Captain Nathan Henry Noyes

He was educated in the schools of Greenbush and, after the removal to Troy at age of twelve, continued on with his studies there. He learned the carpenter's trade, but soon began running on his father's sloops. He became an expert river pilot and riverman. He became captain of sailing sloops; he owned the "G.C. Davidson", a steamboat; sloops "Highlander" and "Orum", piloted large rafts of timber down the river, and led the adventurous life of the river. When steam drove the sailing vessels out of business as freight and passenger carriers, he entered that service and was captain of the express boat from Troy to New York, that was later purchased by the government. Captain Noyes later engaged as a partner with his brother, who had established a coal and wood yard at Lansingburg, New York, where he continued in business until his death. He was a good business man and was successful in his undertakings. He was a genial and whole-souled man, with hosts of friends. He was a Republican politically and a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church.