NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11462 MARION CO REV. COLUMBUS WALKER NOEL Noel, Whitton, Collis, Perkins, Heath, Young 11462 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago Louisville, 1928. Marion Co. REV. COLUMBUS WALKER NOEL. Among the able and popular clergymen of Lebanon, Marion county, stands the Rev. Columbus Walker Noel, pastor of the Christian church, who has accomplished splendid results since coming to this charge four years ago. A native of Kentucky, he was born in Owen county, on the 26th of November, 1870, and is a son of Newton Payne and Adeline (Whitton) Noel. His father was a native of Scott county, this state, and died in Owen county in December, 1900, at the age of sixty-nine years. He followed farming during his active years and was highly respected in his community. During the Civil war he was a Southern sympathizer and gave his support to the democratic party for a number of years, but later became a prohibitionist. His wife was born in Scott county, Kentucky, and died at Corinth, Grant county. She was a daughter of Rev. Pleasant Whitton, a minister of the Christian church, who was a native of Scott county, where his death occurred. Columbus W. Noel attended the public schools of Owen county and took a teachers training course at a normal school at Owenton, Kentucky. He taught in the district schools for six years, after which he attended Transylvania College, at Lexington, one year. He then resumed teaching, which profession he followed for six years, and during the last two years was principal of the school at Corinth. During that time, he also was preaching and teaching vocal music, and in the ministry gained high prestige. He preached fifteen years in Own and Grant counties and while teaching at Corinth was the regular pastor at the Christian church at Williamstown and two years at Elizaville, Fleming county, leaving there in 1923 to accept the pastorate of the Christian church at Lebanon. A strong, logical and forceful speaker and an able and faithful pastor, he has endeared himself to the people of this community and is regarded as one of the leading ministers in Marion county. On January 21, 1892, in Lexington, Kentucky, by Rev. Mark Collis, Rev. Noel was united in marriage to Miss Annie Elizabeth Perkins, who was born in Owen county, this state, in 1873, and is a daughter of John and Sarah Margaret (Heath) Perkins, both of whom were natives of and died in Owen county, where the father engaged in farming. He was a democrat in politics and a member of the Baptist church. Mrs. Noel is an active member of the Christian church and has ably seconded her husbands pastoral work in this field. She is a member of the Ladies Aid Society and is extremely popular throughout the community. Rev. and Mrs. Noel became the parents of a son, Lloyd Donaldson, who was born in Owen county, January 29, 1893, and died September 14, 1918, in Henry county, where he was engaged in farming. He married Miss Mamie Young, of Henry county, who is now living in Louisville, and to them was born a daughter, Helen Louise. Rev. Noel maintains an independent attitude in politics, voting according to the dictates of his conscience and judgment as to men and measures. He is a Mason and has taken the Royal Arch degrees. During the World war he was an active and effective worker in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives and in every community where he has lived has stood ready to cooperate in all movements for the advancement of public interests. Personally, Rev. Noel is cordial and kindly, a friend to all men, and his influence in his community has been beneficent in its results. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx