Category: Noakes

Almeda Noakes was born in 1870 in Ellison, Illinois to William and Minerva Wilcox Noakes, the fourth of 8 children William had with Minerva after fathering 6 children with a previous wife. William was a farmer. Almeda married Emory Starr in 1892 at the age of 21. Two years later in Stronghurst Illinois she gave…… Read more