At Sportsman's Hall, Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Hey, have you seen my cousin Very Easy?Leonardo, they did not have a camera when Joe was about.AdamI think Jake was on the dollar bill.Lee, he fought with the Army near El Paso, TX and at Verdun, FranceMa, was the daughter of dads best friend until she got pregnant.

Distant Past   G-Grandfather   Grand Uncle    Grandfather     Father         Mother
  Easy Noel     Joseph Noel    Adam P Noel    Jacob S Noel  Leo A Noel    Mary Fanell
 (xxxx..xxxx)   (17xx..1839)   (1800..1872)   (1834..1926)  (1887..1964)  (1906..1932)

The Noel's Of Sportsman's Hall - Latrobe, PA

Before 1800 Joseph NOEL, the son of Blasius, Daniel or Jacob Noel, came from Maryland to Mt Pleasant Township, Westmoreland, County, Pennsylvania. He married or was married to Margaretha Griffin whose family were from Goshenhoppen north of Philadelphia, PA. Their children were: Adam, George, Mary, Joseph, Margaret, Anna and John, from 1800 to 1811. Later in 1832, Peter was born to Joseph Noel and Maria Longmeyer. Then in 1834, Jacob was born to Joseph Noel and Maria Kreitzer. In 1835 the brothers Adam, John, Joseph, Peter and maybe Jacob all went to DAVENPORT, IOWA. George went to South America where he had a cattle ranch .  In 1858 Jacob S NOEL  married Mary S ZINK (1840..1931) and their first child, my Uncle, George S Noel was born in 1860. Jacob may have been taken  to Iowa in 1835 with Peter by his half brothers, returning  at the age of eighteen in about 1853 or he went to Iowa for a short time after the American Civil War  returning to Pennsylvania in 1867 or both. He raise a large family by CARNEY STATION, near LATROBE, PA.
The most likely candidate that fits the oral history for the father of Joseph at this time is Jacob who was born in 1757 in Paradise Twp., York Co., Pa.  He was a Militia Private in 1780 and at  Yorktown in 1783.  He was an  Ensign in 1785 and again in 1795.  Jacob, together with brothers Casper and Philip (all residents of Berwick Township) sold land inherited from their father to Nicholas Bittinger on 3 Jan 1784.  While nothing further is known of Jacob his brothers John, Peter, and Philip moved to Hampshire County, Virginia (now W.Va.)  which is very close to Westmoreland County, PA, prior to 1790. 
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