner of Woodville, Mississippi, one of the builders of the first railroad in Mississippi."^[10]

Authors of Confederate Greenbacks

Published in 1940, Confederate Greenbacks tells the story of one Southern family, as remembered by Julia Tigner Noland, the seventh of nine children born into the family. Co-author Blanche Connelly Saucier's inspiration for the book was to record details of the life of her husband's mother - Annelise - who died when he was young.^[10]

• Julia Tigner Noland, born 1872, "married McWillie Noland, who is a grandson of Governor William McWillie."^[10][23]
• Blanche Connelly Saucier, wife of Earl Noland Saucier, son of Annelise (Noland) Saucier.^[10]

Miscount of Sons

On page 8 in Confederate Greenbacks, Julia says that when she was born, in 1872, she had "two sisters and four brothers" - family records show only three brothers (Henry, William, and Noland). The two sisters were Maud and Bessie (Lydia having died in 1863). "Then," she continues, "when I was two years old my dear little brother Pearce was born. Fourteen months later our baby sister came. She was called "Anna Eliza" for a loved schoolmate of Mama's, Anna Blount who became Mrs. Van Eaton, and for my Aunt Liza, Mama's older sister."^[10]

Julia died the year after the book was published. I imagine that either she misspoke or her co-author overcorrected. Pearce was her fourth brother, born two years after Julia. Vaughan and Lydia had nine children - four sons and five daughters - with only Lydia Field Noland known to have not reached adulthood.

Nicknames of Children: Dad's chart shows the same nicknames as given in Confederate Greenbacks. Two - Nannie and Nolie - may have been used only by the youngest children in the family (see footnotes for Maud and Noland).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Tombstone rubbing in the possession of Liz (Noland) Shifflett as of 31 October 2019; the rubbing was made by a cousin after he had discovered it for Liz's father, Henry Peyton Noland.
2. ↑ See image attached to this profile from the 1850 census.
3. ↑ Marriage date from a chart prepared by Henry Peyton Noland (hereafter "Dad's chart"); children from family knowledge and Confederate Greenbacks. Children listed in the Notes to From the Pen of a She-Rebel are incorrect (only four listed - Agnes, Amelia, Ellen, and Ada - none of their nine children had those names)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBS8-99TB?cc=1473181&wc=7QJZ-587%3A1589429028%2C1589423804%2C1589422206 : 24 March 2017), Mississippi > Warren > Not Stated > image 91 of 96; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). He is listed as "V Noland" (25). His brother HP (18) is also in his household.

   Note: Enumerated 30 August 1860. Also note that his wife Lydia is recorded as "Julia" (22) - perhaps she went by Julia when first married? Or perhaps (more likely) the enumerator was told "Lydia Julia" and heard or recorded just "Julia".

5. ↑ From Dad's recollections.
6. ↑ from Notes in From the Pen of a She-Rebel
7. ↑ Information from Dad, who also said that John Brick was captured after Vicksburg fell and sent to Camp Chase, but that he survived the War.
8. ↑ Dad said he left before the siege also, but in Confederate Greenbacks, Vaughan's daughter Julia recalls an incident that occurred while her father was serving during the siege.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZ19-Q5Y?cc=1438024&wc=92V1-MNY%3A518663301%2C519596301%2C518666301 : 13 June 2019), Mississippi > Wilkinson > District 4 > image 28 of 62; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ ^{10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12} Confederate Greenbacks, by Julia Tigner Noland and Blanche Connelly Saucier (The Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas : 1940)
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9} Noland family papers (my Dad's research).
12. ↑ Her sister Julia calls her "my oldest sister, Maud," on page 1 in Confederate Greenbacks. On page 9, she adds, "but I called her Nannie".
13. ↑ Julia describes her oldest brother Hal in Confederate Greenbacks, pages 9-10: "He had large, deep blue eyes set quite apart from his nose. His hair was of a soft light brown. His forehead was wide and full yet short as was his stature. His square, spatulate fingers were suggestive of the artist or of a surgeon. When I was ten he became a prescriptionist at the drug store in Woodville and there he worked from early morn until late at night, so that the family seldom got a glimpse of him in the daylight."
14. ↑ Tombstone rubbing: William Vaughan Noland, Born Oct. 23, 1868, Died April 23, 1897. God's faithful servant.
15. ↑ Julia describes (page 10) her brother "William Vaughan, called Will. He was a brunet, dark brown hair and lovely cupids bow mouth. He had very white teeth. He was much taller than Hal and had long tapering fingers that I used to try to braid. He was often very sentimental, so others said. He was sympathetic, I know, and always adored Mama, calling her 'my girl.' He was the mathematician of the family, and for years was an accountant, a bookkeeper, and a manager of a commisary."
16. ↑ Tombstone rubbing: Noland Hope Noland, Born Aug. 22, 1870, Died March 23, 1899. Blessed are the pure in heart.
17. ↑ Julia describes Noland Hope Noland, "called Nolie by the three youngest," on pages 10-11 of Confederate Greenbacks, saying he was named for her mother's "favorite brother, Noland Hope Tigner. But Nolie's name was Noland Hope Noland. At school the boys used to tease him by calling him by calling him Noland-Noland. He was often disgusted with his name, but did not refuse to have it as Suge had done." Julia called her baby sister Annelise "Suge, my own abbreviation for sugar" (p 9). Julia's description of Nolie says he "was a decided blond, fair of skin, blue of eye, and as slender as a willow twig. He was taller than either of his older brothers. He was a mechanic and worked as a stationary engineer. He was more like the Tigners than any of Mama's other children."
18. ↑ Co-author and narrator for Confederate Greenbacks.
19. ↑ Julia notes in Confederate Greenbacks, page 9, that she, Pearce, and Annelise were "we three little ones" and they called the three brothers "the boys".
20. ↑ Annelise in the forward of "Confederate Greenbacks, which is explained in the text (page 1), in the recollection of her older sister Julia "on the occasion of the christening of my baby sister, Anna Eliza, who grew into such an independent little creature that she would not have the name which was bestowed upon her that day."
21. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #25795624 for Thomas Vaughan Noland.
22. ↑ See this image of the rubbing Lydia's tombstone.
23. ↑ I think great-grandson. It appears that a Kate McWillie married an Aubrey Noland were the parents of the McWillie Noland who married Julia. In 1870, a 28-year-old William McWillie with a daughter Kate was in Mississippi:
    • "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QV3-1PL?cc=1438024&wc=922M-7MS%3A518663301%2C518775001%2C518823701 : 13 June 2019), Mississippi > Madison > Police District 5 > image 32 of 88; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    Kate was 9 (=born 1861), but she could have had a son who would have been only a few years older than Julia. More research is needed. Or not - MyHeritage says Catherine who married Noland was born 1832 (and he was born 1828).
    

    This posting argues that the Kate m Noland was daughter of the Governor (servant of Avery Noland, sponsored by Mrs. Kate M. Noland, in 1859). Page 19 of a McWillie genealogy gives the inscription of Avery's tombstone, showing b/d 1825/September 1, 1883. On page page 79, it shows Catherine Anderson McWillie as first child born to William and his second wife, on 10 February 1832/died 20 June 1891. AND - page 81, she married Avery Noland on 18 Jan. 1853!

• Liz Shifflett, family knowledge and 1850 Census would have birth year as 1835 or 1836. Tombstone rubbing has 4 March 1834.
• Confederate Greenbacks, by Julia Tigner Noland (daughter of Vaughan Noland) and Blanche Connelly Saucier (daughter-in-law of Annelise Noland), published in 1940 by The Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas.
• From the Pen of a She-Rebel: The Civil War Diary of Emilie Riley McKinley, edited by Gordon A. Cotton. Published in Columbia, South Carolina, by the University of South Carolina Press. 2001.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #25795624 for Thomas Vaughan Noland
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch, Mississippi > Wilkinson > Woodville > ED 147 > image 8 of 21; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.) link did not go where intended 24 July 2020
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4PC-GHJ : 22 August 2017), T V Noland, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 147, sheet 374D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,668. Image (accessed 24 July 2020).
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3M-Z78 : 19 March 2020), Henry P Noland (age 4), 1870. Image (accessed 24 July 2020).

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